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Ropshitz is the name of a Hasidic

Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...

dynasty, or rabbi

Rabbi

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nical family and group who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz

Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz

Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropczyce was born on the day that the Baal Shem Tov died, to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk. His mother Beila was the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Halevi Horowitz. Naftali Tzvi adopted the surname of his maternal grandfather.He was the first Ropshitzer Rebbe...

(1760-1827). Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

known in Polish as Ropczyce

Ropczyce

Ropczyce is a town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Valley the Wielopolka River and is inhabited by 15,098 people . It is the seat of Ropczyce-Sędziszów County.-Geography:...

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Many major rabbis are descendants of the Rebbe

Rebbe

Rebbe , which means master, teacher, or mentor, is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word Rabbi. It often refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement...

s of Ropshitz.

Among the offshoots of the Ropshitz dynasty are, the Dzikov, Glogov, Melitz, Stitshin, and Strizov dynasties.

Today, Rabbi Chaim Meir Yechiel Rubin, the son of the Muzhayer Rebbe, is the Ropshitzer Rebbe.

Lineage

Rebbe Naftali Tzvi Horowitz
Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz
Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropczyce was born on the day that the Baal Shem Tov died, to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk. His mother Beila was the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Halevi Horowitz. Naftali Tzvi adopted the surname of his maternal grandfather.He was the first Ropshitzer Rebbe...

of Ropshitz (1760-1827), son of Rabbi Mendl of Linsk
- Rebbe Eliezer Horowitz of Dzhikov (d. 1860), son of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi
- Rebbe Yaakov Horowitz ABD Kolbashov
  Kolbuszowa
  Kolbuszowa is a small town in south-eastern Poland, with 9,190 inhabitants .Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship , it is the capital of Kolbuszowa County.-History:The name of the town comes from the land owner Kolbusz...
  
  and Melitz
  Mielec
  Mielec is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 60,979 inhabitants, as of June 2009. It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Rzeszów Voivodeship...
  
  (d.1839), son of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi
  - Rebbe Elozor Hopstzajn 4th Koznitzer Rebbe, son-in-law of Rebbe Yaakov Horowitz
    - Rebbe Yechiel Yaakov Hopstzajn, 5th Koznitzer Rebbe, son of Rebbe Elozor Hopstzajn
      - Rebbe Nosson Dovid Rabinowitz of Partzov, Partzover Rebbe, son-in-law of Rebbe Yechiel Yaakov and son of the Biala Rebbe, Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowitz and direct descendent of the Yid / Yehudi HaKadosh
        
        Rebbe Avraham Yaakov Shapira of Drohobitz and Jerusalem, Drohobitzer Rebbe, son-in-law of Rebbe Nosson Dovid Rabinowitz and son of Rebbe Chaim Meir Yechiel Shapira, Drohobitzer Rebbe
        
        Reb Avraham Glasner of Jerusalem, Israel, son-in-law of Rebbe Avraham Yaakov, son of Shimon Glasner who immigrated fron Klausenberg with his father, the Dor Revii, Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner, Great grandson of the Chasam Sofer
        
        Reb Moshe Shmuel Glasner of Jerusalem, Israel, son-in-law of Reb Avraham Glasner and son of Rabbi Yuda / Yehuda Tzvi Glasner of Los Angeles and Klausenberg, Romania, son of Rabbi Akiva Glasner, son of the Dor Revii, Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner, Great grandson of the Chasam Sofer
- Rebbe Avrohom Chaim Horowitz of Linsk (d. 1831), son of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi
  - Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Linsk, son of Rebbe Avrohom Chaim
    - Rebbe Yisroel of Vislitch, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel
      - Rebbe Naftoli Tzvi of Krakow, son of Rebbe Yisroel
        
        Rebbe Shmuel Avrohom Rabinowitz of Mezibuz, son-in-law of Rebbe Naftoli Tzvi
        
        Rebbe Dovid Eliezer Rabinowitz, son of Rebbe Shmuel Avrohom
        
        Rebbe Shmuel Avrohom Rabinowitz of Ramat Beit Shemesh, son of Rebbe Dovid Eliezer
        
        Rebbe Aharon Pinchas Rabinowitz of Baltimore, current Ropshitzer-Zlotchover Rebbe of Baltimore, Maryland, USA
        
        Reb Naftoli Tzvi Rabinowitz of Baltimore, son of Rebbe Aharon Pinchas
- Rebbe Osher Yeshayo Rubin of Ropshitz (d.1855), son-in-law of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi
  - Rebbe Menashe Rubin of Ropshitz (d. 1861), son of Rebbe Osher Yeshayo
    - Rabbi Reuven Horowitz ABD Dembitz, son-in-law of Rebbe Menashe
  - Rabbi Aharon Rubin of Rymanow
    Rymanów
    Rymanów is a town of 3,585 inhabitants . in Poland's Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It is a capital of a separate commune within the powiat of Krosno...
    
    (d. 1857), son of Rebbe Osher Yeshayo

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