Novominsk is a Hasidic dynasty, originating in Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland, and now based in the United States.[1] It also runs a yeshiva known as Yeshivas Novominsk - Kol Yehuda, currently led by Rabbi Yosef Mermelstein.[2]
From 1976 until his death in 2020, it was led by its Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Yaakov Perlow,[3] who served as Rosh Agudas Yisroel in America:[4] The spiritual head of Agudath Israel of America,[5] and was also a member of its Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah ("Council of Torah Sages").[6][7] He was succeeded by his sons, Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Perlow, and Grand Rabbi Yisrael Perlow, as the new Novominsker Rebbes.
Lineage of the Novominsk dynasty
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See also
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edit- ^ Roberts, Sam (April 10, 2020). "Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, Head of Hasidic Dynasty in Brooklyn, Dies at 89" – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "BDE: Sar Vegadol Nofal B'Yisroel: The Novominsker Rebbe zt". boropark24.com.
- ^ "Opinion | The loss of the Novominsker Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Perlow, leaves a gaping hole in our community". The Forward. 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Elected Officials Mourn Passing of Novominsker Rebbe, Zt"l | Hamodia.com". Hamodia. April 7, 2020.
- ^ Israel, David (7 April 2020). "Head of Agudath Israel, the Novominsker Rebbe, Succumbs to the Coronavirus at 89".
- ^ "BDE: The Novominsker Rebbe, Zt'l, Head Of Agudas Yisrael & Moetzes Gedolei Torah, Is Niftar". April 7, 2020.
- ^ "Orthodox Union Mourns the Loss of the Novominsker Rebbe ZT"L". Orthodox Union. April 7, 2020.
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