Rabbi Yerachmiel Yehudah Meir Kalish, the previous Amshinover Rebbe of Jerusalem

Amshinov is a Chassidic dynasty that was founded by the Rebbe Reb Yaakov David Kalish it originated in the Polish town of Mszczonow, known in Yiddish as "Amshinov". Image File history File links Amshnov1. ... Image File history File links Amshnov1. ... Hasidic Judaism (from the Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות, meaning pious, from the Hebrew root word chesed חסד meaning loving kindness) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ... Rebbe (Hebrew: רבי also rebbi) is a title that may be given to a Rabbi in Orthodox Judaism, particularly within Hasidic Judaism. ... XIX century building in Mszczonów Mszczonów (Yidish: Amshinov) is a city in Poland. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ...

The first Rebbe was a son of Reb Yitzchak Kalish, a scion of the Vorki dynasty. Rebbe (Hebrew: רבי also rebbi) is a title that may be given to a Rabbi in Orthodox Judaism, particularly within Hasidic Judaism. ...

Lineage

Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky, the present Amshinover Rebbe of Jerusalem

• Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Kalish of Vorka
  • Grand Rabbi Yaakov David Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878), son of Rabbi Yitzchak of Vorka
    • Grand Rabbi Menachem Kalish of Amshinov (1860-1918), son of Rabbi Yaakov David
      • Grand Rabbi Yosef Kalish of Amshinov (d. 1935), son of Rabbi Menachem
        • Grand Rabbi Yaakov David Kalish of Amshinov (1906-1942), son of Rabbi Yosef
        • Grand Rabbi Yitzchak Kalish of Amshinov (d. 1993), son of Rabbi Yosef
          • Grand Rabbi Yosef Kalish of Amshinov, Present Amshinover Rebbe of America, son of Rabbi Yitzchak
      • Grand Rabbi Shimon Shalom Kalish of Amshinov-Otvotzk (1882-1954), son of Rabbi Menachem
        • Grand Rabbi Yerachmiel Yehudah Meir Kalish of Amshinov (1901-1976), son of Rabbi Shimon Shalom of Amshinov-Otvotzk
          • Rabbi Chaim Milikowsky, son-in-law of Rabbi Yerachmiel Yehudah of Amshinov, Rosh Yeshivah (Dean) of Yeshivas Amshinov in E. Israel (did not become Rebbe)
            • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky of Amshinov, Present Amshinover Rebbe of Jerusalem, in the Bayit VeGan section of Jerusalem; son of Rabbi Chaim Milikowsky and Rebbetzin Chayah Nechamah Milikowsky, daughter of Rabbi Yerachmiel Yehudah Meir; Grandson of Rabbi Yerachmiel Yehudah Meir of Amshinov

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History

Rab Yerachmiel Yehuda Meir (1901-1976) of Amshinov, was born in Peshischa, Poland. He learned with his grandfather, Rabbi Menachem of Amshinov. When Rabbi Menachem passed away in 1918, his son, Rabbi Yosef, became the Rebbe of Amshinov, and the other son, Rabbi Shimon Shalom – Rabbi Meir’s father – became Rebbe in Otvotzk. Rabbi Shimon was a major driving force behind the exodus of thousands of young men in Mir, Kletzk, Radin, Novaradok, and other yeshivas via Japan to Shanghai at the outbreak of World War II. By the time Shanghai came under Japanese control, it held 26,000 Jews. The Mir Yeshiva (or Mirrer Yeshiva) is a Haredi Judaism yeshiva mainly devoted to teaching Talmud. ... Yeshiva or yeshivah (Hebrew: ישיבה pl. ... Shanghai (Chinese: 上海; Pinyin: ; Shanghainese IPA: ; Lumazi: Zanhe) , situated on the banks of the Yangtze River Delta, is Chinas largest city. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 7 million military deaths World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th century conflict that engulfed much of the globe and is accepted as the largest and deadliest...

second to right: Rabbi Shimon Shalom Kalish - Amshinover Rebbe, in Shanghai, China

After the war, Rabbi Shimon moved to the United States. Upon his passing in 1954, Rabbi Meir accompanied Rabbi Shimon's body to Tiberias in Israel, and remained there. Rabbi Meir later moved to Tel Aviv, and then to the Bayit Vegan section of Jerusalem. Rabbi Meir was noted for his greatness in Torah scholarship, as well as his warmth and sensitivity to all. His grandson, Rabbi Yaakov Aryeh Milikowski, succeeded him as the Amshinover Rebbe in Jerusalem. Image File history File links Mirrer_prof. ... Tiberias in 1862, the ruins reminiscent of its ancient heritage. ... Tel-Aviv was founded on empty dunes north of the existing city of Jaffa. ... Jerusalem and the Old City. ...

New York

Rabbi Yosef Kalish is an Amshinover Rebbe in New York. He is the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Kalish of Amshinov, who was the son of Rabbi Yosef Kalish of Amshinov, the brother of Rabbi Shimon Shalom Kalish of Amshinov. The construction of the Empire State Building, 1930. ...

left to right: the present Amshinover Rebbe of Jerusalem, speaking with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach.

Image File history File links 031023_054054-915_amshnov2. ... Shlomo Carlebach (שלמה קרליבך) (known as Reb Shlomo to his followers) (1925 - October 22, 1994), was an Orthodox rabbi and is considered by many as the foremost Jewish religious songwriter in the second half of the 20th century. ...

External links

• - A collection of pictures of the previous Amshinover Rebbe - with Hebrew captions