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Kotsk (Kotzk) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Morgenstern, known as the Kotzker Rebbe. Kotsk is the Yiddish name of Kock, a town in present-day Poland.
The first Rebbe of Ger, the 'Chidushei Harim' (Rabbi Yitzchak Myer Alter) was a preeminent disciple of the Kotzker Rebbe. Following the Kotzker's death most of the Kotzker Hasidim formed the nucleus of the Ger dynasty.
The Kotzker Hassidim were known for their critical thinking and for a controversial way of expressing themslves.
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- Rebbe Menachem Mendl Morgensztern of Kotsk (1787-1859), the Alter Kotsker Rebbe
- Rebbe Dovid Morgensztern of Kotsk (1809-1873), son of Rebbe Menachem Mendl
- Rebbe Yaakov Yehoshua Morgensztern of Kotsk (1836-1907), son of Rebbe Dovid
- Rebbe Chayim Yisroel Morgensztern of Pilov (1840-1905) , author of Shloim Yerusholayim, son of Rebbe Dovid
- Rebbe Tsvi Hersh Morgensztern of Łuków (1858-1920), author of Ateres Tsvi, son of Rebbe Chayim Yisroel
- Rebbe Moshe Mordechai Morgensztern of Pilov ((1862-1929), author of Medrash Moshe, son of Rebbe Chayim Yisroel
- Rebbe Yitschok Zelig Morgensztern of Sokolow(1866-1939), son of Rebbe Chayim Yisroel
- Rebbe Yaakov Menachem Mendl Morgensztern of Wengrow (1887-1939), son of Rebbe Yitschok Zelig
- Rebbe Avrohom Yosef Morgensztern of Kotsk (d. 1939), the last Kotsker Rebbe
- Rebbe Tsvi Hersh Morgensztern of Lomaz, Łomazy District (1852-1926), son of Rebbe Dovid
- Rebbe Yaakov Arye Morgensztern of Wyszkow (1878- ), son Rebbe Tsvi Hersh of Lomaz
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