Amshinov
 Rabbi Shimon Sholom Kalish | |
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| Yaakov Dovid Kalish | |
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Amshinov(Yiddish:אמשינאוו) is a dynasty ofHasidic Judaismfounded in the town ofMszczonów,Poland,by Yaakov Dovid Kalish, the son ofIsrael Yitzhak Kalish.Amshinov is a branch ofWarka Hasidism,which in part is a branch ofPeshischa Hasidism,as Israel Yitzhak Kalish was a leading disciple ofSimcha Bunim of Peshischa(1765-1827).
History
[edit]The first Amshinoverrebbe,Yaakov Dovid Kalish, was a son of the first Vurker rebbe,Israel Yitzhak KalishofWarka(Yiddish:Vurka).
Kalish died in 1878 and was succeeded as Amshinover Rebbe by one of his sons, Menachem Kalish.
When Menachem Kalish died in 1917 his son Yosef became the rebbe in Amshinov, and his other son, Shimon Sholom, became rebbe inOtwock(Yiddish:אטוואצקOtvotsk). He was involved in the exodus of thousands of young men in Kletzk, Radin,Novhardok,and otheryeshivasviaJapantoShanghaiat the outbreak ofWorld War II.By the time Shanghai came under Japanese control, it held 26,000 Jews.
Shimon Sholom's son Yerachmiel Yehuda Myer Kalish (1901–1976) of Amshinov, was born inPrzysucha(Yiddish:פּשיסכעPshiskhe),Poland.Hestudied Torahwith his grandfather, Menachem Kalish.
After the war, Shimon moved to the United States. Upon his death in 1954 (י "ט אב תשי" ד), his son accompanied his body toTiberiasinIsrael,and remained in Israel, later movimg toTel Aviv,and then to theBayit Veganneighbourhood ofJerusalem.
21st century rebbes
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Yaakov Aryeh Yeshaya Milikowsky, the Amshinoverrebbein theBayit Vegansection ofJerusalem,was born in the United States and was named after his ancestorYaakov Aryeh Gutermanof the hasidic dynasty ofRadzymin.[1]He is the son of Yerachmiel Yehudah Meir Kalish's daughter Chayah Nechamah and her husband Chaim Milikowsky.[2]
In 2015 he founded an organization calledTzedaka V'chesed Amshinovas a charity in memory ofRabbi MeirBa'al HaNes.
New York
[edit]Yosef Kalish II was the previous Amshinover rebbe in theBoro Parksection ofBrooklyn,New York City. He was the son of Yitzchak Kalish, the son of Yosef Kalish. He died on April 5, 2020, at the age of 63, fromCOVID-19.[3]
His two children succeeded him: the older, Menachem Kalish, became the rebbe in Boro Park[4]and the younger, Osher Chaim Kalish, in Bet Shemesh.
Lineage of the Amshinov dynasty
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References
[edit]- ^"Handwriting of the Rebbe Yaakov Aryeh of Radzymin a special segulah for protection".winners-auctions.com.Retrieved22 February2021.
- ^"Rebbetzin Chayah Nechamah Milikovsky, A" h - Hamodia.com ".Hamodia.4 December 2016.Retrieved16 February2022.
- ^"How New York hassidic communities have been buffeted by coronavirus".The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com.
- ^"Amshinov Rebbe Visits His Shul and Chasidim in Boro Park for First Time – Boro Park 24".www.boropark24.com.17 June 2020.Retrieved16 February2022.
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