Pshevorsk (Hasidic dynasty)
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Pshevorsk is a small Hasidic movement based in Antwerp, Belgium. It also has organized groups of followers in London and Manchester, but has no organized presence in the United States or Israel. The Pshevorsker Rebbe lives in Antwerp.
The main base is the beis medrash ("study hall") known as Beth Yitzchok at Mercatorstraat 56 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Ideologically, Pshevorsk is a combination of four different offshoots of Tsanz and it is currently closely affiliated with Satmar.
On Jewish holidays, such as Rosh Hashanah ("new year"), hundreds of Pshevorsker Hasidim and also other Hasidim such as Satmar come to Antwerp to pray at the Pshevorsker prayer gatherings, which are usually held in a large wedding hall on such occasions.
The first rebbe, Rebbe Moshe Yitzchok was a son of R' Naftoli Elimelech, son of R' Avrohom of Gorlice, who was a son of the Rebbe Reb Mylekh of Lizhensk. After his marriage he settled in Przeworsk. He survived World War II and moved to Paris. In 1956 he settled in Antwerp. He died on Yom Kippur 5737 (1976). His son-in-law Rebbe Yankel Leiser succeeded him.
Reb Yankele and Reb Itzikl are buried in Holland, because laws in Belgium prevent making Orthodox Jewish cemeteries in Belgium.
Reb Yankele's grandson became engaged on the 24th February 2006 to a member of the Halberstam rabbinical family.
[edit] Lineage
- Rebbe Moshe Yitzchak (Reb Itzikl) Gevirzman of Pshevorsk (1881-1976)
- Rebbe Yaakov (Reb Yankele) Leiser of Pshevorsk (1907-1998), son-in-law of Reb Itzikl
- Rebbe Leibish Leiser of Pshevorsk, present Pshevorsker Rebbe, son of Reb Yankele
- Rebbe Yaakov (Reb Yankele) Leiser of Pshevorsk (1907-1998), son-in-law of Reb Itzikl
