Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka
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Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach (born 1949), current Machnovka Rebbe
of Bnei Brak is a great-nephew of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshl of Machnovka, the third Machnovker 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...
of Bnei Brak is a great-nephew of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshl of Machnovka, the third Machnovker Rebbe.
As a scion of the Belz dynasty
The lineage of the present Machnovker Rebbe from the Belz dynasty is as follows:- Grand Rabbi Shalom RokeachShalom RokeachSholom Rokeach , also known as the Sar Sholom , was the first Belzer Rebbe.To Belzer Hasidim, he is known as "Der Ershter Rov" , but in the city of Belz itself he was called "Der Alter Rov" in deference to the Bach, who presided as rabbi of Belz in the sixteenth century.-Biography:His father was...
, author of Sar Shalom, the first Belzer RebbeRebbeRebbe , 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...
, a disciple of the Seer of Lublin- Grand Rabbi Yehoshua RokeachYehoshua RokeachYehoshua Rokeach was the second rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He combined Torah scholarship with practical common sense to guide thousands of Hasidim and to fight the Haskalah movement that was making inroads in Jewish communities in Poland during the nineteenth century...
, son of the Sar Shalom, second Belzer Rebbe- Grand Rabbi Issachar Dov RokeachYissachar Dov Rokeach (I)Yissachar Dov Rokeach , , was the third Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He was the second son of Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach , and served as the third Belzer Rebbe from his father's death in 1894 until his own death in 1926.-Personal life:Yissachar Dov was born in the town of Belz, Poland...
, son of Rabbi Joshua, the third Belzer Rebbe. He first married Basia Rochma, daughter of Rabbi Yeshaya Meshullam Zusya Twersky. Then he married Chaya Devora of the Pychenik family of Berezna. The Belz connection with Chernobyl was strong. Rabbi Issachar, though a Belzer RebbeRebbeRebbe , 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...
, was known as the “illui (prodigy) of Chernobyl,” where he lived for ten years. Rabbi Issachar's five daughters all married into the Chernobyl dynasty.- Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach of Jaroslaw, son of Rabbi Issachar Dov of Belz (with his second wife). Rabbi Yehoshua married and then divorced Chana, daughter of the first Machnovker Rebbe, Yosef Meyer Twersky
- Rabbi Isaac David Rokeach, son of Rebbe Yehoshua and Chana above.
- Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach, (born in Tel Aviv, 1949) of Machnovka-Bnei Brak is the son of Rabbi Isaac David Rokeach, son of Chana Zosha above. He succeeded his great-uncle Rebbe Avraham Yehoshua Heshl Twersky as Machnovker Rebbe. He is the fourth and present Machnovker Rebbe.
- Rabbi Isaac David Rokeach, son of Rebbe Yehoshua and Chana above.
- Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach of Jaroslaw, son of Rabbi Issachar Dov of Belz (with his second wife). Rabbi Yehoshua married and then divorced Chana, daughter of the first Machnovker Rebbe, Yosef Meyer Twersky
- Grand Rabbi Issachar Dov Rokeach
- Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach