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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.
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. Two hundred Jews died during the *Chmielnicki uprising in 1648–49 and 60 children subsequently during the Swedish invasion (1660).
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.
The Belz Great Synagogue ( Hebrew: בעלזא בית המדרש הגדול; Belz Beis HaMedrash HaGadol) is one of the largest synagogues in Israel. It was built by the Belz Hasidic community with financial help from its supporters and admirers around the world.
One was established at Belz, a small town in Ukraine. By the beginning of the twentieth century the majority of the town’s 6,000 residents were Jews. The first Belzer rebbe was Shalom Rokeach of Belz (1779–1855), better known as the Sar Shalom.
Sep 4, 2014 · Belz of Jerusalem, the Largest Synagogue in the World. This magnificent sanctuary took 15 years to build, by a community that rose like a phoenix from the ashes of the Holocaust. The exterior of the Belz Synagogue, whose distinctive roof punctures the Jerusalem skyline on entering the city via Route #1. Credit: Jacob Solomon. Jacob Solomon. Follow.
