Shotz is a Hasidic

Hasidic Judaism

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 dynasty originating in the city of Suceava

Suceava

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, Romania

Romania

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 ( Shots, ʃɔts).

Lineage of the Shotz dynasty

• Rabbi Yisroel "Baal Shem Tov", founder of Hasidism
  • Rabbi Yechiel Michl, the maggid
    Maggid
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     (preacher) of Zlotshev
    Zolochiv
    Zolochiv is a town located in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zolochiv Raion ....
    
    , a student of Rabbi Yisroel.
    • Rabbi Yosef of Yampol
      Yampil, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
      Yampil or Yampol is a town in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast, in the Volyn region of western Ukraine. It is located 25 miles SE of Kremenets.-Jewish community:The Jewish community of Yampol dates back to the 15th century, and maybe much earlier than that...
      
       (son of Rabbi Yechiel Mechl)
      • Rabbi Chaim of Satanov (son of Rabbi Yosef of Yampol)
        • Rabbi Yoel Moscowicz the first rebbe
          Rebbe
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           of Shatz (son of Rabbi Chaim of Satanov)

        His mother was Sheindel, said by some to have been the daughter of Rabbi Mordechai of Neshchiz, but denied by Rabbi Yoel's descendants. He married Miriam Chaya, the daughter of Rabbi Meyer'l of Premishlan.

Outline of the Shotz dynasty

• Rabbi Yoel of Shatz
  • Rabbi Alter Aharon Aryeh of Podilay ' onMouseout='HidePop("63227")' href="/topics/Podu_Iloaiei">Podu Iloaiei
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    , Romania)
  • Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Moshe of Solitz
    • Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz of Shatz – son of Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Moshe and son-in-law of Rabbi Meir
  • Rabbi Meir of Shatz, Rabbi Yoel's successor

  He married Dinah Rubin, daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Rubin of Brod

  Brody

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  , a descendant of the Ropshitz

  Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)

  Ropshitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty, or rabbinical family and group who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz . Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland known in Polish as Ropczyce....

  
   dynasty, and Eidel, daughter of Rabbi Shalom Rokeach

  Shalom Rokeach

  Sholom Rokeach , also known as the Sar Sholom , was the first Belzer Rebbe.To Belzer Hasidim, he is known as "Der Ershter Rov" , but in the city of Belz itself he was called "Der Alter Rov" in deference to the Bach, who presided as rabbi of Belz in the sixteenth century.-Biography:His father was...

  
   of Belz

  Belz (Hasidic dynasty)

  Belz is a Hasidic dynasty named for the town of Belz in Western Ukraine, near the Polish border. The town has existed since at least the 10th century, with the Jewish community being established during the 14th century. The town became home to Hasidic Judaism in the early 19th century...

  
  . After Dinah died, Rabbi Meir married Vita. He had children from both marriages.

  • • Rabbi Yaakov (Yankel) of Shotz.

    Son of Rabbi Meir and one of his successors. He was the Rebbe of Shotz for a period of time before and after World War II

    World War II

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     before immigrating to Haifa

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    , Israel. He married Pessl, the daughter of Rabbi Sinai Halberstam, the Rebbe of Zhmigrod. They had two children, Yekusiel Yehuda (Zalmen Leib) and Miriam Yehudis.

Rabbi Shulem Moscowicz

Rabbi Shulem Moshkovitz, the Shotzer Rebbe, was the son of Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Moshe above. He married Shlomtza, the daughter of his father's brother, Rabbi Meir, and his first wife, Dinah. He later moved to London

London

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, England

England

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. Rabbi Shalom left a will specifying that anyone who can come to his grave and ask for his help, as long as they better themselves in at least one way in exchange.

The Shotzer Rebbe wrote several volumes of Torah

Torah

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 commentaries named Daas Sholom, which are arranged according to the order of Perek Shirah

Perek Shirah

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. He was a genius both in the revealed Torah and in Kabbalah

Kabbalah

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, and lived a life style of holiness and simplicity.

The most prominent descendant of Shotzer Rebbe is Rabbi Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moskowitz, the Shotz-Melitzer Rebbe, in Ashdod, author of several books, including Peros Hailan on the laws of Chol HaMoed

Chol HaMoed

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, and Nefesh Chaya, a commentary and interpretation of the Book of Psalms.

There are also Shotzer Rebbes in Montreal

Montreal

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, Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Beth Shemesh, Monsey

Monsey, New York

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, Brooklyn

Brooklyn

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, and Antwerp.