Kozhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)
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Kozhnitz is the name of a Hasidic
dynasty founded by the Kozhnitzer Maggid
, Rebbe Yisroel Hopsztajn. Kozhnitz is the Yiddish
name of Kozienice
, a town in present-day Poland
.
(Rabbi Elimelech Lipman of Lizhensk), author of Noam Elimelech. The Rebbe Elimelech was a disciple of the Rebbe Dovber
, the Maggid
("preacher") of Mezeritch, the primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.
The current Kozhnitzer Rebbe of Tel Aviv (a grandson of Rav Yerachmiel Moshe) is one of the last Hasidic Rebbes remaining in the mostly secular Tel Aviv, does outreach (kiruv) work there.
Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...
dynasty founded by the Kozhnitzer Maggid
Maggid
Maggid , sometimes spelled as magid, is a traditional Eastern European Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A preacher of the more scholarly sort was called a "darshan", and usually occupied the official position of rabbi...
, Rebbe Yisroel Hopsztajn. Kozhnitz is the Yiddish
Yiddish language
Yiddish is a High German language of Ashkenazi Jewish origin, spoken throughout the world. It developed as a fusion of German dialects with Hebrew, Aramaic, Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages...
name of Kozienice
Kozienice
Kozienice is a town in central Poland with 21,500 inhabitants . It is the capital of Kozienice County .-Description:...
, a town in present-day Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe 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 exclave, to the north...
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Lineage
Rebbe Yisroel Hopsztajn, the founder of the Kozhnitz dynasty, and one of the three "patriarchs" of Polish Hasidism, was a disciple of Rebbe Elimelech of LizhenskElimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk , a Rabbi and one of the great founding Rebbes of the Hasidic movement, was known after his hometown, Leżajsk near Rzeszów in Poland...
(Rabbi Elimelech Lipman of Lizhensk), author of Noam Elimelech. The Rebbe Elimelech was a disciple of the Rebbe Dovber
Dovber of Mezeritch
Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch was a disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism, and was chosen as his successor to lead the early movement...
, the Maggid
Maggid
Maggid , sometimes spelled as magid, is a traditional Eastern European Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A preacher of the more scholarly sort was called a "darshan", and usually occupied the official position of rabbi...
("preacher") of Mezeritch, the primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.
- Kozhnitzer Magid : Yisroel Hopsztajn (c. 1733 - 1814), author of the classic Avodas Yisroel.
- Second Kozhnitzer Rebbe : Moshe Elyokim Bri'o Hopsztajn (c. 1757 - 1828)— son of the Avodas Yisroel; rebbe from 1814 to 1828.
- Third Kozhnitzer Rebbe : Chayim Myer Yechiel Shapira (1789 - 1849), the Sorof of MoglenitzMogielnicaMogielnica is a town in Grójec County in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,475 inhabitants . It is a seat of Gmina Mogielnica with an area of 141.56 square kilometres .-Modern history:...
—grandson of the Avodas Yisroel : rebbe from 1828 to 1849; descendant ben acher ben, from the Megaleh Amukos, son-in-law of R' Elozor of Lizensk (son of the Rebbe Reb Elimelech of Lizensk). His father, R' Avi Ezri Zelig Shapira was the son-in-law of the Maggid of Kozhnitz.- Rebbe Avi Ezri Zelig Shapira of Moglenitz, son of R Chaim Myer Yechiel, son-in-law of Admor Avraham Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura.
- Rebbe Chaim Myer Yechiel Shapira of DrubitchDrohobychDrohobych is a city located at the confluence of the Tysmenytsia River and Seret, a tributary of the former, in the Lviv Oblast , in western Ukraine...
, son of R Avi Ezri Zelig Shapira, son-in-law of Rebbe Yitzchok Friedman of BohushBohush (Hasidic dynasty)The Bohush Hasidic dynasty is one of the five dynasties deriving from the Ruzhin dynasty.It was founded by Rebbe Yitzchok Friedman who was the grandson of Reb Yisroel Friedman, the rebbe of the Ruzhin dynasty. Yitzchok Friedman became the leader of the Ruzhin dynasty after the death of his father...
.- Rebbe Avraham Yaakov Shapira of Drubitch and Jerusalem, Drubitcher Rebbe, son of Rebbe Chaim Myer Yechiel Shapira, son-in-law of Rebbe Nosson Dovid Rabinowicz of PartzovParczewParczew is a town in eastern Poland, with a population of 10,281 . Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship , previously in Biała Podlaska Voivodeship . It is the capital of Parczew County.-History:...
(below).- Reb Avraham Glasner of Jerusalem, Israel, son-in-law of Rebbe Avraham Yaakov, son of Shimon Glasner who immigrated fron Klausenberg with his father, the Dor Revi'i, Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner, great-grandson of the Chasam SoferMoses SoferMoses Schreiber, known to his own community and Jewish posterity as Moshe Sofer, also known by his main work Chasam Sofer, , , was one of the leading Orthodox rabbis of European Jewry in the first half of the nineteenth century...
.- Reb Moshe Shmuel Glasner of Jerusalem, Israel, son-in-law of Reb Avraham Glasner and son of Rabbi Yuda / Yehuda Tzvi Glasner of Los Angeles and Klausenberg, Romania, son of Rabbi Akiva Glasner, son of the Dor Revi'i (see above).
- Reb Avraham Glasner of Jerusalem, Israel, son-in-law of Rebbe Avraham Yaakov, son of Shimon Glasner who immigrated fron Klausenberg with his father, the Dor Revi'i, Rabbi Moshe Shmuel Glasner, great-grandson of the Chasam Sofer
- Rebbe Avraham Yaakov Shapira of Drubitch and Jerusalem, Drubitcher Rebbe, son of Rebbe Chaim Myer Yechiel Shapira, son-in-law of Rebbe Nosson Dovid Rabinowicz of Partzov
- Rebbe Chaim Myer Yechiel Shapira of Drubitch
- Fourth Kozhnitzer Rebbe : Elozor Hopsztajn (I) (d. 1861)—son of Moshe Elyokim Bri'o Hopsztajn; rebbe from 1849 to 1861.
- Fifth Kozhnitzer Rebbe : Yechiel Yaakov Hopsztajn (1846-1866)—son of Elozor; rebbe from 1863 - 1866.
- Rebbe Nosson Dovid Rabinowicz of Partzov, Partzover Rebbe, son-in-law of Rebbe Yechiel Yaakov (and son of the Biala Rebbe, Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz and direct descendent of the Yid / Yehudi HaKadosh)
- Sixth Kozhnitzer Rebbe : Yerachmiel Moshe Hopsztajn son of Yechiel Yaakov (18?- 13th of ElulElulElul is the twelfth month of the Jewish civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a summer month of 29 days...
1909)- Seventh Kozhnitzer Rebbe : Yisroel Elozor Hopsztajn (1989-1966), son of Yerachmiel Moshe
- Fifth Kozhnitzer Rebbe : Yechiel Yaakov Hopsztajn (1846-1866)—son of Elozor; rebbe from 1863 - 1866.
- Rebbe Avi Ezri Zelig Shapira of Moglenitz, son of R Chaim Myer Yechiel, son-in-law of Admor Avraham Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura.
- Third Kozhnitzer Rebbe : Chayim Myer Yechiel Shapira (1789 - 1849), the Sorof of Moglenitz
- Second Kozhnitzer Rebbe : Moshe Elyokim Bri'o Hopsztajn (c. 1757 - 1828)— son of the Avodas Yisroel; rebbe from 1814 to 1828.
The current Kozhnitzer Rebbe of Tel Aviv (a grandson of Rav Yerachmiel Moshe) is one of the last Hasidic Rebbes remaining in the mostly secular Tel Aviv, does outreach (kiruv) work there.