Przysucha
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Przysucha p is a town in Poland
. Located in the Masovian Voivodeship
, about 100 km southwest of Warsaw
, it is the capital of Przysucha County
. It has 6,762 inhabitants (2004). Its name in Yiddish is פשיסחא or פשיסכא . It was home to a number of prominent Hasidic Rabbi
s, such as The Holy Jew
and Simcha Bunim of Peshischa
.
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...
. Located in the Masovian Voivodeship
Masovian Voivodeship
-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...
, about 100 km southwest of Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
, it is the capital of Przysucha County
Przysucha County
Przysucha County is a unit of territorial administration and local government in Masovian Voivodeship, east-central Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and only town is Przysucha, which lies ...
. It has 6,762 inhabitants (2004). Its name in Yiddish is פשיסחא or פשיסכא . It was home to a number of prominent Hasidic Rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
s, such as The Holy Jew
Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz
Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz , also known as the Yid Hakodesh , was the founder of the Peshischa sect of Hasidism in Przysucha, Poland, which was "an elitist, rationalistic Hasidism that centered on Talmudic study and formed a counterpoint to the miracle-centered Hasidism of...
and Simcha Bunim of Peshischa
Simcha Bunim of Peshischa
Rabbi Simcha Bunim Bonhart of Peshischa was one of the main leaders of Hasidic Judaism in Poland. After studying Torah at yeshivas in Mattersdorf and Nikolsburg, he was introduced to the world of Hasidism by his father-in-law, and became a chasid of Rabbi Yisroel Hopsztajn , and then Rabbi...
.