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Galicia

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Bobov traces its origins to the Galician town of Bobowa and was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, a grandson of the Sanzer Rav.…

Belz was founded in the early 19th century by Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, the “Sar Shalom,” in the town of Belz in Galicia. After the…

Yiddish Wikipedia's entry on the Belz dynasty, from its founder Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, a disciple of the Seer of Lublin, through…

Belz is a small town in western Ukraine near the Polish border, where the Sar Shalom founded Belzer Chassidus. A look at the…

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