Apt is the name of a Hasidic dynasty within Haredi Judaism. Its founder, Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt (Opatów), popularly known as the Apter Rebbe or Apter Rov, was born in Zhmigrid, Poland in 1748 and died in Mezhbizh, Ukraine, Russian Empire in 1825. Hasidic Judaism (also Chasidic, etc. ... Haredi or Charedi Judaism (alternatively Hareidi or Chareidi - this spelling being usually preferred by Haredim themselves) is the most theologically conservative form of Orthodox Judaism. ... Saint Martins Church in Opatów, a Romanesque church from the second half of the 12th century Opatów is a town in Poland, in ÅšwiÄ™tokrzyskie Voivodship. ... Saint Martins Church in Opatów, a Romanesque church from the second half of the 12th century Opatów is a town in Poland, in ÅšwiÄ™tokrzyskie Voivodship. ... Nowy Å»migród (Yiddish: ) is a village and rural commune in JasÅ‚o County. ... Medzhybizh (Ukrainian: , Russian: , Translit: Medzhibozh, Polish: MiÄ™dzybórz, MiÄ™dzyborz or MiÄ™dzybóż, Yiddish: , translit. ... Anthem God Save the Tsar! The Russian Empire in 1914 Capital Moscow Language(s) Russian Religion Russian Orthodoxy Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1721–1725 Peter the Great  - 1894–1917 Nicholas II History  - Accession of Peter I May 7, 1682 NS, April 27, 1682 OS²  - Empire proclaimed October 22, 1721 NS, October...

The Hasidic dynasty of Mezhbizh/Zinkov

Illuminated pages from the pinkas (minutes) books of the Mishnah Society of the Apter Rov's kloyz, Medzhybizh, circa 1840.

Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt was the founder of the Apter Mezhbizh/Zinkover rabbinic dynasty. In honor of the dynasty's founder, his descendants adopted the family name Heshel. The Mishnah (Hebrew משנה, repetition) is a major source of rabbinic Judaisms religious texts. ... Medzhybizh (Ukrainian: , Russian: , Translit: Medzhibozh, Polish: Międzybórz, Międzyborz or Międzybóż, Yiddish: , translit. ...

The males in this family took wives several different times from the family of the Ryzhiner Rebbe. The Tiferes Yisrael Synagogue in Jerusalem was named after Rabbi Yisrael Friedman who instigated its construction Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhyn, (1797-1850) (Hebrew: ישראל פרידמאן מרוזין) was a Hasidic rebbe. ...

Lineage

• R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt (1748-1825)

• R. Yitschak Meir of Zinkov (1776-1854)
• R. Yosef Moshe of Mezhbizh

• R. Meshulam Zusia of Zinkov (1813-1865)

• R. Chaim Menachem of Zinkov (1837-1894)

• R. Pinchas of Zinkov (1872-1916)

• R. Abraham Joshua Heshel of Zinkov

• R. Moses of Zinkov (1879-1923)

• R. Chaim Menachem of Zinkov / Bnei Brak

• R. Abraham Joshua Heshel of Mezhbizh (1832-1880)

• R. Israel Shalom Joseph of Mezhbizh (1853-1911)

• R. Yitshak Meir of Mezhbizh-Haifa (1904-1985)
• R. Abraham Joshua Heshel of Mezhbizh-Tarnopol (1892-1943)

• R. Yitshak Meir of Kopyczynce (1862-1936)

• R. Abraham Joshua Heshel of Kopyczynce (1888-1967)

• R. Meshulam Zusia of Mezhbizh (1871-1920)
• R. Moses Mordecai of Mezhbizh (1873-1917)

• Prof. Abraham Joshua Heschel ((January 11, 1907, Warsaw, Poland – December 23, 1972), considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century

Zinkiv (Ukrainian: ) is a city in Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. ... Medzhybizh (Ukrainian: , Russian: , Translit: Medzhibozh, Polish: Międzybórz, Międzyborz or Międzybóż, Yiddish: , translit. ... Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907, Warsaw, Poland – December 23, 1972) was considered by many to be one of the most significant Jewish theologians of the 20th century. ...

References

• Chapin, David A. and Weinstock, Ben, The Road from Letichev: The history and culture of a forgotten Jewish community in Eastern Europe, Volume 1. ISBN 0-595-00666-3 iUniverse, Lincoln, NE, 2000.
• Kaplan, Aryeh (1991) Chasidic Masters: History, Biography, Thought. Moznaim Publishing Corporation.
• Rabinowicz, Tzvi M. The Encyclopedia of Hasidism: ISBN 1-56821-123-6 Jason Aronson, Inc., 1996.

See also

• List of Hasidic dynasties