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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