Munkacs (Hasidic dynasty)

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For the Jerusalem neighborhood, see Batei Munkacs.
Grand Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira, Munkacser Rebbe, author of Minchas Elozor
Grand Rabbi Moshe Leib Rabinovich, current Munkacser Rebbe

Munkatch (or Munkacs)

Munkács; today: Mukachevo, in Ukraine
).

The largest Munkacs community is in

Boro Park, Brooklyn; there are also significant Munkacs communities in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and Monsey, New York; and other communities can be found across North America, in Europe, Israel, and Australia
.

Lineage of the Munkacs Chasidic Dynasty

Zvi Elimelech Spira of Dynów
Bnei Yisoschor
Eluzar Spira of Strzyżów and Łańcut
Yodai Binah
Shlomo Spira of
Munkatch

Shem Shlomo
Zvi Hirsh Spira of
Munkatch

Darchei Tshuva
Munkatch
Minchas Elazar
Munkatch
Munkatch

Current Rebbe

Roots

Main article: Dinov (Hasidic dynasty)

The dynasty traces its roots to

Galicia. Himself an adherent of the Polish Hasidic leader Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin (the Chozeh of Lublin) and of his uncle, Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, author of Noam Elimelech, Rabbi Spira was instrumental in bringing Hasidic Judaism to Hungary. He authored works such as Agra D'kala and Chidushei Mahartza, and is commonly called by the title of his most famous work B'nei Yissaschar ("Children of [the tribe] Issachar", named for the Biblical Issachar, son of Jacob, because he was told by Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin that he was a direct descendant of the tribe of Issachar). His descendants became leaders of the communities of Dynów, Poland (called Dinov in Yiddish), Munkacs, Hungary (now Mukachevo, Ukraine) (called Munkatch in Yiddish), and Błażowa, Poland (called Bluzhev in Yiddish). He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Eluzer Spira of Lanczut, Poland, who was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Shlomo Spira of Munkacs, author of Shem Sh'lomo. He, in turn, was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Spira
of Munkacs, author of Darkhei T'shuvah.

Pre-World War II Munkacs

The

Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinovich, who led the Munkacs dynasty with much success, until the outbreak of World War II
. After World War II, Rabbi Baruch resigned as Rebbe.

Munkacs today

Munkacs World Headquarters in Boro Park

After

Satmar
Hasidim, who also originated from North-Eastern Hungary (namely Szatmár county, hence the name of the dynasty). Currently, the Munkacs dynasty is led by the son of Rabbi Baruch, Grand Rebbe Moshe Leib Rabinovich.

The sect's main Brooklyn synagogue, which also serves as world headquarters for Munkacs Hasidim, is located in the

Boro Park section of Brooklyn. The Hasidic group also boasts a plethora of educational and charitable institutions across the United States, Canada, England
, Israel, and Australia.

Educational institutions

Rabbi Moshe Leib Rabinovich founded a network of large educational institutions, both yeshivas and girls' schools, running from pre-school through high school, as well as post-graduate advanced learning kollels for married men. The girls' schools are called Bnos Frima, and the yeshivas Tiferes Bunim. Munkacs also operates youth summer camps, Chaim V'Shalom, in the Catskill Mountains during the summer months.

Publishing

Hotzoas EMES (Hebrew acronym for O'hr T'orah M'unkacs) publishes the works of the rebbes of Munkacs, as well as periodicals on news and subjects of interest to the Munkacs Hasidic community. To date, they have published hundreds of works, which are used by Talmudic scholars around the world.

Spiritual lineage from Baal Shem Tov

  • Rebbe Yisrael
    Hasidism
    • Rebbe
      Mezritch
      – primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov

Dynasty

  • Grand Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dynów, author of B'nei Yisoschor, a disciple of the Seer of Lublin
    • Grand Rabbi Eleazar Spira of Strzyżów and Łańcut, author of Yod'ei Binah, son of the B'nei Yisoschor
      • Grand Rabbi Shlomo Spira of Strzyżów and Munkatch, author of Shem Sh'lomo, son of the Yod'ei Binah
        • Grand Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Spira of Munkatch, author of Darkhei T'shuvah, son of the Shem Sh'lomo
          • Grand Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira of Munkatch, author of Minchas El'azar, son of the Darkhei T'shuvah
            • Grand Rabbi
              Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinovich
              , son-in-law of the Minchas El'azar

External links

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