Dinov (Yiddish:דינאָוו,Hebrew:דינוב) is the name of aHasidicdynasty, descended from RabbiTzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov (c. 1783 – 1841), also called "theBnei Yisaschar" after his popular work:בני יששכר [Bene Yiśaśkhar]. Dinov is theYiddish name ofDynów, a town in southernPoland, in the historic region ofGalicia.[1]
Notable Hasidic movements descended from the Dinov dynasty areMunkatch andBluzhov.
RebbeTzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov (c. 1783 – 1841)[1]
RebbeDavid Spira of Dinov (c. 1804 – 1874), son of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech, author ofTsemaḥ Daṿid (צמח דוד) (Przemyśl, 1879)[1]
RebbeYeshaya Naftali Hertz Spira of Dinov (c. 1838 – 1885), son of Rebbe David, author ofHa-Noten imre shafer (הנתן אמרי שפר) (Przemyśl, 1887–1890). He married his cousin Odel Rivka, daughter of his uncle Rebbe Elazar of Lantzut. He was arebbe in Dinov.[1][2]
RebbeTzvi Elimelech Spira ofBlozhov (Błażowa) (c. 1841 – 1924), son of Rebbe David. He married the daughter of Rebbe Moshe Horowitz of Rozvadov (Rozwadow) of theRopshitz dynasty. He was the rabbi of Ribotitsh (Rybotycze) and Blozhov untilWorld War I, during which he fled toBudapest. After the war, he settled inPrzemyśl and Reisha (Rzeszów), where he died in 1924. Hisresponsa (Biłgoraj, 1936) and Hasidic teachings were published asTsevi la-Tsadiḳ (צבי לצדיק). He and his descendants form theBluzhov dynasty.[1]
RebbeYehoshua Spira of Ribotitsh (1862–1932), son of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech. His first wife, Miriam, was his cousin, daughter of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Mariles of Ropshitz (of theYeruslav andRopshitz dynasties), whose wife was the daughter of Rebbe David of Dinov. She died while giving birth to her son Meir. Rebbe Yehoshua then married Tzipora, daughter of Rebbe Yaakov Dachner,rebbe of Delatin (Deliatyn) of theKoretz dynasty. When he inherited his father's position as rabbi andrebbe ofBlozhov, he was living in Reisha, where he remained until his death. Author ofḲeren Yeshuʻah (קרן ישועה) (Biłgoraj, 1937).[1][3][4]
RebbeYisrael Spira of Bluzhov (1889–1989), son of Rebbe Yehoshua (from his second marriage).[1][5]
RebbeTzvi Yehuda Spira, Bluzhover Rebbe, stepson (and appointed successor) of Rebbe Yisrael[1]
RebbeMeir Yehuda Spira of Bikovsk (Bukowsko) (c. 1846 – 1908), son of Rebbe David. He was first married to Sheindel Rachel, daughter of Rebbe Alter Yosef Hager, therebbe of Radovitz (Rădăuți) of theKosov dynasty, who died in childbirth, then to her cousin Miriam, the daughter of Rebbe Yisrael of Vishnivitz (Vyshnivets) of theZlotshov dynasty, whose wife was Rebbe Alter Yosef's sister. He was arebbe in Bikovsk. His teachings were published inOr le-Meʼir (אור למאיר) (Przemyśl, 1913).[1][6][7]
RebbeElazar Spira of Lantzhut (Łańcut) (c. 1808 – 1865), son of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech, author ofYodʻe Binah (יודעי בינה) (Przemyśl, 1911)[1]
RebbeShlomo Spira of Munkatsh (Mukachevo) (1831–1893), son of Rebbe Elazar, founder of theMunkatch dynasty. He married the daughter of Rebbe Yekusiel Shmelka Erblich of theSasov dynasty, son of Rebbe Moshe Leib of Sasov (Sasiv, Ukraine). He was the rabbi of Strizhov (Strzyżów),Tarnogród and Munkatsh (Mukachevo). After his father's death, he was offered the rabbinate of Lantzut, but he preferred to remain in Strizhov and left the position for his brothers Rabbi Simcha and Rabbi Mendel. Author ofShem Shlomo (שם שלמה), which was never published.[1]
RebbeTzvi Hersh Spira of Munkatsh (1850–1923), son of Rebbe Shlomo[1]
RebbeBaruch Yehoshua Yerachmiel Rabinowicz of Munkatsh (1914–1997),[8] son-in-law of Rebbe Chaim Elazar. His father was Rebbe Nasan David Rabinowicz of Partzov of the Pshischa dynasty; his mother was the daughter of Rebbe Moshe Leib of Strizhov (below), his father-in-law's uncle.[1]
RebbeYitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz, Dinover Rebbe, son of Rebbe Baruch[1]
RebbeMoshe Yehuda Leib Spira of Strizhov (c. 1850 – 1916), son of Rebbe Shlomo. He married Chana, the daughter of Rebbe Baruch Halberstam, rabbi andrebbe of Gorlitz (Gorlice) of theSanz dynasty. For the first five years after his marriage, he was a member of his wife's grandfather—RebbeChaim Halberstam of Sanz (Nowy Sacz)'s—household. He was first the rabbi of Beitsh (Biecz), then of Sasov. In about 1882, after his father left Strizhov, he declined the town's offer that he take his place, so Rebbe Alter Horowitz (son of Rebbe Avraham of Shendishov) of theRopshitz dynasty was appointed instead. Later Rebbe Moshe Leib returned to Strizhov, whereupon the community became divided between Rebbe Alter Horowitz's supporters and Rebbe Moshe Leib's. Rebbe Moshe Leib died inVienna (where he fled during World War I) and was interred in Munkatsh.[1][9]
RebbeTzvi Elimelech Spira of Bertsh (Bircza), son of Rebbe Elazar[1]
RebbeMordechai Spira of Bertsh, son of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech. His wife was Bracha, daughter of Rebbe Avraham Simcha Horowitz of Baranov (Baranów Sandomierski) of the Ropshitz dynasty. He was murdered in the Holocaust.[1][10]
RebbeTzvi Elimelech Rokach (c. 1896 – 1964), BertsherRebbe of Brooklyn, New York, son-in-law of Rebbe Mordechai. His father was Rebbe Yosef Yehuda Rokach of Libetshoiv (Lubaczów) of theBelz dynasty, and on his mother side he was himself a descendant of the Dinov dynasty through his grandfather Rabbi Menachem Pinchas (Mendel) Spira, the rabbi of Lantzut.[11]
RebbeYosef Spira of Dinov (died 1932), son of Rebbe Tzvi Elimelech. He married the daughter of his cousin, Rebbe Yeshaya Naftali Hirtz of Dinov, and succeeded him as the rabbi of Dinov in about 1885.[1]
RabbiSimcha Spira of Lantzhut, son of Rebbe Elazar. He married the daughter of Rabbi Yisrael Leib Wahrman of Butshotsh (Buchach), son of RebbeAvraham David Wahrman, rabbi andrebbe of Butshotsh. He and his brother Rabbi Mendel both claimed the rabbinate of Lantzut, and both were treated as such. Rabbi Simcha had the support of the Hasidic community.[1][12][13]
RebbeElazar Spira (the second) of Lantzhut (died 1938), son of Rabbi Simcha[1]
RebbeEliezer Rubin ofBaligród,[a] son-in-law of Rabbi Simcha.[b] He was a descendant of Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Linsk,[c] and inherited from his ancestors the rabbinate of Baligród, of which he wasrebbe as well. He died prematurely, and his sons Yisrael Leib and Avraham David were raised by his father-in-law and by Rebbe Avraham Mordechai Rosenfeld,[19] the rabbi andrebbe of Moshtshisk (Mostyska).[20]
RebbeYisrael Leib Rubin (died 1961), Baligroder Rebbe ofBrooklyn, New York, son of Rebbe Eliezer. In 1914, he settled in Vienna, where he had a synagogue. He fled from the Nazis before the Holocaust and settled in Brooklyn, where he died in 1955.[20][21]
RebbeAvraham David Rubin (c. 1887 – 1963), Lantzuter Rebbe of New York, son of Rebbe Eliezer. In around 1906, he married Toba Chava, daughter of his uncle, Rebbe Shalom Rubin of Reisha (Rzeszów) of theRopshitz dynasty, whose wife Chana Mindel[22] was also Rebbe Simcha Spira's daughter. He was arebbe in Rzeszów until about 1928. In approximately 1929 he emigrated to the United States, where he became therebbe of the Lantzut synagogue.[20][23]
RabbiMenachem Pinchas (Mendel) Spira of Lantzut. As mentioned above, he and his brother Rabbi Simcha both claimed the rabbinate of Lantzut. Rabbi Mendel had the support of the non-Hasidic community.[13][24]
RabbiShmuel Spira of Redim (Radymno), son of Rabbi Mendel. He married the daughter of Rebbe Yaakov Yosef Rubin, rabbi andrebbe of Glogov (Głogów Małopolski) of theRopshitz dynasty. From about 1885, he was for some time the rabbi of Glogov in his father-in-law's place; later he officiated as the rabbi of Redim.[24]
RabbiChaim Reuven Wagschal of Lantzut, son-in-law of Rabbi Mendel. He was a descendant of theLizhensk dynasty. He was first thedayan, then the rabbi, of Lantzut.[13][25]
RabbiAlter Yaakov Yitzchak Wagschal of Lantzut, son of Rabbi Chaim Reuven. He married Dina, daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Rubin of Safed of the Ropshitz dynasty. Like his father, he was thedayan, and then the rabbi, of Lantzut.[13][25]
RebbeAvraham Menachem Mendel Wagschal, ShinoverRebbe ofMonsey, New York, son of Rabbi Alter. He married Shifra Nechama, daughter of Rebbe Yissachar Ber Rothenberg, VoidasloverRebbe of the Apt (Or la-Shomayim) dynasty.[25]
RebbeYehoshua Wagschal, LantzuterRebbe ofWilliamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, son of Rabbi Alter. He married Chaya, daughter of Rebbe Yaakov Halberstam of Tshakova of theSanz dynasty).[25]
^Inha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor, Alfasi writes that he was the son-in-law of Rebbe Mendel Rubin of Glogov of theRopshitz dynasty, and so includes Rebbe Eliezer and his sons in the Ropshitz dynasty. However, in hisEntsiḳlopedyah la-Ḥasidut he agrees with the other sources.
^Alfasi,[14] Rand,[15] and Vunder[16] write that Rebbe Eliezer's father-in-law was Rabbi Simcha of Lantzut; later,[17] Vunder retracts and writes that his father-in-law was Rebbe Elazar of Lantzut (Rabbi Simcha's father). Rebbe Avraham David Rubin's own tombstone,[18] however, agrees with Alfasi and Rand.
^Rebbe Eliezer's ancestor "Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Linsk" can be identified either with Rebbe Mendel Rubin (or Rabin), the rabbi of Linsk (Lesko), father of RebbeNaftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz, or with Rebbe Menachem Mendel Horowitz, rabbi andrebbe of Linsk, Rebbe Naftali Tzvi's grandson. In Volume 2 ofMeʼore Galitsyah, Ṿunder writes that Rebbe Eliezer was the son of Rebbe Avraham Chaim Horowitz (the second) of Linsk, son of Rebbe Menachem Mendel Horowitz of Linsk. In Volume 4, he writes that Rebbe Eliezer succeeded his father, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin—who was the grandson of Rebbe Naftali Tzvi of Ropshitz's brother—as the rabbi andrebbe of Baligrod.
^abcha-Ḥasidut mi-dor le-dor. pp. 335–337.Entsiḳlopedyah la-Ḥasidut. Vol. 1. p. 74.Rand, Asher Z. (1950).Toldot Anshe Shem(תולדות אנשי ש"ם). New York. pp. 127–128.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)Meʼore Galitsyah. Vol. 2. p. 136.Meʼore Galitsyah. Vol. 4. pp. 679, 710.Meʼore Galitsyah. Vol. 5. p. 455.Meʼore Galitsyah. Vol. 6. p. 1118.
^Meʼore Galitsyah. Vol. 4. p. 707.Spira, Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech. "רבי ישראל לייב ראבין" [Rebbe Yisrael Leib Rubin]. In Walzer-Fass, Michael (ed.).Lantsuṭ. p. 64.
^Manuscript of Rebbe Meir Rubin of Glogov inOr yeshaʻ (Jerusalem: Kolel Ḳehillat Yaʻaḳov Sulitsa, 1973)
^Spira, Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech. "רבי אברהם דוד ראבין" [Rebbe Avraham David Rubin]. In Walzer-Fass, Michael (ed.).Lantsuṭ. p. 64.
