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    Kotzk (Yiddish: קאצק) is a Hasidic dynasty originating from the city of Kock, Poland, where it was founded by Menachem Mendel Morgenstern (1787–1859)...
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    Menachem Mendel Morgensztern of Kotzk (Kock, Poland), better known as the Kotzker Rebbe and the Kotzker (1787–1859) was a Hasidic rabbi and leader. Born...
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  • Torah scholar and student of Elimelech of Lizhensk Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787 – 1859), Hassidic Rebbe, and student of Simcha Bunim of Peshischa...
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    Alter was among his more radical supporters who followed Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, rather than Simcha Bunim's son, Avraham Moshe. The Kotzker Rebbe continued...
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    late 18th to early 19th century. Its teachings are the foundation for the Kotzk, Ger, Amshinov, Zychlin, Aleksander, Vurka, Sochatchov, Porisov, Biala and...
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    Musar movement Hasidim Aleksander Biala Bluzhev Bobov Ger Izhbitza-Radzin Kotzk Lelov Peshischa Radomsk Sanz Sochatchov Vurka Zionist Betar Brit HaHayal...
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    Gerrer Hasid who introduced him to the thought of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. After a traditional yeshiva education and studying for Orthodox rabbinical...
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    well as the Peshischa, Sulitza, Ropshitz, Bobov, Biala, Kretshnif, and Kotzk Hasidic dynasties. "Meizels family tree" (PDF). Davidicdynasty.org. "Rabbi...
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    Mordechai Yosef Leiner (1801–1854), Hasidic thinker Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, (1787–1859), Hasidic thinker Joanna Pacuła (born 1957), actress Leon Pinsker...
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    philosopher who emerged from the Przysucha School was Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. Adopting an elitist, hard-line attitude, he openly denounced the folky...
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    demise of Simcha Bunim, Alter became a disciple of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, also known as the Kotzker Rebbe, who was famous for his acerbic wit and...
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  • Menachem Mendel of Kotzk and Rabbi Yosef of Yartshev; both were also born in Tomashov. When Menachem Mendel became Rebbe in Kotzk, Leiner became his disciple...
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    Polish Jewish immigrant parents. He is a descendant of Menachem Mendel of Kotzk on his mother's side. After serving in the Israel Defense Forces and joining...
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    should always usurp the status quo. His teachings are foundational for Kotzk, Ger, Amshinov, Zychlin Hasidism, Aleksander, Vurka, Sochatchov, Radzymin...
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    Mary (1779–82) The House of Józef Morgensztern (see Menachem Mendel of Kotzk) Military cemetery with the grave of General Franciszek Kleeberg and Polish...
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    $600. Other groups that wear Spodiks include Alexander, Amshinov, Ashlag, Kotzk, Modzitz, Ozharov, Radzin and Sochatchov. Kolpik—traditional Jewish fur...
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  • Yitzchak Zelig Morgenstern of Kotzk-Sokolov (Hebrew: יצחק זליג מורגנשטרן, מסוקולוב, Yiddish: זעליג מארגענשטערן, מסאקאלאוו, of Sokolov; 1866 – 16 October...
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  • Musar movement Hasidim Aleksander Biala Bluzhev Bobov Ger Izhbitza-Radzin Kotzk Lelov Peshischa Radomsk Sanz Sochatchov Vurka Zionist Betar Brit HaHayal...
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    criticised by other Hasidic leaders as superficial. To Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, and his reaction against Popular Tzadikism, the greatest miracle was to...
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    Yaakov Aryeh Guterman (Radzymin Hasidism) Menachem Mendel Morgensztern (Kotzk Hasidism) Avrohom Bornsztain (Sochatchov Hasidism) Mordechai Yosef Leiner...
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    Seer of Lublin and the Kozhnitser Magid, and distinct from the Hasidism of Kotzk. Upon the death of Rebbe Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir in 1856, his son, Shmuel...
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    was born in the home of his maternal grandfather, the Kotzker Rebbe, in Kotzk during the time that his father was being supported by his father-in-law...
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  • Breslav – Likutei Moharan (Collected teachings) Nathan of Breslav Peshischa-Kotzk introspective Hasidism – Poland, mystical offshoot from: Mordechai Yosef...
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    Raphael Hirsch Abraham Isaac Kook Yeshayahu Leibowitz Menachem Mendel of Kotzk Nachman of Breslov Franz Rosenzweig Tamar Ross Daniel Rynhold Yehoshua Zimmerman...
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  • Musar movement Hasidim Aleksander Biala Bluzhev Bobov Ger Izhbitza-Radzin Kotzk Lelov Peshischa Radomsk Sanz Sochatchov Vurka Zionist Betar Brit HaHayal...
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  • philosopher who emerged from the Peshischa School was Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. Adopting an elitist, hard-line attitude, he openly denounced the folkly...
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    Yaakov Aryeh Guterman (Radzymin Hasidism) Menachem Mendel Morgensztern (Kotzk Hasidism) Avrohom Bornsztain (Sochatchov Hasidism) Mordechai Yosef Leiner...
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    in the year 5600 (1839), leaving the court of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk. His son and successor, Rabbi Yaakov Leiner of Izhbitza, moved to Radzin...
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  • investigation of Hasidic thought. In this, as in the different Polish Peshischa-Kotzk school that stressed personal autonomy, the main role of the Tzadik was...
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    Yaakov Aryeh Guterman (Radzymin Hasidism) Menachem Mendel Morgensztern (Kotzk Hasidism) Avrohom Bornsztain (Sochatchov Hasidism) Mordechai Yosef Leiner...
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