Yehoshua Rokeach
Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach | |
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| Title | Second Belzer Rebbe |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Yehoshua Rokeach 1825 |
| Died | February 3, 1894 (23 Shevat 5654) en route from Vienna to Belz |
| Spouse | Rivka Miriam (Daughter of R' Shmuel Ashkenazi) , Daughter of R' Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel of Bazilia |
| Children | Shmuel of Sokal Yissachar Dov Rokeach Naftoli of Navry Arye Leybush of Magrov and Rawa Ruska Rabbi Shimon Yitzchak Meir of Radekhiv and Radymno |
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| Religious life | |
| Religion | Judaism |
| Jewish leader | |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Sholom Rokeach |
| Successor | Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach |
| Began | 1856 |
| Ended | 1894 |
| Main work | Ohel Yehoshua |
| Buried | Belz |
| Dynasty | Belz |
Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach (1825 – February 3, 1894), known as the Mitteler Ruv, 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.