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Encyclopedia > Spinka (Hasidic dynasty)

Spinka is the name of a Hasidic group within Orthodox Judaism. The group originated in Maramureş, in Romania, near the border with Hungary, in a town called Săpânţa (Yiddish Spinka). Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ... Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonised in the Talmudic texts (Oral Torah) and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim. ... MaramureÅŸ (Hungarian: Máramaros) is a county (judeÅ£) in the MaramureÅŸ region, northern Romania, in the North of Transylvania with the capital city at Baia Mare (population: 149,735). ... SăpânÅ£a (IPA pronounciation in Romanian: /sÉ™pɨntsa/; old spelling SăpînÅ£a; Hungarian: Szaplonca, Slovak: Sapunka, Yiddish: Spinka or Shpinka) is a town in the MaramureÅŸ region of northern Romania, 15 kilometers northwest of Sighet and just south of the Tisza River. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ...

Grand Rabbi Isaac Weiss HY"D- the second Spinka Rebbe, author of Chakal Yitzchak
The Chakal Yitzchak
The Spinka Rebbe of Siget
Rebbe Yaakov Yosef Weiss previous Spinka Rebbe of Boro Park and Bnei Brak, grandson of the Chakal Yitzchak
Rebbe Samuel Tzvi Horowitz - previous Spinka Rebbe of Williamsburg - affectionately known as Reb Hershele Spinker - grandson of the Chakal Yitzchak
Rebbe Samuel Tzvi Horowitz - previous Spinka Rebbe of Williamsburg - affectionately known as Reb Hershele Spinker - grandson of the Chakal Yitzchak
Rabbi Isaac Horowitz - the Spinka-Toldos Tzvi Rebbe of Williamsburg
Rabbi Isaac Horowitz - the Spinka-Toldos Tzvi Rebbe of Williamsburg

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Spinka rebbes

The first Spinka Rebbe was Grand Rabbi Joseph Meir Weiss, author of Imrei Yosef. He was succeeded by his son, Grand Rabbi Isaac Weiss, author of Chakal Yitzchak. The Chakal Yitzchak was killed by the Nazis in the Holocaust.


After World War II the group was divided among many Rebbes, descendants of the Imrei Yosef. Spinka Rebbes can be found in many cities in the Holy Land, as well as in New York, and Europe. Several Spinka Rebbes live in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn alone. Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Bed-Stuy, and Bushwick. ...


Other Spinka Rebbes live in Williamsburg, Boro Park, Flatbush, Kiryas Joel, Queens, Bnei Brak, Antwerp, London, and Jerusalem.


The group has connections in several cities and several other Hasidic dynasties (e.g. Spinka Jerusalem, Spinka Bnei Brak) are offshoots of the original dynasty. For other uses, see Jerusalem (disambiguation). ... Mentioned as one of the cities in the portion of the Tribe of Dan (Yehoshua 19:45), Bnei Brak is famous in the Talmud (Sanhedrin 32b) as the seat of Rabbi Akivas court, and in the Pesach Haggada as the site of the all-night Pesach Seder of Rabbi...


Among the surnames of the Spinka Rebbes are Weiss, Horowitz, and Kahane.


Lineage of Spinka rebbes (Weiss branch)

  • Grand Rabbi Joseph Meir (ben Rabbi Samuel Tzvi) Weiss, zt"l (1838-1909 (ו' אייר תרס"ט)) - Author of Imrei Yosef
    • Grand Rabbi Isaac Weiss, zt"l, hy"d, (1875-1944) - Author of Chakal Yitzchak, son of the Imrei Yosef
      • Grand Rabbi Israel Chaim Weiss, zt"l, hy"d, (d. 1944) - son of the Chakal Yitzchak
        • Grand Rabbi Jacob Joseph Weiss, zt"l (1916-1988) - Author of Siach Yaakov Yosef - son of Rabbi Israel Chaim
          • Grand Rabbi Naphtali Tzvi Weiss, shlit"a - Spinka Rebbe of Boro Park - son of Rabbi Jacob Joseph
          • Grand Rabbi Israel Chaim Weiss, shlit"a - Spinka Rebbe of Bnei Brak - son of Rabbi Jacob Joseph
          • Grand Rabbi Meir Eleazer Weiss, shlit"a - Spinka Rebbe of Boro Park - son of Rabbi Jacob Joseph

Lineage of Spinka rebbes (Horowitz branch)

  • Grand Rabbi Joseph Meir Weiss, zt"l, (1838-1909 (ו' אייר תרס"ט)) - Author of Imrei Yosef
    • Grand Rabbi Isaac Weiss, zt"l, hy"d, (1875-1944) - Author of Chakal Yitzchak, son of the Imrei Yosef
      • Grand Rabbi Abraham Abish Horowitz of Kruly, zt"l, son-in-law of the Chakal Yitzchak
        • Grand Rabbi Samuel Tzvi Horowitz zt"l - Spinka Rebbe of Williamsburg - affectionately known as "Reb Hershele Spinker", son of Rabbi Abish of Kruly
          • Grand Rabbi Issachar Dov Berish Horowitz, zt"l (d. 2007 (י"ט תשרי תשס"ח))- Spinka Rebbe in Williamsburg - Beth Samuel Tzvi Synagogue - eldest son of Reb Hershele Spinker
            • Grand Rabbi Yosef Meir Horowitz, shlit"a - Spinka Rebbe in Williamsbug - Beth Samuel Tzvi Synagogue - eldest son of Reb Berish Spinker.
          • Grand Rabbi Abraham Abish Horowitz, shlit"a - Spinka Rebbe in Williamsburg - Beth Isaac Synagogue - son of Reb Hershele Spinker
          • Grand Rabbi Isaac Horowitz, shlit"a - Spinka Rebbe in Williamsburg - Toldoth Tzvi Synagogue - son of Reb Hershele Spinker
          • Grand Rabbi Nata Horowitz, shlit"a - Spinka Rebbe in Boro Park - Beth Abraham Synagogue - son of Reb Hershele Spinker
          • Grand Rabbi Naphtali Horowitz, shlit"a - Kruly Rebbe of Williamsburg - youngest son of Reb Hershele Spinker

Lineage of Spinka rebbes (Kahane branch)

  • Grand Rabbi Joseph Meir Weiss, zt"l, (1838-1909 (ו' אייר תרס"ט)) - Author of Imrei Yosef
    • Grand Rabbi Nachman Kahane, zt"l, - Author of Orchos Chaim - son-in-law of the Imrei Yosef
      • Grand Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Kahane, zt"l, hy"d, of Spinka
        • Grand Rabbi Nachman Kahane, zt"l, (d. 1976) Spinka-Kahane Rebbe of Bnei Brak - son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch
          • Grand Rabbi Moses Eliakim Briah Kahane, shlit"a, Spinka-Kahane Rebbe in Bnei Brak - son of Rabbi Nachman
          • Grand Rabbi Asher Yeshayah Aryeh Kahane, shlit"a, Spinka Rebbe in Kiryas Joel - son of Rabbi Nachman
          • Rabbi Elimelech Kahane, shlit"a, Rosh Kolel of Zidichov Kollel in Bnei Brak - son of Rabbi Nachman
          • Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendel Kahane, shlit"a, Spinka Rebbe of London - son of Rabbi Nachman
            • Grand Rabbi Baruch Kahane, shlit"a, Spinka Rebbe in Williamsburg
        • Grand Rabbi Joseph Meir Kahane, zt"l, (d. 1978), Spinka Rebbe of Jerusalem - son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch
          • Grand Rabbi Mordecai David Kahane, shlit"a, Spinka Rebbe of Jerusalem - son of Rabbi Joseph Meir
          • Grand Rabbi Alter Kahane, shlit"a, Zidichov-spinka Rebbe of Jerusalem - son of Rabbi Joseph Meir of Spinka

The present Rebbe, Naftali Tzvi Labin of Zidichov Zidichov is a Hasidic dynasty from Galicia (a province of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire) founded by Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov. ...

Lineage of the Ulemer Rabbis of the Friedman family from the Spinka line

  • Grand Rabbi Joseph Meir Weiss, zt"l, (1838-1909 (ו' אייר תרס"ט)) - Spinka Rebbe - Author of Imrei Yosef
    • Grand Rabbi Isaac Weiss, zt"l, hy"d, (1875-1944) - Spinka Rebbe - Author of Chakal Yitzchak, son of the Imrei Yosef
      • Grand Rabbi Israel Chaim Weiss, zt"l, hy"d, (d. 1944) - son of the Chakal Yitzchak
        • Rabbi Shmuel Friedman, zt"l, Chief Rabbi of Ulem - son of Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Friedman, zt"l - son-in-law of Rabbi Israel Chaim Weiss
          • Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Friedman, shlit"a, present Ulemer Rav of Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, N.Y., son of Rabbi Samuel
            • Rabbi Chaim Joseph Friedman, shlit"a, Brezaner Rav of Boro Park, Brooklyn, N.Y., son of the Ulemer Rav
            • Rabbi Berish Friedman, shlit"a, Spinka Rav of Rego Park, Queens, N.Y., son of the Ulemer Rav
            • Rabbi Hershel Friedman, shlit"a, Seilish Rav of Williamsburgh, N.Y., son of the Ulemer Rav

Important Spinka works

The main books particularly revered by the Spinka Hasidic sect (in addition to those revered by all Hasidim) are Imrei Yosef, Chakal Yitzchak. The followers of the Horowitz Spinka line also revere the book Toldos Tzvi. Since then many of the Spinka Rebbes have written books, and several prayer books have been published according to the nusach of the Spinka Rebbes.


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External links

  • Video of Grand Rabbi Berish Horowitz, Spinka Rebbe of Keap st. and Bedford ave. in Williamsburg, celebrating Sukkos
  • Video clips of Grand Rabbi Meir Eleazar Weiss, the Spinka Rebbe of 18th avenue in Boro Park, celebrating Sukkos
  • Video of a Wedding of scions of the Spinka dynasty, with the participation of several Spinka Rebbes

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Spinka (Hasidic dynasty) at AllExperts (1243 words)
Several Spinka Rebbes live in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn alone.
Spinka Jerusalem, Spinka Bnei Brak) are offshoots of the original dynasty.
Among the surnames of the Spinka Rebbes are Weiss, Horowitz, and Kahane.
Spinka (Hasidic dynasty) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (1288 words)
Spinka Rebbes can be found in many cities in the Holy Land, as well as in New York, and Europe.
The main books particularly revered by the Spinka Hasidic sect (in addition to those revered by all Hasidim) are Imrei Yosef, Chakal Yitzchak.
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