Sadhora

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Sadhora

Sadhora (; ; ; , also Sadiger) is now a microraion of Chernivtsi

Chernivtsi

Chernivtsi is the Capital of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine. The city lies in the historic Bukovina region of Ukraine and is situated on the Prut, a tributary of the Danube....
city, which is located 6km from the city center. Previously, it was an independent town.

Jewish history
Sadagóra had a significant Jew

Jew

A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
ish community and it is important in the history of Hasidic Judaism

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....
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Sadhora (; ; ; , also Sadiger) is now a microraion of Chernivtsi

Chernivtsi

History

During the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774

Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774

The Russo-Turkish War of 1768?1774 was a decisive conflict that brought Southern Ukraine, Northern Caucasus, and Crimea within the orbit of the Russian Empire....
, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army in Moldavia and Wallachia

Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
took measures to enhance the economic and monetary system in the principalities. Therefore, a mint was established in Sadagora by the adventurer baron Nicolaus Gartenberg, "Gartenberg" being a literal German translation of the Slavic

Slavic languages

File:Slavic europe.svgThe Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia....
Sadagóra, "garden mountain." Beginning in 1771, the coins that were minted at Sadhora displayed the coats of arms of both Moldavia

Moldavia

Moldavia is a geographic and historical region and former principality in Eastern Europe, corresponding to the territory between the Eastern Carpathians and the Dniester river....
and Wallachia

Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia is a Historical regions of Romania and geographical region of Romania. It is situated north of the Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians....
on the same side.

Jewish history

Sadagóra had a significant Jew

Jew

Hasidic Judaism

Sadigura (Hasidic dynasty)

Sadigura is a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties, one of the branches of the Ruzhin dynasty.The dynasty began with Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman of Sadhora now located in Ukraine, who was a son of the Holy Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin , the founder of the Ruzhiner dynasty....
was a notable Hasidic

Hasidic Judaism

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 ;...
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Rabbi Yisroel Friedman the Ruzhiner Rebbe

Ruzhin (Hasidic dynasty)

The Ruzhin Hasidic Judaism dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhyn, . Today, Ruzhyn is an urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine....
, moved to Sadagóra in 1842. In 1838 he had been accused of complicity in the death of two Jews accused of being informers and was imprisoned for two years by the Russian authorities. On his release he moved to Kishinev

Chisinau

Chisinau , is the capital city and largest municipality of Moldova. It is also its main industrial and commercial center and is located in the center of the country, on the river B?c River....
, then to Iasi

Iasi

Iasi , is a Cities in Romania and Municipality in Romania in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of Principality of Moldavia from the 16th century until 1861 and of Romania between 1916?1918 during World War I....
and other places before finally settling in Sadhora, Bukovina

Bukovina

Bukovina is a historical region on the northern slopes of the northeastern Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains. It is currently split between Romania and Ukraine....
in 1842 where he re-established his Hasidic court in all its glory. His six sons all established Hasidic dynasties that include: Sadigura

Sadigura (Hasidic dynasty)

Boyan (Hasidic dynasty)

Boyan is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties, whose founder was a scion of the Ruzhin dynasty. The dynasty began with Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman of Boiany in the Ukraine known as the Pachad Yitzchok of Boyan....
, Chortkov

Chortkov (Hasidic dynasty)

Chortkov is a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties that originated in Chortkiv, present-day Ukraine. It had a large following before the Second World War, but most of its adherents perished in the Holocaust....
, Husyatin

Husiatyn (Hasidic dynasty)

Husiatyn is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties, whose founder was a scion of the Ruzhin dynasty. Husiatyn is located in present-day Ukraine....
and Bohush.

Most of the Jews living in Sadhora during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
were murdered by the Nazis

Nazism

Nazism, officially National Socialism , refers to the ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Workers? Party under Adolf Hitler, and the policies adopted by the dictatorial government of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945....
during 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....
. Today, Sadigura Hasidism is centered in Bnei Brak

Bnei Brak

File:Location_bneibrak.pngFile:800px-Ponivez1.jpegBnei Brak is a city located on Israel's central Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, just east of Tel Aviv, in the Gush Dan and Tel Aviv District....
, Israel

Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
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Geography

Latitude, 48.3500°, Longitude, 25.9667°, Altitude (feet), 941

People

Rabbi Yisroel Friedman, Hasidic Rebbe
Jossele Rosenblatt
Jossele Rosenblatt

Josef "Yossele" Rosenblatt was a Ukraine Hazzan and composer.He was known for his extraordinary technique , for the sweetness of his timbre, and for his unique ability to transition from normal voice to falsetto with hardly any noticeable break at all....
, chazzan

External links

("Issuing of money in Sadagura"), includes images of the coins mentioned in the article.