Kozhnitz
קוז'ניץ
Kozhnitz goes back to Rebbe Yisroel Hopstein, the Maggid of Kozhnitz, who learned under the Maggid of Mezritch and the Noam Elimelech and became one of the central Chassidic leaders of Poland. His son and the Hopstein descendants led in Kozhnitz until the Holocaust, while the line of his daughter Perl produced the Shapira courts of Mogielnica, Blendov, Grodzisk and Piaseczno, among them the Aish Kodesh of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Rebbes in order
Where it began
Branches
Mogielnica
Blendov
Grodzisk
Piaseczno
Links with other dynasties
- Reb Sholom of Belz was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Belz)
- Reb Yitzchok Meir of Ger was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Ger)
- Reb Chaim Meir Yechiel of Mogielnica was a talmid of Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Lublin (The Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid's Circle)
- Reb Chaim Meir Yechiel of Mogielnica was a talmid of Reb Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel of Apta (The Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid's Circle)
- Reb Chaim Meir Yechiel of Mogielnica was a talmid of Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Peshischa (Ger)
- Reb Chaim Meir Yechiel of Mogielnica was a talmid of Reb Yerachmiel of Peshischa (Biala)
- Reb Moshe Elyakim Beriah of Kozhnitz was a talmid of Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk (The Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid's Circle)
- Reb Moshe Elyakim Beriah of Kozhnitz was a talmid of Reb Zusha of Anipoli (The Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid's Circle)
- Reb Elimelech of Grodzisk was the son-in-law of Reb Yerachmiel of Peshischa (Biala)
- Reb Elimelech of Grodzisk was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Ruzhin (Chernobyl and Ruzhin)
- Reb Elimelech of Grodzisk was a talmid of Reb Chaim of Sanz (Sanz)
- Reb Mendel of Rimanov and Reb Yisroel of Koznitz were closely linked (The Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid's Circle)
- Reb Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Kuzmir–Modzitz)
- Reb Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Dinov-Munkacs)
- Reb Osher Yeshaya of Ropshitz was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Ropshitz–Dzhikov)
- Reb Dan of Radvil was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Zlotchov)
- Reb Dan of Radvil was a talmid of Reb Moshe Elyakim Beriah of Kozhnitz (Zlotchov)
- Reb Naftali of Ropshitz was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Ropshitz–Dzhikov)
- Reb Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Zidichov-Komarno)
Sources for these connections
- Apta (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia (English)
- Belz · Encyclopaedia Judaica (Gale, 2008), via Jewish Virtual Library
- Belz (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia (English)
- Biala (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia (English)
- Bluzhev (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Chaim Halberstam · Wikipedia
- Chortkov (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Dov Ber of Mezeritch · Wikipedia (English)
- Dovid Biderman · Wikipedia (English)
- Elimelech of Lizhensk · Wikipedia (English)
- Husiatyn (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Joseph Meir Weiss · Wikipedia (English)
- Kalonymus Kalman Shapira · Wikipedia (English)
- Kuzmir (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia (English)
- Lelov · Wikipedia (English)
- Menachem Mendel of Rimanov · Wikipedia (English)
- Modzitz · Wikipedia (English)
- Moshe Biderman · Wikipedia (English)
- Moshe Leib of Sassov · Wikipedia
- Moshe Teitelbaum (Ujhel) · Wikipedia
- Munkacs (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz · Wikipedia (English)
- Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Rothenberg Alter (The Chiddushei HaRim) · Jewish Virtual Library (citing the Orthodox Union)
- Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia (English)
- Ruzhin (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Ruzhin, Israel (Encyclopaedia Judaica) · Jewish Virtual Library (Gale)
- Sanz (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Shmelke of Nikolsburg · Wikipedia (English)
- Shmuel of Karov · Wikipedia (English)
- Sholom Rokeach · Wikipedia (English)
- Simcha Bunim of Peshischa · Wikipedia
- Skver (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Spinka, Joseph Meir Weiss of · Encyclopaedia Judaica (Gale), via Encyclopedia.com
- Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov · Wikipedia
- Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov · Wikipedia
- Uri of Strelisk · Wikipedia (English)
- Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Weiss, Joseph Meir · Encyclopaedia Judaica (Gale), via Encyclopedia.com
- Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin · Wikipedia
- Yaakov Yitzchak of Peshischa · Wikipedia
- Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam · Wikipedia
- Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin · Wikipedia
- Yisroel Hopstein · Wikipedia (English)
- Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Zusha of Anipoli · Wikipedia (English)
- אברהם יששכר בער רבינוביץ · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- אהרן אריה לייב מפרמישלאן · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- אלימלך שפירא (גרודז'יסק) · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- אליעזר הורוביץ · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- אשר ישעיה רובין · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- דוד בידרמן · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- דוד משה רבינוביץ · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- דן יונגרלייב · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- חיים הלברשטאם · Hebrew Wikipedia
- חיים מאיר יחיאל שפירא (מוגלניצא) · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- חסידות דז'יקוב · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- חסידות זווהיל · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- חסידות לינסק · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- חסידות מעליץ · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- חסידות סאסוב · Wikipedia
- חסידות צאנז · Hebrew Wikipedia
- חסידות קוז'ניץ · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- חסידות ראדוויל · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- חסידות ראדומסק · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- חסידות רוז'ין · Hebrew Wikipedia
- יוסף מאיר וייס · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- יחזקאל מקוזמיר · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- ישעיהו שפירא · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- ישראל הופשטיין מקוז'ניץ · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- מרדכי מקרמניץ · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- משה אליקים בריעה הופשטיין · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- משה בידרמן · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- משה גולדמן (זווהיל) · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- משה לייב מסאסוב · Wikipedia
- נפתלי צבי הורוביץ מרופשיץ · Wikipedia
- נתן נחום רבינוביץ · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- קלונימוס קלמיש שפירא · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- שלום רוקח · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- שלמה לייב מלענטשנא · Wikipedia
- שלמה רבינוביץ · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- שמואל מקארוב · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
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