Yehoshua Rokeach (1825 - February 3, 1894) was the second rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He combined Torah scholarship with practical common sense to guide thousands of Hasidim and to fight the Haskalah ("Enlightenment") movement that was making inroads in Jewish communities in Poland during the nineteenth century. His pioneering activities included founding the Machzikei Hadas organization.
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| - Yehoshua Rokeach (1825 - February 3, 1894) was the second rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He combined Torah scholarship with practical common sense to guide thousands of Hasidim and to fight the Haskalah ("Enlightenment") movement that was making inroads in Jewish communities in Poland during the nineteenth century. His pioneering activities included founding the Machzikei Hadas organization.
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| - daughter of R' Avrohom Yehoshua Heshl of Bazilia
- daughter of R' Shmuel Ashkenazi
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| - Yissachar Dov Rokeach
- Arye Leybush of Magrov and Rawa Ruska
- Naftoli of Navry
- Shmuel of Sokal
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| - on way back from Vienna to Belz
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| - Yehoshua Rokeach (1825 - February 3, 1894) was the second rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He combined Torah scholarship with practical common sense to guide thousands of Hasidim and to fight the Haskalah ("Enlightenment") movement that was making inroads in Jewish communities in Poland during the nineteenth century. His pioneering activities included founding the Machzikei Hadas organization.
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