Rokeach
Encyclopedia
Rokeach is the surname of:
- Aharon RokeachAharon RokeachAharon Rokeach was the fourth Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He led the movement from 1926 until his death in 1957....
(1877-1957), the fourth Belzer Rebbe - Elazar RokeachElazar RokeachEleazar Rokeach , also known as Eleazar of Worms or Eleazar ben Judah ben Kalonymus, was a leading Talmudist and mystic, and the last major member of the Chassidei Ashkenaz, a group of German Jewish pietists.- Biography :...
(c. 1176-1238), Talmudist and kabbalist - Milton RokeachMilton RokeachMilton Rokeach was a Polish-American social psychologist. He taught at Michigan State University, the University of Western Ontario, Washington State University, and the University of Southern California.-Early life:...
(1918-1988), Professor of social psychology - Sholom Rokeach (1779-1855), the first Belzer Rebbe
- 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...
(1825-1894), the second Belzer Rebbe - Yehoshua Rokeach of MachnovkaYehoshua Rokeach of MachnovkaGrand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach , current Machnovka Rebbe 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:...
(born 1949), current Machnovka Rebbe - Yissachar Dov Rokeach (I)Yissachar 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...
(1854-1926), the third Belzer Rebbe - Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II)Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II)Yissachar Dov Rokeach is the fifth and present Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Belz. He is the son of Rabbi Mordechai of Bilgoray, the grandson of the third Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, and the nephew of the fourth Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Rokeach, who raised him...
(born 1948), the fifth Belzer Rebbe