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Chortkov (also Chortkow, Tshortkov, Czortkow) is 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
List of Hasidic dynasties

A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:#Each member of the dynasty is a spiritual leader, often known as an ADMOR #It continues beyond the initial leader's lifetime by succession ;...
 that originated in Chortkov
Chortkiv

Chortkiv is a city in the Ternopil oblast in western Ukraine. It is the Capital city of the Chortkivsky Raion . Population: 29,057 . Located on the Seret River, in the northern part of Eastern Galicia Podilia and is situated in the historic region of Galicia ....
, present-day 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....
. It had a large following before the Second World War, but most of its adherents perished in the Holocaust
The Holocaust

The Holocaust , also known as , Churben is the term generally used to describe the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, as part of a program of deliberate extermination planned and executed by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler....
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first Rebbe of Chortkov
Chortkiv

Chortkiv is a city in the Ternopil oblast in western Ukraine. It is the Capital city of the Chortkivsky Raion . Population: 29,057 . Located on the Seret River, in the northern part of Eastern Galicia Podilia and is situated in the historic region of Galicia ....
 was Rabbi Dovid Moshe Friedman, son of Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhyn
Ruzhyn

Ruzhyn is an urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine....
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Chortkov (also Chortkow, Tshortkov, Czortkow) is 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
List of Hasidic dynasties

A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:#Each member of the dynasty is a spiritual leader, often known as an ADMOR #It continues beyond the initial leader's lifetime by succession ;...
 that originated in Chortkov
Chortkiv

Chortkiv is a city in the Ternopil oblast in western Ukraine. It is the Capital city of the Chortkivsky Raion . Population: 29,057 . Located on the Seret River, in the northern part of Eastern Galicia Podilia and is situated in the historic region of Galicia ....
, present-day 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....
. It had a large following before the Second World War, but most of its adherents perished in the Holocaust
The Holocaust

The Holocaust , also known as , Churben is the term generally used to describe the genocide of approximately six million European Jews during World War II, as part of a program of deliberate extermination planned and executed by Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler....
.

Lineage of the Chortkov dynasty



History


Dovid Moshe Friedman

The first Rebbe of Chortkov
Chortkiv

Chortkiv is a city in the Ternopil oblast in western Ukraine. It is the Capital city of the Chortkivsky Raion . Population: 29,057 . Located on the Seret River, in the northern part of Eastern Galicia Podilia and is situated in the historic region of Galicia ....
 was Rabbi Dovid Moshe Friedman, son of Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhyn
Ruzhyn

Ruzhyn is an urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine....
. He was born in 1827 on the festival of Shavuos. His first wife was the daughter of Rabbi Aaron Twerski
Aaron Twerski of Chernobyl

Rabbi Aaron Twerski of Chernobyl succeeded his father Rabbi Mordechai Twersky as leader of the Chernobyl .Aaron Twerski was born in Chernobyl in 1784, the first-born of Rabbi Mordechai Twerski and Chayo Soro ...
 of Chernobyl
Chernobyl

Chernobyl , or Chornobyl , was a city in northern Ukraine, in the Kyiv Oblast near the border with Belarus.The city was evacuated in 1986 due to the Chernobyl disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, which is located 14.5 kilometers north-northwest....
. His second wife was his first cousin, a daughter of his brother Rabbi Shalom Yosef Friedman of Sadhora
Sadhora

Sadhora is now a microraion of Chernivtsi city, which is located 6km from the city center. Previously, it was an independent town....
. In 1867, 16 years after his father's death, he settled in Chrotkov forming his own community there. His followers comprised of one of the largest hasidic groups in Galicia
Galicia (Central Europe)

Galicia is a historical region in East Central Europe, currently divided between Poland and Ukraine, named after Ukra?ni?n city of Halych.The nucleus of historic Galicia is formed of three regions of western Ukraine: Lvivska oblast, Ternopilska oblast and Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast....
, numbering in the thousands. He led an ascetic life, secluding and preoccupying himself with study and prayer day and night. Although he preferred to detach himself from world affairs and distance himelf from communal disputes, he was nevertheless considered a major leader of Central European Jewry. To this instance, he agreed to meet with Theodore Herzl who had sent him a personal letter hoping to garner his support for the Zionist Movement, although the meeting never materialised. His oldest son, Reb Nuchem Mordechai died aged 21 in 1880. He died on Hoshana Rabbah, 1903 and was succeeded by his second son, Reb Yisroel. His teachings have been published in Divrei Dovid, Beis Yisroel and Knesset Yisroel.

Yisroel Friedman

Rabbi Dovid Moshe's son was Rabbi Yisroel Friedman. Rabbi Yisroel ran his Chasidic court with the concept of Hod
Hod (Kabbalah)

Hod in the Kabbalah of Judaism is the eighth Sephiroth of the Kabbalistic Tree of life . It is derived from hod ??? in the Hebrew language meaning "majesty" or "splendor" and denoting "praise" as well as "submission"....
 ShebaTiferes ("Majesty in Glory"; in kabalistic
Kabbalah

Kabbalah is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mysticism aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that are meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator deity with the finite and mortal universe of His creation....
 terms). He died in 1934. After Rabbi Yisroel; his sons, Rabbi Nochum Dov Friedman and Rabbi Dov Ber Friedman, served as Rebbes. Rabbi Dov Ber died in 1936. Rabbi Nochum fled to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1939, and died in Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
 in 1946. His son Rabbi Shlomo Friedman led the Chortkover Hasidim until his death in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv-Yafo , usually Tel Aviv, is the List of largest cities and second largest cities by country List of cities in Israel in Israel, with an estimated population of 390,100....
 in 1959.

Chortkov today

Among the current leaders of the Chortkover Chasidim are Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Manchester
Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
, England
England

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 and Rabbi Dov Ber Friedman of Antwerp
Antwerp

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, Belgium
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
. Both are grandsons of the Chortkover Rebbe Dov Ber, but have refused the title of Chortkover Rebbe. In addition to the Chortkover communities in Manchester and Antwerp, there is also one in Jerusalem.

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See also

  • History of the Jews in Poland
    History of the Jews in Poland

    The history of the Jews in Poland dates back over a millennium. Poland was home to the largest and most significant Jewish community in Europe and served as the center for Jewish culture, ranging from a long period of religious tolerance and prosperity among the country's Jewish population, to its nearly complete genocide destruction by Naz...
  • History of the Jews in Galicia (Central Europe)
  • History of the Jews in Ukraine
    History of the Jews in Ukraine

    Jewish communities have lived in the territory of Ukraine for centuries and developed many of modern Judaism's most distinctive theological and cultural traditions....