Apta (Hasidic dynasty)
Illuminated pages from the pinkas ("minutes") books of the Mishnah Society of the Apter Rov's kloyz, Medzhybizh, circa 1840. | |
| Founder | |
|---|---|
| Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Israel, United States, Poland | |
| Religions | |
| Hasidic Judaism | |
| Languages | |
| Yiddish, Hebrew | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Ruzhin, Kopychyntsi |
The Apta-Zinkov-Mezibuz dynasty is a Polish Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apta (popularly known as the "Apter Rov").