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Aharon Mordechai Rokeach (; born 12 October 1975
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, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach (fifth Belzer rebbe)">Yissachar Dov Rokeach. Born in
Jerusalem
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,
Israel
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, he was named after his father's uncle, Rabbi
Aharon Rokeach
Aharon Rokeach (; 19 December 1880Israel, Yosef (2005). "Rescuing the Rebbe of Belz". NY:Mesorah Publications, Ltd. . – 18 August 1957) was the fourth Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He led the movement from 1926 until he died in 1957.
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, the fourth Belzer Rebbe, and his father's father, Rabbi
Mordechai of Bilgoray.
[Landesman, Yerucham. "Born to Lead: How did the Belzer Rebbe breathe new life into a shattered Chassidus?" '']Mishpacha
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History
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'', 10 October 2011, pp. 30–51.
Family background
Aharon Mordechai was born to Yissachar Dov Rokeach and Sarah Hager, daughter of Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, the future
Vizhnitzer rebbe, after 10 years of marriage.
[Eichler, Rabbi Yisrael. "The Belz Bar Mitzvah: Forging another link in the chain". '']Hamodia
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'', March 6, 2008, pp. A17-A18.
Biography
The occasion of his
bar mitzvah
A ''bar mitzvah'' () or ''bat mitzvah'' () is a coming of age ritual in Judaism. According to Halakha, Jewish law, before children reach a certain age, the parents are responsible for their child's actions. Once Jewish children reach that age ...
on 18 October 1988 (7
Cheshvan
Marcheshvan (Hebrew language, Hebrew: , Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew, Standard , Tiberian vocalization, Tiberian ; from Akkadian language, Akkadian , literally, 'eighth month'), generally shortened to Cheshvan (, Hebrew language#Modern Hebrew, S ...
5749) prompted a mass gathering of Hasidim in the half-finished
Belz Great Synagogue
The Belz Great Synagogue () is an Hasidic Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 7 Binat Yisas'har Street, in the Kiryat Belz neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. Designed by Aaron Ostreicher and completed in 2002, the synagogue was buil ...
in Jerusalem, followed by a Belzer convention that filled the
Jerusalem Convention Center.
On July 7, 1992,
Aharon Mordechai was engaged to Sarah Leah Lemberger, daughter of Rabbi Shimon Lemberger,
Makova Rebbe in
Kiryat Ata
Kiryat Ata () also spelled Qiryat Ata, is a city in the Haifa District of Israel. In it had a population of , 92% of whom were Jewish citizens.
History
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They were married on August 3, 1993, in
Kiryat Belz
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, Jerusalem,
in the presence of 60,000 people.
The couple has ten sons and three daughters.
Current activities
References
External links
Rabbi Aharon Mordechai Rokeach Visits Boro Park (video)Bar mitzvah of Rabbi Aharon Mordechai Rokeach's eldest son, 2008 (video)
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Hasidic rabbis in Israel
Belz (Hasidic dynasty)
Rabbis in Jerusalem
Clergy from Jerusalem
1975 births
Living people