Aharon Roth

Aharon Roth
Born 1894
Uzhhorod
Died 1947
Jerusalem

Aharon Roth, known as Reb Ahrele (d. 6 Sivan[1], 1947), was the founder of the Shomrei Emunim, Toldos Aharon and Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Hasidic dynasties. He was born in Satmar, Hungary and died in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.

He was the author of several modern-day classics of Hasidic literature, including Shomer Emunim, Taharath HaKodesh, and Shulchan HaTahor.

A selection of his writings was published in English translation by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Yair Hillel Goelman.

References

  1. ^ personal communication, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

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