Founder of Aleksander Hasidism
1828 CE–1894 CE · Modern · Aleksandrów Łódzki (Aleksander)
R. Yehiel Danziger of Aleksander (1828-1894) was the founder of the Aleksander Hasidic dynasty, which on the eve of World War II was the second-largest Hasidic court in Poland (after Ger). A disciple of R. Yitzchak Vorker, he established his court in Aleksandrów Łódzki near Łódź in 1878. The Yismach Yisrael, a homiletic-mystical Torah commentary, was authored by his son R. Yerachmiel Yisroel Yitzchok Dancyger (1853-1910), the second Aleksander Rebbe. The Aleksander court was decimated in the Holocaust — over 100,000 Aleksander Hasidim in pre-war Poland were almost entirely exterminated — and survives today as a small but committed community in Bnei Brak.
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Aleksandrów Łódzki (Aleksander)אלכסנדרCentral Poland
What they did here
Established his court in Aleksandrów Łódzki (near Łódź) in 1878. The Aleksander dynasty rapidly became one of the largest Hasidic courts in central Poland.
About Aleksandrów Łódzki (Aleksander)
Aleksandrów Łódzki, near Łódź in central Poland, is the seat of the Aleksander Hasidic dynasty, founded by R. Yehiel Danziger (1828-1894).
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- Yitzchak Twersky of Skver· 1812 CE–1885 CE
- R. Abdallah Somekh· 1813 CE–1889 CE
- Naphtali Tzvi Yehudah Berlin (Netziv)· 1816 CE–1893 CE
- Yehuda Leib Eiger of Lublin· 1816 CE–1888 CE
- R. Yaakov Saul Eliashar· 1817 CE–1906 CE
- R. Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor (Kovno)· 1817 CE–1896 CE
- Heinrich (Zvi) Graetz· 1817 CE–1891 CE
- R. Eliyahu Mani· 1818 CE–1899 CE
- Rabbi Yehoshua Leib Diskin· 1818 CE–1898 CE
- Rabbi Yaakov Reinowitz· 1818 CE–1893 CE
- Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer· 1820 CE–1899 CE
- R. Yosef Dov Soloveitchik of Brisk (Beit HaLevi)· 1820 CE–1892 CE
- Rabbi Shimon Sofer· 1820 CE–1883 CE
- Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin· 1823 CE–1900 CE
- Elijah Benamozegh· 1823 CE–1900 CE
- Rabbi Simcha Zissel Ziv· 1824 CE–1898 CE
- R. Yehoshua Rokeach (Belz II)· 1825 CE–1894 CE
- Yechiel Michel Epstein· 1829 CE–1908 CE
- Menachem Mendel Hager· 1830 CE–1884 CE
- Rabbi Chaim Hezekiah Medini· 1832 CE–1904 CE
- Yosef Hayyim· 1835 CE–1909 CE
- R. Shalom Mordechai Schwadron (Maharsham of Berezhany)· 1835 CE–1911 CE
- Rabbi Yitzchak Blazer· 1837 CE–1907 CE
- Gershon Chanokh Leiner of Radzin· 1839 CE–1891 CE
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- Sitting Bull (Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake)· 1831 CE–1890 CE
- Queen Victoria· 1819 CE–1901 CE
- Lobengula· –1894 CE
- Crazy Horse (Tȟašúŋke Witkó)· 1840 CE–1877 CE
- Pedro II of Brazil· 1825 CE–1891 CE
- Rutherford B. Hayes· 1822 CE–1893 CE
- Chester A. Arthur· 1829 CE–1886 CE
- Samori Ture· 1830 CE–1900 CE
- Otto von Bismarck· 1815 CE–1898 CE
- Red Cloud (Maȟpíya Lúta)· 1822 CE–1909 CE
- Ouray· 1833 CE–1880 CE
- James A. Garfield· 1831 CE–1881 CE
- Lord Salisbury· 1830 CE–1903 CE
- Cetshwayo· 1826 CE–1884 CE
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