Bohush () is a
Hasidic
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dynasty
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named for the town of
Buhuși
Buhuși (; ; ) is a town in Bacău County, Romania with a population of 14,152 as of 2021. It was first mentioned in the 15th century when it was named "Bodești" and was a property of an important family of Boyars named "Buhuș".
The town had ...
,
Romania
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. The dynasty began in the mid-nineteenth century with
Rabbi
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Yitzchok Friedman of Bohush, the eldest grandson of Rabbi
Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhyn, and was based in that town until 1951, when his great-grandson, Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman of Bohush-Tel Aviv, moved the dynasty to
Tel Aviv
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. In 1987 the Bohush ''
beis medrash'' was transferred to
Bnei Brak
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, where the dynasty is led today by Rabbi Yaakov Mendel Friedman, a great-great-grandson of the first Bohusher Rebbe.
[Friedman, ''The Golden Dynasty'', p. 244.]
Rabbi Yaakov Mendel leads his court at 12 Rechov Chaggai, a few doors away from the original
Kloyz in Bnei Brak. He leads it with a fire and a passion. Since he took on the mantle of leadership, the Hasidus has expanded tremendously with three
yeshivos, two
kollel
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s, and communities all over Israel, in The United States,
Antwerp
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and
London
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.
Bohush is one of the branches of the
Ruzhiner dynasty, together with
Boyan,
Chortkov,
Husiatyn,
Sadigura, and
Shtefanesht.
Lineage
* Rebbe
Yisrael Friedman of
Ruzhin (born October 5, 1796, at
Ruzhyn, died October 9, 1851, at
Sadhora), the
** Rebbe Shalom Yosef Friedman of
Sadigura (born 1812 at Ruzhin, died September 8, 1851, at
Leipzig
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), eldest son of Rebbe Yisrael
*** Rebbe Yitzchok Friedman, first rebbe of Bohush (born December 7, 1834, at Buhuşi, died August 19, 1896, at Buhuşi), son of Rebbe Shalom Yosef. Rebbe Yitzchok is sometimes referred to as the "Pachad Yitzchak" of Bohush (not to be confused with his first cousin, the
Pachad Yitzchak of
Boyan, son of Rabbi
Avraham Yaakov of
Sadigura).
[
**** Rebbe Yisroel Shulem Yosef Friedman of Bohush (born September 25, 1855, at Buhuşi, died April 9, 1923, at Buhuşi), son of Rebbe Yitzchok
**** Rebbe Dovid Friedman of Bohush, second]Bucharest
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for surgery), son of Rebbe Dovid and son-in-law of Rebbe Yisroel Shulem Yosef
***** Rebbe Sholom Yosef of Shpikov (died 1920 of typhus
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),Arosa
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On 1 January 2013, the former mu ...
), son of Rebbe Sholom Yosef and husband of his cousin, Yocheved Feige, daughter of Rebbe Menachem Mendel
See also
* Hasidic Judaism
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* Hasidic rebbes
* History of the Jews in Romania
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* Romania in World War II
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* Trisk (Hasidic dynasty)
References
External links
Buhusi.NET - Bohush Dynasty Part I
Buhusi.NET - Bohush Dynasty Part II
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