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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. ...

(1877–1957), the fourth Belzer rebbe * Elazar Rokeach (c. 1176 – 1238), Talmudist and kabbalist * Elazar Rokeach of Amsterdam, (c. 1665–1742), rabbi *

Israel Rokach Israel Rokach, Order of the British Empire, Honorary CBE (; December 31, 1896 – September 13, 1959) was an Israeli politician, Knesset member, and the fourth Mayor of Tel Aviv from 1936 to 1953. Biography Israel Rokach was born in 1896 in Neve ...

(1886–1959), Israeli politician * Joel Rokach (1909–1965), Italian–Israeli physicist and mathematician *

Lucy Rokach Lucienne "Lucy" Rokach is an English professional poker player from Stoke-on-Trent. She was born in Cairo, Egypt and is now regarded as one of the top female players in Europe. She also commentated on the popular ''Late Night Poker'' television ...

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Malka Rokeach Malka Rokeach () (1780-1850 CE) was the first ''rebbetzin'' of the Hasidic dynasty of Belz. She was the wife of Rabbi Sholom Rokeach, the first ''rebbe'' of Belz, and the mother of the second ''rebbe'' of the dynasty, Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach. She ...

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Milton Rokeach Milton Rokeach (born in Hrubieszów as Mendel Rokicz, December 27, 1918 – October 25, 1988) was a Polish-born American social psychologist. He taught at Michigan State University, the University of Western Ontario, Washington State University, an ...

(1918–1988), Professor of social psychology *

Sholom Rokeach Sholom Rokeach (1781 – September 10, 1855), also known as the ''Sar Sholom'' (, "Angel of Peace"), was the first rebbe (hereditary hasidic leader) of the Belz dynasty . Belzer Hasidim call him "Der Ershter Rov" (the first rabbi); in the city of ...

(1779–1855), the first Belzer rebbe *

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 Haska ...

(1825–1894), the second Belzer rebbe *

Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach (; born 1949), the current Machnovka Rebbe 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 Machnov ...

(born 1949), current Machnovka Rebbe * Yissachar Dov Rokeach (born 1948), the fifth Belzer rebbe * Yissachar Dov Rokeach (1854–1926), the third Belzer rebbe Rokach may also refer to: * Rokach (river), a river in

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