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Belz (Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
: Belz, Yiddish
Yiddish language

Yiddish is a non-territorial High German languages of Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. Unlike other such languages, Yiddish is written with the Hebrew alphabet as opposed to a Latin alphabet....
: ????), a small town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 in the Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast

Lviv Oblast is an administrative divisions of Ukraine in western Ukraine. The capital city of the oblast is the city of Lviv....
 (province
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
) of western Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
, near the border with Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is 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 Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, is located between the Solokiya river (affluent of the Bug river, called Western Bug
Western Bug

The Bug or Buh River , sometimes called the Western Bug to distinguish it from the Southern Bug, flows from central Ukraine to the west, forming part of the boundary between Ukraine and Poland, passes along the Poland-Belarusian border and into Poland, and empties into the Narew river near Serock ....
) and the Rzeczyca stream.

The current estimated population is 2408 (as of 2004).

e are three versions of the origin of the name:

  1. the Celtic language - 'belz' (water) or 'pelz' (stream),
  2. the so called "Old Slavic language" - «????» or «????» (muddy place),
  3. the so called "Old Russian language" - «??????» (white place, a glade in the midst of dark woods).


The name occurs in two other places:

  1. 'Belz' (department Morbihan), Brittany
    Brittany

    Brittany is a former independent Celtic nations monarchy and duchy, now incorporated into France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the historic province and independent duchy....
    , France
  2. 'Balti' (??????/Beljcy, also known in Yiddish as 'Belz'), Moldova
    Moldova

    Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
     (Bessarabia)


is situated in a fertile plain which tribes of Indo-European
Indo-European

Indo-European may refer to:* Indo-European languages* Indo-European people, peoples speaking an Indo-European language** Aryan race, a 19th-century term for Indo-European speakers...
 origin settled in ancient times: Celtic Lugii
Lugii

The Lugii, Lugi, Lygii, Ligii, Lugiones, Lygians, Ligians, Lugians, or Lougoi were a tribe of Indo-European people origin....
, next (2nd-5th century) German Goths
Goths

The Goths were East Germanic tribes who, in the 3rd and 4th centuries, invasion the Roman Empire and later adopted Arian Christianity. In the 5th and 6th centuries, divided as the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, they established powerful successor-states of the Roman Empire in the Iberian peninsula and Italy....
, slavized Sarmatians
Sarmatians

The Sarmatians, Sarmat? or Sauromat? were a people of Ancient Iranian peoples origin. Mentioned by Classics authors, they migrated from Central Asia to the Ural Mountains around fifth century B.C....
 (White Croats), and at last Slavic Lendians
Lendians

The Lendians were a Lechitic languages tribe recorded to have inhabited the ill-defined area in East Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia between the 7th and 11th centuries....
.

The town has existed since at least the 10th century, as one of the Burgs of Czerwien (Ruthenian) strongholds under Bohemian
Bohemian

Bohemians are the people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, located in the modern day Czech Republic....
 and Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is 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 Enclave and exclave, to the north....
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Belz (Polish
Polish language

Polish , an official language of Poland, has the largest number of speakers of any West Slavic languages. Polish-speakers use the language in a uniform manner through most of Poland, and it has a regular orthography....
: Belz, Yiddish
Yiddish language

Yiddish is a non-territorial High German languages of Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. Unlike other such languages, Yiddish is written with the Hebrew alphabet as opposed to a Latin alphabet....
: ????), a small town
Town

A town is a type of human settlement ranging from a few to several thousand inhabitants, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas; the precise meaning varies between countries and is not always a matter of legal definition....
 in the Lviv Oblast
Lviv Oblast

Lviv Oblast is an administrative divisions of Ukraine in western Ukraine. The capital city of the oblast is the city of Lviv....
 (province
Oblast

Oblast is a type of administrative division in Slavic peoples countries and in some countries of the former Soviet Union. The word "oblast" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "zone", "province", or "region"....
) of western Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
, near the border with Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is 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 Enclave and exclave, to the north....
, is located between the Solokiya river (affluent of the Bug river, called Western Bug
Western Bug

The Bug or Buh River , sometimes called the Western Bug to distinguish it from the Southern Bug, flows from central Ukraine to the west, forming part of the boundary between Ukraine and Poland, passes along the Poland-Belarusian border and into Poland, and empties into the Narew river near Serock ....
) and the Rzeczyca stream.

The current estimated population is 2408 (as of 2004).

Origin of name

There are three versions of the origin of the name:

  1. the Celtic language - 'belz' (water) or 'pelz' (stream),
  2. the so called "Old Slavic language" - «????» or «????» (muddy place),
  3. the so called "Old Russian language" - «??????» (white place, a glade in the midst of dark woods).


The name occurs in two other places:

  1. 'Belz' (department Morbihan), Brittany
    Brittany

    Brittany is a former independent Celtic nations monarchy and duchy, now incorporated into France. It is also, more generally, the name of the cultural area whose limits correspond to the historic province and independent duchy....
    , France
  2. 'Balti' (??????/Beljcy, also known in Yiddish as 'Belz'), Moldova
    Moldova

    Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
     (Bessarabia)


History

Belz is situated in a fertile plain which tribes of Indo-European
Indo-European

Indo-European may refer to:* Indo-European languages* Indo-European people, peoples speaking an Indo-European language** Aryan race, a 19th-century term for Indo-European speakers...
 origin settled in ancient times: Celtic Lugii
Lugii

The Lugii, Lugi, Lygii, Ligii, Lugiones, Lygians, Ligians, Lugians, or Lougoi were a tribe of Indo-European people origin....
, next (2nd-5th century) German Goths
Goths

The Goths were East Germanic tribes who, in the 3rd and 4th centuries, invasion the Roman Empire and later adopted Arian Christianity. In the 5th and 6th centuries, divided as the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, they established powerful successor-states of the Roman Empire in the Iberian peninsula and Italy....
, slavized Sarmatians
Sarmatians

The Sarmatians, Sarmat? or Sauromat? were a people of Ancient Iranian peoples origin. Mentioned by Classics authors, they migrated from Central Asia to the Ural Mountains around fifth century B.C....
 (White Croats), and at last Slavic Lendians
Lendians

The Lendians were a Lechitic languages tribe recorded to have inhabited the ill-defined area in East Lesser Poland and Red Ruthenia between the 7th and 11th centuries....
.

The town has existed since at least the 10th century, as one of the Burgs of Czerwien (Ruthenian) strongholds under Bohemian
Bohemian

Bohemians are the people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, located in the modern day Czech Republic....
 and Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is 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 Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 rule. From 981 Belz was a part of Rus'-Ukraine (Principality of Kievan Rus', Principality of Halych and Volodymir), except 1018–1030 when it belonged to Poland. In 1366 it became a permanent part of the Kingdom of Poland
History of Poland

Settled agricultural people have lived in the area that is now Poland for the last 7500 years, the Slavic peoples people have been in this territory for over 1500 years, and the History of Poland as a state spans well over a millennium....
, until the First Partition of Poland
First Partition of Poland

The First Partition of Poland or First Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth took place in 1772 as the first of partitions of Poland that ended the existence of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth by 1795....
 in 1772. It then passed to the Austrian Empire
Austrian Empire

The Austrian Empire was a periodization successor state empire founded on a remnant of the Holy Roman Empire centered on what is today's Austria that officially lasted from 1804 to 1867....
, later the Austro-Hungarian Empire, where it was a part of the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria

The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria official ) was a kingdom dependent to the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire and Austria?Hungary from 1772 to 1917; independent from July 26, 1917 to November 14, 1918....
. The Jewish (Ashkenazi
Ashkenazi Jews

File:Juden 1881.JPGAshkenazi Jews, also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim , are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish ethnic divisions of the Rhineland in the west of Germany....
) Kahal (hebr. ???? kehilla
Kehilla

A kehilla or kehillah is a Jewish community. In pre-World War II Europe, all towns or cities with a Jewish population had one communal organisation, or occasionally more....
) in Belz was established in the Late Middle Ages (ca. 14th c.). In 1665 Jews in Belz got equal rights and duties. The town became home to a Hasidic
Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism is a type of Orthodox Judaism or Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective chasidic / hasidic applies....
 dynasty of Belz in the early 19th century. , Shalom Rokeach of Belz (1779 - 1855), also known as the Sar Shalom, was a student of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin
Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin, also Jacob Isaac of Lublin, or Y. Y. Horowitz , known as "The Chozeh of Lublin" , or simply as the "Chozeh", was a Hasidic Judaism rebbe from Poland....
, known as "The Chozeh of Lublin" (????? ???????, The Seer of Lublin) and the first Belzer Rebbe from 1817 to 1855. At the beginning of World War I
World War I

World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
, Belz counted 6100 inhabitants, including 3600 Jews, 1600 Ukrainians, and 900 Poles. During the war Belz Hasidic Court with many Jews fled the shtetl.

With the collapse of Austria-Hungary following World War I in November 1918, Belz was included in the Western Ukrainian People's Republic, but came under Polish control in 1919, which was confirmed in the Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is 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 Enclave and exclave, to the north....
–Ukrainian People's Republic
Ukrainian People's Republic

The Ukrainian People's Republic was a republic in part of the territory of modern Ukraine Ukraine after the Russian Revolution, eventually headed by Symon Petliura....
 agreement in April 1920. From 1919 to 1939 Belz belonged to the Second Polish Republic
Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II....
. The Hasidic Court returned in 1925 and Jews gradually returned to Belz thereafter.

Then from 1939 to 1944 Belz was occupied by Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 as a part of the General Government
General Government

The General Government refers to a part of the territories of Poland under German military occupation during World War II by Nazi Germany and was an autonomous part of "Greater Germany"....
. Belz is situated on left, north waterside of the Solokiya river (affluent of the Bug river), which was German-Soviet border in 1939-1941. Most of the Jews of Belz fled before the German invasion. However, by May 1942, there were over 1,540 Jewish refugees in Belz. On June 2, 1942, 1,000 Jews were deported to Hrubieszów
Hrubieszów

Hrubiesz?w [] is a town in southeastern Poland, with a population of 18,661 . It is the capital of Hrubiesz?w County.Since 1999 Hrubiesz?w has been part of Lublin Voivodeship ....
 and from there to the Sobibór
Sobibór

Sobib?r is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wlodawa, within Wlodawa County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It lies close to the river Western Bug, which forms the border with Belarus and Ukraine....
 extermination camp. Another 504 were brought to Hrubieszów
Hrubieszów

Hrubiesz?w [] is a town in southeastern Poland, with a population of 18,661 . It is the capital of Hrubiesz?w County.Since 1999 Hrubiesz?w has been part of Lublin Voivodeship ....
 in September of that year, after they were no longer needed to work on the farms in the area.

After the war Belz reverted to Poland until 1951 when, after a border readjustment (see: 1951 Polish-Soviet territorial exchange
1951 Polish-Soviet territorial exchange

The 1951 Polish-Soviet territorial exchange or Polish-Soviet border adjustment treaty of 1951 was the largest peaceful territorial exchange in Polish history and one of the largest border adjustments in post-war European history....
), it passed to the Soviet Union (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
Ukrainian SSR

The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic or the Ukrainian SSR was one of the founders of the USSR and a republic that made up the former Soviet Union from its formation in 1922 to its abolishment in 1991....
). Since 1991 it has been part of independent Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
.

Cultural trivia

The Yiddish song “Beltz, Mayn Shtetele” is a moving evocation of a happy childhood spent in a shtetl. Originally this song was composed for a town which bears a similarly sounding name in Yiddish (belts), called Balti
Balti

Balti can refer to:* Balti, a city and county in Moldova* Balti Steppe, a grassland in northern Moldova* Balti dynasty, a branch of the ancient Visigoths...
 in Moldovan
Moldovan

Moldovan and Moldavian refer to something of, from, or related to Moldova, a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, or the region of Moldavia....
/Romanian
Romanian language

Romanian or Daco-Romanian ; self-designation: limba rom?na, ) is a Romance languages spoken by around 24 to 28 million people, primarily in Romania and Moldova....
, and is located in Bessarabia
Bessarabia

Bessarabia is a historical term for the geographic entity in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west....
 (presently the Moldova
Moldova

Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the west and Ukraine to the north, east and south....
 Republic). Later interpretations may have had Belz in mind, though.

Belz is also a very important place for Ukrainian Catholics
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church

The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church , also known as the Ukrainian Catholic Church, is one of the successor Church body to the Baptism of Kiev by Grand Prince Vladimir the Great of Kiev , in 988....
 and Polish Catholics
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is 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 Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 as a place where the Black Madonna
Black Madonna of Czestochowa

The Black Madonna of Czestochowa is a holy icon of the Virgin Mary, that is both Poland's holiest relic and one of the country's national symbols....
 of Czestochowa
Czestochowa

Czestochowa is a city in south Poland on the Warta with 248,894 inhabitants . It has been situated in the Silesian Voivodeship since 1999, and was previously the capital of Czestochowa Voivodeship ....
 (this icon was believed to have painted by St. Luke the Evangelist
Luke the Evangelist

Luke the Evangelist was an early Christianity leader who is said by tradition to be the author of both the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles....
) had resided for several centuries until 1382, when Wladyslaw Opolczyk
Wladyslaw Opolczyk

Wladyslaw Opolczyk Wladyslaw, son of Bolko II Opolski, and a grandson of Wladyslaw I the Elbow-high, was of Poland Piast dynasty....
, duke of Opole
Opole

Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 129,553 and is the capital of the Opole Voivodeship, and also the seat of Opole County....
, took the icon home to his principality after ending his service as the Royal emissary for Halychyna for Louis I of Hungary
Louis I of Hungary

Louis I the Great was King of Hungary from 1342 and of King of Poland from 1370.Louis was the head of the senior branch of the Angevin dynasty....
.

Notable residents

Danylo Gal 2
Jakub Sobieski
Belzqedushathaaron
* Vsevolod Mstislavich of Volhynia
Vsevolod Mstislavich of Volhynia

Vsevolod Mstislavich was a son of Mstislav II of Kiev and Agnieszka, the daughter of King Boleslaus III of Poland. Vsevolod was Prince of Belz and Prince of Volodymyr-Volynsky. He died in 1196....
, prince (kniaz) of Belz (1170-1196)
  • Vasyljko Romanovych, prince of Belz (1207-1211)
  • Lev I of Galicia, prince of Belz (1245-1264)
  • Yuri I of Galicia, prince of Belz (1264-1301)
  • Jurij Narimuntovich, Lithuanian, prince of Belz (ca.1326-ca.1377)
  • Jasko Mazowita, prefect of Belz (14th-15th centuries)
  • Casimir II of Belz, prince of Belz (1434-1442)
  • Jan Kamieniecki (1463-1513), starost of Belz
  • Mikolaj Sieniawski
    Mikolaj Sieniawski

    Mikolaj Sieniawski was a notable Poland magnate, military commander and a prominent politician of his times. He built Brzezany Castle round which the modern town of Berezhany has developed....
     (ca.1489-1569), voivode of Belz
  • Jan Firlej
    Jan Firlej

    Jan Firlej was a Poland nobleman , and Calvinist activist.Jan became Great Marszalek of the Crown in 1563 and starost of Cracow in 1572. He agreed with the candidature of Henryk Walezy for the Polish throne only on the condition that Henryk signing the Henrican articles....
     (ca.1521-1574), voivode of Belz
  • Jan Zamoyski
    Jan Zamoyski

    Jan Zamoyski , was a Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth szlachcic, magnate, 1st duke/Ordynat of Zamosc. Royal Secretary since 1566, Lesser Kanclerz ) of the Crown since 1576, Lord Grand-Chancellor of the Crown since 1578, and Grand Hetman of the Crown since 1581....
     (1542-1605), starost of Belz
  • Yoel Sirkis
    Yoel Sirkis

    Yoel Sirkis, , also known as the Bach - an abbreviation of his magnum opus, Bayit Chadash - was a prominent Jewish posek and Halakha....
     (1561-1640), great Rabbi, one of Achronim
  • Rafal Leszczynski
    Rafal Leszczynski

    Rafal Leszczynski can refer to:*Rafal Leszczynski , castellan of Przemysl*Rafal Leszczynski , Court Marshal*Rafal Leszczynski , bishop of Plock...
     (1579-1636), voivode of Belz
  • Jakub Sobieski
    Jakub Sobieski

    Jakub Sobieski was a Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth szlachcic, parliamentarian, diarist, political activist, military leader and father of King Jan III Sobieski....
     (1580-1646), voivode of Belz
  • Dymitr Jerzy Wisniowiecki
    Dymitr Jerzy Wisniowiecki

    Prince Dymitr Jerzy Wisniowiecki was a Poland magnate and szlachcic.Wisniowiecki was Great Guard of the Crown from 1658, Field Hetman of the Crown from 1668, Great Crown Hetman from 1676, voivode of Belz 1660–1678 and Krak?w 1678–1681, and castellan of Krak?w from 1681....
     (1631-1682), voivode of Belz
  • Adam Mikolaj Sieniawski
    Adam Mikolaj Sieniawski

    Adam Mikolaj Sieniawski was a Poland Szlachta , military leader.Son of Hetman Mikolaj Hieronim Sieniawski and the daughter of Court and Grand Marshal Prince Aleksander Ludwik Radziwill, Princess Cecylia Maria Radziwill, He married Elzbieta Lubomirska, daughter of Court and Grand Marshal Prince Stanislaw Herakliusz Lubomirski, in 1687....
     (1666-1726), voivode of Belz
  • Stanislaw Mateusz Rzewuski
    Stanislaw Mateusz Rzewuski

    Stanislaw Mateusz Rzewuski was a Poland szlachcic.He was a Royal Colonel since 1690, General of foreign mercenaries contingent and Krajczy of the Crown since 1702, Great Recorder of the Crown since 1703, Field Crown Hetman since 1706, voivode of Podlasie Voivodeship since 1710, Great Crown Hetman and voivode of Belz Voivodeship since 1726,...
     (1642-1728), voivode of Belz
  • Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki
    Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki

    Count Stanislaw Szczesny Potocki was a member of the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth szlachta and a military commander of the forces of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and then Poland....
     (1753-1805), starost of Belz
  • Shalom Rokeach
    Shalom Rokeach

    Rabbi Sholom Rokeach, , also known as the Sar Sholom , was the first Belz er Rebbe.His father was Rabbi Elazar, a member of the Brody Kloise sages....
     (1779-1855), first Rebbe
    Rebbe

    Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
     of Belz
  • Yehoshua Rokeach
    Yehoshua Rokeach

    Yehoshua Rokeach was the second rebbe of the Belz Hasidic Judaism 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....
     (1825-1894), second Rebbe
    Rebbe

    Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
     of Belz
  • Yissachar Dov Rokeach (I)
    Yissachar Dov Rokeach (I)

    Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach , , was the third Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic Judaism dynasty.He was the son of Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach, and served as the third Belzer Rebbe, from 1894 until his passing in 1926....
     (1854-1926), third Rebbe
    Rebbe

    Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
     of Belz
  • Aharon Rokeach
    Aharon Rokeach

    Rabbi Aharon Rokeach was the fourth rebbe of the Belz Hasidic Judaism dynasty. He led the movement from 1926 until his passing in 1957.Aharon inherited the mantle of leadership from his father, Yissachar Dov Rokeach , upon the latter's death in 1926....
     (1877-1957), fourth Rebbe
    Rebbe

    Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
     of Belz
  • Nissan Spivak
    Nissan Spivak

    Nisn Spivak was a Jewish cantor and composer.He was cantor in Balti , Bessarabia, and was generally known as ?Nisn Beltzer?. Later he was cantor at Kishinev and from 1877 at Berdychiv ....
     (1824-1906), cantor


See also

  • Belz (Hasidic dynasty)
    Belz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Belz is a Hasidic Judaism named for the town of Belz, a small town in Western Ukraine. The town has existed since at least the 10th century with the Jewish community being established during the 14th century....
  • Polish-Soviet border adjustment treaty


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