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The synagogue in Belz, dedicated in 1843, destroyed by the Nazis in 1939. Belz (Yiddish: בעלזא) is a Hasidic dynasty founded in the town of Belz in Western Ukraine, near the Polish border, historically the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland.
The Belz family is one of the most important Hasidic dynasties of Galicia, so called after the township where it took up residence. The founder of the dynasty, Shalom Roke’a? (1779–1855), came from a distinguished family descended from R. Eleazer Roke’a? of Amsterdam.
The Belz Hasidic Dynasty was founded by Rabbi Shalom Rokeaḥ (1783–1855), a devoted disciple of Ya‘akov Yitsḥak Horowitz, the so-called Seer of Lublin. Rokeaḥ established his famous court in Belz around 1817, attracting many followers from Poland, Galicia, and Hungary.
Answer: We do believe in a type of Hell, but not the one found in cartoons and joke books. Hell is not a punishment in the conventional sense; it is, in fact, the expression of a great kindness. The Jewish mystics described a spiritual place called “ Gehinnom .”
- Aron Moss
BELZ, small town in the Lvov district, Ukraine (between the world wars, in Poland). The Jewish settlement in Belz dates from the beginning of the 15 th century. About 200 Jews inhabiting 32 houses are recorded in 1550.
Jun 2, 2015 · She has made the bold claim that there is absolutely no basis for the position taken by Belz in Jewish texts, and “real” Judaism does not believe in this. Yet this simplistic approach is...
BELZ, one of the most important ḥasidic dynasties of Galicia, so called after the township where it took up residence (see previous entry). The founder of the dynasty, shalom roke'aḤ (1779–1855), came from a distinguished family descended from R. Eleazer *Roke'aḥ of Amsterdam.
