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A Belzer tische, Purim 5766 (2006). During a tische, the Rebbe sits at the head of the table and the Hasidim gather around the table.In large Hasidic movements, only the Rebbe and his immediate family, plus a few close disciples, partake of the actual meal, but small pieces of bread, fish, meat, poultry, farfel, beans, kugel, cake or fruit, as well as small cups of wine or other beverages, are ...
Yaakov Aryeh Alter (Polish: Jakub Arie Alter, Hebrew: יעקב אריה אלתר, born 18 May 1939) is the eighth, and current, Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he has held since 1996. He lives in Israel , and has followers there and in the United States , Europe , and Canada .
Right after his father's passing in 2000, Naftali was appointed as fourth Bobover Rebbe at age 69, [1] while Halberstam was appointed as Rav Hatza'ir (assistant rabbi). Naftali died right before the Purim holiday in 2005, [ 4 ] which led to a succession crisis over who should be the Grand Rebbe of the many Bobov Hasidim worldwide. [ 1 ]
The most prominent descendant of Shotzer Rebbe is rabbi y. M. Moskowitz the shotz-drubitz'r rabbi, (Brooklyn/ bet shemesh), Also is very appreciated, his grandson Rabbi Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz, the Melitzer Rebbe, in Ashdod, author of several books, including Peros Hailan on the laws of Chol HaMoed, and Nefesh Chaya, a commentary and ...
Rabbi Shmiel Dovid Halberstam (Hebrew: שמואל דוד הלברשטאם), also known as the Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe, is the younger son and one of the successors of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the previous Klausenberger Rebbe. He resides in Brooklyn, New York.
Zvi Elimelech Halberstam (born 1952) is the present Sanz Rebbe of Netanya, Israel.He is also known as the Sanzer Rebbe.He is the eldest son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the first Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe, who in his will divided the leadership of the Klausenburger Hasidim between his two sons, Rabbi Zvi Elimelech and Rabbi Shmuel Dovid (the present Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe of Brooklyn ...
A historic Brooklyn synagogue that serves as the center of an influential Hasidic Jewish movement was trashed this week during an unusual community dispute that began with the discovery of a ...
Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel Twerski, founder of the Hornosteipel dynasty, was the third son of the Chernobler Maggid - Rebbe Mordechai Twersky.Rebbe Mordechai's father, Rebbe Menachem Nachum Twersky of Chernobyl (author of Meor Einayim and founder of The Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty), was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.