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Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach (born 1949), the current Machnovka
Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach (born 1949), the current Machnovka Rebbe
A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...
of Bnei Brak, is a great-nephew of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshl of Machnovka, the third Machnovker Rebbe.
As a scion of the Belz dynasty
The lineage of the present Machnovker Rebbe from the Belz dynasty is as follows: *Grand RabbiShalom Rokeach
Sholom Rokeach (1781 – September 10, 1855), also known as the ''Sar Sholom'' ( he, שר שלום, "Angel of Peace"), was the first Belz (Hasidic dynasty), Belzer Rebbe.
To Belzer Hasidic Judaism, Hasidim, he is known as "Der Ershter Rov" (the fi ...
, author of ''Sar Shalom'', the first Belzer Rebbe
A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...
, a disciple of the Seer of Lublin
**Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach
Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach (1825 – February 3, 1894), known as the ''Mitteler Ruv'', was the second Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He combined Torah scholarship with practical common sense to guide thousands of Hasidim and to fight the Haskal ...
, son of the ''Sar Shalom'', second Belzer Rebbe
***Grand Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, son of Rabbi Yehoshua, the third Belzer Rebbe. He first married Basia Rochma, daughter of Rabbi Yeshaya Meshullam Zusya Twersky. Then he married Chaya Devora of the Pychenik family of Berezna. The Belz connection with Chernobyl was strong. Rabbi Issachar, though a Belzer Rebbe
A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...
, was known as the “''illui'' (prodigy) of Chernobyl,” where he lived for ten years. Rabbi Issachar's five daughters all married into the Chernobyl dynasty.
****Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach of Jaroslaw, son of Rabbi Issachar Dov of Belz (with his second wife). Rabbi Yehoshua married and then divorced Chana, daughter of the first Machnovker Rebbe, Yosef Meyer Twersky
***** Rabbi Isaac David Rokeach, son of Rebbe Yehoshua and Chana above.
****** Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach, (born in Tel Aviv, 1949) of Machnovka-Bnei Brak''Grand Rabbis of Chernobyl'', p.216 is the son of Rabbi Isaac David Rokeach, son of Chana Zosha above. He succeeded his great-uncle Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshl Twersky as Machnovker Rebbe. He is the fourth and present Machnovker Rebbe.
Bibliography
* ''Grand Rabbis of Chernobyl'' (in Hebrew and English; Hebrew title: Admorei Malchus Beis Chernobyl), Flushing and Lakewood, New York: Genealogy Research Center of the Twersky Chernobyl Dynasty and the Makarov-Chernobyl Foundation, 2003. * Rabinowicz, Tzvi M. (ed.). ''The Encyclopedia of Hasidism''. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson Inc., 1996. * Rosenstein, Neil. ''The Unbroken Chain: Biographical Sketches and Genealogy of Illustrious Jewish Families from the 15th-20th Century'', rev. ed. (2 vols.). New York, NY: CIS Publishers, 1990.References