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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 group was founded in the early 19th century by Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, also known as the Sar Shalom ...
Belz is Israel’s second largest Hasidic group. In 2022, for the first time, the sect agreed to teach the core curriculum in its elementary schools, including math, science, Hebrew and English. Many schools refuse to teach core curriculum and refuse state funds rather than accept what they regard as secular interference in religious studies.
Other noted rabbis of Belz include Joshua *Falk , Joel *Sirkes , Zechariah *Mendel , and Jonah Te'omim. In 1921 the Jews numbered 2,104 (50.7% of the total population). In May 1942, during the Nazi occupation, there were 1,540 Jews in Belz. About 1,000 were deported to the Sobibor death camp via *Hrubieszow . The remaining Jews were put to work ...
In 1914, when the war front reached Belz, he fled to Hungary and lived in Újfehértó where he succeeded in winning many Hungarian Jews to Belz Ḥasidism. In 1918 he moved to Munkács ( *Mukacevo ) and became embroiled in a bitter quarrel with the ẓaddik of Munkács which gave rise to a voluminous exchange of polemics.
A Hasidic sect originally located in the town of Belz (Pol., Bełz) in eastern Galicia. 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 ...
The Admor of Belz, Yissachar Dov Rokeach, left the town with his disciples, wandering across Hungary as a refugee. In 1920 the Admor from Belz arrived in Munkács, where he found many disciples. In Munkács, an enmity had developed between the courts of the disciples of Rabbi Shapira and the Belz Hasidim.
Aharon Rokeach (19 December 1880 [2] – 18 August 1957) was the fourth Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He led the movement from 1926 until he died in 1957. Rokeach inherited the mantle of leadership from his father, Yissachar Dov Rokeach, upon the latter's death in 1926. Known for his piety and mysticism, Rokeach was called the "Wonder ...
