Novominsk (Hasidic dynasty)
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Novominsk is the name of a Hasidic
dynasty originating in Mińsk Mazowiecki
, Poland
and currently based in the United States
. It also runs a yeshiva
knows Yeshivas Novominsk- Kol Yehuda.
It is presently led by its Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow
who serves as Rosh Agudas Yisroel in America: The spiritual head of Agudath Israel of America
and its Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah
("Council of Torah Sages").
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 originating in Mińsk Mazowiecki
Minsk Mazowiecki
Mińsk Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with 38 181 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Siedlce Voivodeship...
, 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...
and currently based in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It also runs a yeshiva
Yeshiva
Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...
knows Yeshivas Novominsk- Kol Yehuda.
It is presently led by its Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow
Yaakov Perlow
Rabbi Yaakov Perlow is a Hasidic rebbe and rosh yeshiva living in Boro Park, Brooklyn. He is the current Novominsker Rebbe and serves as rosh of the American Agudath Israel of America, a Haredi communal organization...
who serves as Rosh Agudas Yisroel in America: The spiritual head of Agudath Israel of America
Agudath Israel of America
Agudath Israel of America , is a Haredi Jewish communal organization in the United States loosely affiliated with the international World Agudath Israel.-Functions:...
and its Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah
Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah refers to the supreme rabbinical policy-making council of any of several related Haredi Jewish organizations....
("Council of Torah Sages").