Belz
בעלז
Belz was founded by Rebbe Sholom Rokeach, the Sar Sholom, a disciple of the Chozeh of Lublin, and was led from Belz by his descendants. After the Holocaust the dynasty was rebuilt in Eretz Yisroel under Rebbe Aharon, and is led today by his nephew Rebbe Yissochor Dov.
Rebbes in order
Where it began
Links with other dynasties
- Reb Boruch of Seret-Vizhnitz was the son-in-law of Reb Yissochor Dov of Belz (Vizhnitz)
- Reb Yissochor Dov of Belz (the fifth Belzer Rebbe) was the son-in-law of Reb Moshe Yehoshua of Vizhnitz (Vizhnitz)
Sources for these connections
- Belz · Encyclopaedia Judaica (Gale, 2008), via Jewish Virtual Library
- Belz (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia (English)
- Elimelech of Lizhensk · Wikipedia (English)
- Menachem Mendel of Rimanov · Wikipedia (English)
- Moshe Teitelbaum (Ujhel) · Wikipedia
- Orthodox Judaism: Belz · Jewish Virtual Library
- Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Rothenberg Alter (The Chiddushei HaRim) · Jewish Virtual Library (citing the Orthodox Union)
- Shalom Rokeach · Wikipedia (English)
- Shlomo Flam · Wikipedia
- Shmelke of Nikolsburg · Wikipedia (English)
- Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov · Wikipedia
- Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov · Wikipedia
- Uri of Strelisk · Wikipedia
- Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin · Wikipedia
- Yaakov Yitzchak of Peshischa · Wikipedia
- Yehoshua Rokeach · Wikipedia (English)
- Yisroel Hopstein · Wikipedia (English)
- Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- ברוך הגר (מקור ברוך) · Hebrew Wikipedia
- חיים הלברשטאם · Hebrew Wikipedia
- חסידות בלז · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- נפתלי צבי הורוביץ מרופשיץ · Wikipedia
- שלום רוקח · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- שלמה לייב מלענטשנא · Wikipedia
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