Munkacz (hasidic Dynasty)

The '' Rebbe '' of Munkacz (or '''Munkatch'''), Rabbi Chaim Elazar Shapiro (who led the community from 1913 until his death in 1937 ) was the most outspoken voice of religious Anti-Zionism . He had succeeded his father, Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Shapiro , who had earlier inherited the mantle of leadership from his father Rabbi Shlomo Shapiro . This Hasidic dynasty was based in the town of Mukacheve , known as "Munkatch", "Minkitch" or "Minkatch" in common Jew ish usage.

There was friction and acrimony between the Munkatcher and Belzer hasidim. However, along with the dominant Munkatcher hasidic community there co-existed smaller yet vibrant hasidic groups who were followers of the Rebbes of Spinka , Zidichov , and Vizhnitz . By the time of The Holocaust there were nearly 30 Synagogue s in town, many of which were ''shtiblech'' (" house" - small [Hasidic synagogues). By 1851 Munkacz supported a large Yeshiva , thereby demonstrating the community’s commitment to Talmud ic learning and piety.

In the spring of 1944 there were nearly 15,000 Jewish residents of the town. This ended on May 30 , 1944 when the city was pronounced ''Judenrein'' (free of Jews after ghettoization and a series of deportations to Auschwitz ).

After the Holocaust, the Munkacz dynasty and community was re-established in Brooklyn, New York , in the United States and developed a close affinity with the Satmar hasidim. The present Rebbe of Munkatch is Grand Rabbi Moshe Leib Rabinowitz, a grandson of the author of ''Minchas Eleazar''. His synagogue is located in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn. His brother is known as the Dinover Rebbe.

DYNASTY

Rebbe Yisrael, the Baal Shem Tov - founder of Hasidism.

---Rebbe Dovber , the ''Maggid'' (Preacher) of Mezeritch - primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov.

--Rebbe Elimelech Lipman of Lizhensk, author of ''Noam Elimelech'' - disciple of the Maggid of Mezeritch.

-Rebbe Yaakov Yitzchak , the Seer Of Lublin , author of ''Zichron Zos'' - disciple of Rebbe Elimelech of Lizensk.

Grand Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Shapiro of Dinov, author of ''Bnei Yissaschar'', a disciple of the Seer Of Lublin

---Grand Rabbi Eleazar Shapiro of Lantzut, author of ''Yodei Binah'', son of the ''Bnei Yissaschar''

--Grand Rabbi Shlomo Shapiro of Munkatch, author of ''Shem Shlomo'', son of the ''Yodei Binah''

-Grand Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Shapiro of Munkatch, author of ''Darkei Teshuvah'', son of the ''Shem Shlomo''

Grand Rabbi Chaim Eleazar Shapiro of Munkatch, author of ''Minchas Eleazar'', son of the ''Darkei Teshuvah''

---Grand Rabbi Baruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowitz, son-in-law of the ''Minchas Eleazar'' (later Chief Rabbi of Holon )

--Rabbi Nathan David Rabinowitz, z"l, grandson of the ''Minchas Eleazar''

--Grand Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowitz, grandson of the ''Minchas Eleazar'', present Dinover Rebbe of Flatbush, Brooklyn

--Grand Rabbi Moshe Leib Rabinowitz, grandson of the ''Minchas Eleazar'', present Munkatcher Rebbe of Boro Park, Brooklyn

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Munkacz (hasidic Dynasty)