Sasregen (Hasidic dynasty)

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Sasregen is a Hasidic dynasty from Reghin, Romania. Rabbi was the previous Sasregener Rebbe in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York. He died in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

History[]

Sasregen is one of many offshoots of the Ropshitz Hasidic dynasty that were re-established in New York City after World War II by surviving descendants of Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz, the first Ropshitzer Rebbe; others include , , Dombrov, , Melitz, Shotz, , , Sulitza, and .[1]

The previous Sasregener Rebbe was the son of Rabbi Jacob Israel Jeshurun Rubin (30 Kislev 5645 [December 18, 1884], Zhydachiv, – 15 Sivan 5704 [June 6, 1944]),[2][3] av beis din (head of the rabbinical court) of Solitza and Sasregin, Romania,[4] who was murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp,[5] and Alte Nechama Malka Dachner, daughter of Rabbi of Seret, who was also killed in the Holocaust. His brothers were the late Rabbi , Sulitzer Rebbe of Far Rockaway, and the late Rabbi , who was the Muzhayer Rebbe (d. 2008) of Midwood, Brooklyn.

Rubin married Mirl Eichenstein, daughter of Rabbi Joshua Eichenstein. His son, Rabbi , is the Bobover Rav of 45th Street, and son-in-law of the late Grand Rabbi Naftali Halberstam of Bobov. The Sasregener Rebbe was the author of Kol HaMikra'ot ShebeTalmud Bavli, which he began in 1955 and published in 1987.[6]

Dynasty[]

Main article: Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)
  • Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (1760–1827), author of Zera Kodesh.[7]
    • Grand Rabbi Asher Yeshaya Rubin of Ropshitz (d. 1845), son-in-law of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi, known as Reb Osher'l, son-in-law of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi. Author of אור ישע [Or yeshaʻ].[8]
      • Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Glogov (Głogów Małopolski) (c. 1806 – 1873), son of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya.[8][9]
        • Grand Rabbi Meir Rubin of Glogov (1829–1897), son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel.[8]
          • Grand Rabbi Baruch Rubin of Brezdovitz (, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine) and Gherla (1864–1935), son of Rebbe Meir. Author of שארית ברוך She'erit Barukh (Jerusalem, 1973).[8]
            • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun Rubin of Sulitza (Sulița) and Sasregen (Reghin) (1884–1944), son of Rebbe Baruch. Rabbi of Sulitza, and Rebbe in Sasregen. He was murdered in the Holocaust.[3][8]
              • Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Rubin (Died 8 Nissan 5780, was approximately 90 years old), Sasregener Rebbe, son of Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun, and son-in-law of Rebbe Yehoshua Eichenstein of Grosswardein of the Zidichov dynasty. Rabbi of K'hal Sasregen congregation[10] in the Midwood neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.[8][11]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Finkel, Avraham Yaakov (1992). The Great Chasidic Masters. Jason Aronson. p. 98. ISBN 0876685955.
  2. ^ Rosenstein, Neil (1976). The Unbroken Chain: Biographical sketches and the genealogy of illustrious Jewish families from the 15th-20th century. Shengold Publishers. p. 611. ISBN 0884000435.
  3. ^ a b Ṿunder. Meʼore Galitsyah: Volume 4. p. 699.
  4. ^ Lev, Baruch (2007). There is No Such Thing as Coincidence 2: A new collection of stories about Divine Providence. Feldheim Publishers. pp. 72–74. ISBN 978-1583309407.
  5. ^ Finkel (1992), p. 217.
  6. ^ Rosenstein, Neil (1990). The unbroken chain: biographical sketches and the genealogy of illustrious Jewish families from the 15th-20th century, Volume 2. CIS Publishers. p. 1050. ISBN 096105784X.
  7. ^ Alfasi. "שושלת רופשיץ" [The Ropshitz Dynasty]. ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor. p. 268.
  8. ^ a b c d e f Alfasi. "שושלת רופשיץ ב'" [The Ropshitz Dynasty (II)]. ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor. p. 335–341.
  9. ^ Ṿunder. Meʼore Galitsyah: Volume 4. p. 710.
  10. ^ Congregation K'hal Sasregen website
  11. ^ Ṿunder. Meʼore Galitsyah: Volume 4. p. 715.

References[]

  • Alfasi, Yitsḥaḳ (1995–1998). החסידות מדור לדור ha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor [Hasidism from generation to generation] (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Mekhon Daʻat Yosef. LCCN 95828260.
  • Grosman, Leṿi (1943). שם ושארית Shem u-sheʹerit (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv. OCLC 36052853.
  • Rubin, Rebbe Asher Yeshaya of Ropshitz (1973) [First published 1876]. אור ישע Or yeshaʻ. Jerusalem: Kolel Ḳehillat Yaʻaḳov Sulitsa. OCLC 34171545. This edition includes:
    • לקוטי מהרמ"ם Liḳuṭe Maharmam by his son Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Glogiv (in Or yeshaʻ)
    • לקוטי מהר"ם Liḳuṭe Maharam by his son Rebbe Meir of Glogiv (in Or yeshaʻ)
    • Facsimiles (including annotated transcriptions) of manuscripts by and about members of the Ropshitz dynasty, particularly ancestors of the Brizdovitz dynasty
    • שארית ברוך Sheʼerit Barukh by his son Rebbe Baruch of Brezdovitz
    • גליוני יוש"ר Gilyone yosher, by his son Rebbe Yaakov Yisrael veYeshurun of Sulitza
    • זרע קודש מצבתה Zeraʻ ḳodesh matsavtah, a genealogical treatise by his son Rabbi Asher Yeshaya (who was murdered in the Holocaust).
  • Ṿunder, Meʼir (1978–2005). מאורי גליציה: אנציקלופדיה לחכמי גליציה Meʼore Galitsyah: entsiḳlopedyah le-ḥakhme Galitsyah [Encyclopedia of Galician Sages] (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Makhon le-hantsaḥat Yahadut Galitsyah. LCCN 78952020.

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