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Kozhnitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yisroel Hopsztajn, known as the Kozhnitser Maggid. Kozhnitz is the Yiddish name of Kozienice, a town in present-day Poland.
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Rebbe Yisroel Hopsztajn, the founder of the Kozhnitz dynasty, and one of the three "patriarchs" of Polish Hasidism, was a disciple of Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk (Rabbi Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk), author of Noam Elimelech. The Rebbe Elimelech was a disciple of the Rebbe Dovber, the Maggid ("preacher") of Mezeritch, the primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.
- Kozhnitser Magid : Yisroel Hopsztajn (c. 1733 - 1814), author of the classic Avodas Yisroel.
- Second Kozhnitser Rebbe : Moshe Elyokim Bri'o Hopsztajn (c. 1757 - 1828)— son of the Avodas Yisroel; rebbe from 1814 to 1828.
- Third Kozhnitser Rebbe : Chayim Myer Yechiel Szapira (1789 - 1849), the Sorof of Mogielnica—grandson of the Avodas Yisroel' : rebbe from 1828 to 1849.
- Fourth Kozhnitser Rebbe : Elozor Hopsztajn (I) (d. 1861)—son of Moshe Elyokim Bri'o; rebbe from 1849 to 1861.
- Fifth Kozhnitser Rebbe : Yechiel Yaakov Hopsztajn (1846-1866)—son of Elozor; rebbe from 1863 - 1866.
- Sixth Kozhnitser Rebbe : Yerachmiel Moshe Hopsztajn son of Yechiel Yaakov
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