Topic

Ukraine

7 items on the site.

Vizhnitz was founded in the mid-19th century by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager in the town of Vizhnitz in Bukovina (today in…

Skver is a branch of the House of Chernobyl, founded in the mid-19th century by Rabbi Yitzchok Twersky (Reb Itzikl) in the town…

For many years, Hasidic stories of the tzaddikim were passed down by word of mouth, at tishen and melaveh malkahs. The first…

A Yiddish scholar suggests (as his own hypothesis) that the Old Yiddish tale 'Brie ve-Zimre' may be one source behind Rebbe…

Explains why Breslov Hasidim were nicknamed 'dead Hasidim' — after Rebbe Nachman's passing the movement never appointed another…

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

US envoy Steve Witkoff is visiting Norway for talks on ending the war in Ukraine with President Zelensky and European leaders.…

More