Newspaper notice of an event with the Radzyminer rebbe, 1921

Radzymin was a Polish Chasidic dynasty named after its founder Yaakov Aryeh Guterman's hometown of Radzymin.

History

Jews had first started settling in Radzymin in the middle of the seventeenth-century. By 1840 the community erected their first synagogue.[1] In 1848, after the death of Rabbi Yitzchok of Vurka,[2] Rabbi Yaakov Guterman founded the Radzymin dynasty and brought the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov to Radzymin making it a Chasidic centre.

Leaders

  • Yaakov Aryeh Guterman (1792-1874), founder and first leader (admur) of the Radzymin Hasidic dynasty.[3]
  • Shlomo Yehoshua David Guterman son of Rebbe Yaakov Aryeh the, second admur of Radzymin.
  • Aharon Menachem Mendel Guterman (1860-1934), son of Rebbe Shlomo Yehoshua David, the third and last admur of Radzymin[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Radzymin". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. ↑ Saltiel, Manny. "Gedolim Yahrtzeits". Chinuch.org. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ↑ Tuszewicki, M. (2017). A pocketbook of wonders: Mayses noyroim (deeds of awe, pietrkov 1913/1914) and the rebbe of Radzymin. Studia Humanistyczne AGH, 16(4), 39-48.
  4. ↑ Rabinowicz, H. (1998). Aaron Menachem Mendel Guterman, the Rebbe of Radzymin. In Polonsky A. (ed) Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, Vol 11, pp. 62-76.
  5. ↑ "Today's Yahrtzeits and History – 9 Adar". Matzav.com. February 21, 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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