Linsk (Hasidic dynasty)

{{About|the dynasty of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz|the dynasty of his father, Rebbe Naftali Tzvi Horowitz, sometimes called the Linsk dynasty|Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)}}

Linsk ({{langx|yi|{{Script/Hebrew|לינסק}}}} Linsk) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty—a family of Hasidic leaders or rebbes and the group of their associated followers or chassidim—founded by Rabbi Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Linsk ({{circa|lk=no|1789}} or {{circa|lk=no|1792}} – 1831). Linsk is the Yiddish name of the town of Lesko in southern Poland.

The Linsk dynasty is a branch of the Ropshitz dynasty.

Lineage

Rebbe Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk ({{circa|lk=no|1740}} – 1803), the rabbi of Linsk (Lesko). His father, Rabbi Yaakov, was the rabbi of Linsk before him.
Rebbe Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (Ropczyce), son of Rebbe Mendel and his successor to the rabbinate of Linsk in addition to being the rabbi of Ropshitz.
Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Linsk ({{circa|lk=no|1789}}{{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=2 |page=139}} {{cite book |title=Entsiḳlopedyah la-Ḥasidut |volume=1 |page=78}} or {{circa|lk=no|1792}}{{cite book |title=ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor |volume=1 |page=268}} – 1831), son of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi. His wife was the daughter of his uncle Rabbi Shmelke, rabbi of Roman and Bar, son of Rabbi Mendel of Linsk. Rebbe Sholom Rokeach of Belz held him in high esteem. He was briefly the rabbi of Linsk after his father, but a few years later.{{cite book |title=ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor |volume=1 |chapter=שושלת רופשיץ |trans-chapter=The Ropshitz Dynasty |pages=268–277}}

Dynasty

Rebbe Menachem Mendel Horowitz of Linsk (died 1868), son of Rebbe Avraham Chaim
Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz (the second) of Linsk ({{circa|lk=no|1832}} or {{circa|lk=no|1834}} – 1904), son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel. He married Miriam Yocheved, daughter of Rebbe Berish Beer of Litovisk (Lutowiska) of the Istrik–Litovisk dynasty. He was a disciple of Rebbe Sholom Rokeach of the Belz dynasty.{{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=2 |page=136}} {{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=6 |page=456}}
Rebbe Meir Horowitz of Linsk ({{circa|lk=no|1843}} – 1924{{efn|Vunder{{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=2 |page=254}} {{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=6 |page=496}} gives another date, 1923 [as in ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor], which he retracts.}}), son of Rebbe Avraham Chaim. He succeeded his father as the rabbi of Linsk. He married Hinda, daughter of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz,{{efn|Called Parnes in some sources}} step-son of Rebbe Chaim Halberstam of Sanz.{{efn|Alternatively: daughter of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi Parnes and step-daughter of Rebbe Chaim Halberstam of Sanz.{{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=6 |page=1038}}}}
Rebbe Menachem Mendel Horowitz (the second) of Linsk (died 1942), son of Rebbe Meir. He married Chaya, daughter of Rebbe Avraham Shalom Halberstam of Stropkov. He was the last rebbe of Linsk. He was killed in the Holocaust in the Zasław concentration camp, as was his family.{{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=2 |page=264}}
Rebbe Yaakov Horowitz of Linsk (died 1942), son of Rebbe Meir.{{efn|Alfasi{{cite book |title=ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor |page=273}} and Vunder{{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=2 |page=234}} have him as the son of his grandfather, Rebbe Avraham Chaim. Vunder later corrects this, citing family traditions.{{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=6 |page=456}}}} He married Eidel, daughter of Rebbe Elimelech Rubin of Yavrov of the Ropshitz dynasty (from his second marriage). He was a dayan in Linsk, later a rabbi and rebbe there, and died in the Holocaust.{{cite book |title=ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor |page=273}} {{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=2 |page=234}}
Rebbe Elimelech Horowitz (1911–1995), Yavrover (also called Yaritshover) Rebbe of New York, son of Rebbe Yaakov. He married Rivka Hena, daughter of Rebbe Alter Eichenstein of Yaritshov (Jarczów) of the Zidichov dynasty. After the Holocaust, he settled in New York: first in the East Side, Manhattan, then in Borough Park, Brooklyn. His son, Rabbi Yaakov (Shraga Feivish), is the rabbi of the Telz congregation of Borough Park and the Rosh Yeshiva and founder of Yeshivas Beis Meir, named for his grandfather, Rebbe Meir of Linsk.{{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=2 |page=234}} {{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=6 |pages=460–461, 1117}}
Rabbi Yisrael{{efn|Alfasi mentions him once{{cite book |title=ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor |page=268}} as "Yisrael David"; otherwise, and in other sources, he is called "Yisrael" only.}} Horowitz of Veislitz (Wiślica), son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel. He married the daughter of Rebbe Moshe Aba Beer of Litovisk of the Istrik–Litovisk dynasty. He was a disciple of Rebbe Chaim Halberstam of Sanz. He officiated as the rabbi of Veislitz.{{cite book |title=Meʼore Galitsyah |volume=6 |page=495}}
Rebbe Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Veislitz, son of Rebbe Yisrael (died 1928). He was the first rebbe in Toronto. An ohel was erected over his grave.{{cite web

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Rebbe Yaakov Horowitz of Pietrikov (Piotrków Trybunalski), son of Rebbe Yisrael. He married the daughter of Rebbe Meir Menachem Finkler of Pietrikov of the Radoshitz dynasty. He died in the Holocaust.{{cite book |title=ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor |page=327}}

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References

{{cite book |first=Yitsḥaḳ |last=Alfasi |title=ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor (החסידות מדור לדור) |trans-title=Hasidism from generation to generation |url=https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/Book.aspx?149982 |year=1995–1998 |publisher=Mekhon Daʻat Yosef |location=Jerusalem |language=Hebrew |lccn=95828260}} {{Subscription required}}
{{cite book |first=Meʼir |last=Ṿunder |title=Meʼore Galitsyah: entsiḳlopedyah le-ḥakhme Galitsyah (מאורי גליציה: אנציקלופדיה לחכמי גליציה) / Encyclopedia of Galician Sages |url=https://www.otzar.org/wotzar/Book.aspx?105733 |year=1978–2005 |publisher=Makhon le-hantsaḥat Yahadut Galitsyah |location=Jerusalem |language=Hebrew |lccn=78952020}} {{Subscription required}}

Linsk (Hasidic dynasty)

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Dynasty

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