Hasidic dynasty
Bobov
Bobov traces its origins to the Galician town of Bobowa and was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, a grandson of the Sanzer Rav.…
Topic
Poland
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Hasidic dynasty
Belz
Belz was founded in the early 19th century by Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, the “Sar Shalom,” in the town of Belz in Galicia. After the…
Hasidic dynasty
Ger
Ger was founded by Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, the “Chiddushei HaRim,” in the town of Ger (Góra Kalwaria) near Warsaw. Before the…
Personality
21 Adar in Lizhensk: When a Small Polish Town Fills With Chassidim
Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717–1787), his disciples and the Noam Elimelech, and the yahrzeit pilgrimage to his ohel (about…
Institution
Novardok Yeshiva
The Novardok Yeshiva was founded in 1896 in Novardok by Rabbi Yosef Yozel Horowitz, the Alter of Novardok. It became a major…
History
Sanz (Nowy Sącz): The Town of the Divrei Chaim
Nowy Sącz in southern Poland is the Sanz of the Chassidic seforim. Here the Divrei Chaim led his flock, and here is his ohel.…