Melitz (Hasidic dynasty)

Ropshitz (Yiddish: ראָפשיץ‎‎,Hebrew: רופשיץ‎‎‎) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty, or rabbinical family and group who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz (1760–1827). Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland known in Polish as Ropczyce.

Many major rabbis are descendants of the rebbes of Ropshitz. The dynastic offshoots of the Ropshitz dynasty are enumerated below.

Several contemporary rebbes (none with large followings) are styled "Ropshitzer Rebbe" in reference to the Ropshitz dynasty: Rebbe Chaim Rubin, Ropshitzer Rebbe of Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York (see Ropshitz branch below) and others.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk (Lesko) (c. 1740 – 1803 [23 Tishri 5564]) is often considered the first rebbe of the Ropshitz dynasty. His father, Rabbi Yaakov, was the rabbi of Linsk. He married Beila, daughter of Rabbi Yizchak Halevi Horowitz (called Reb Itzikl Hamburger) the rabbi of "Ahu" () (the triple Jewish community of Altona, Hamburg and Wandsbek). He was a disciple of the Hasidic rebbes Yechiel Michel, the maggid of Zlotshov, and Elimelech of Lizhensk. He was the rabbi of Leshnov (Leshniv), then c. 1773 he became the rabbi of Horodenka. In c. 1782 [c. 5542], after the death of his father, he inherited the latter's position as the rabbi of Linsk. His descendants continued the rabbinical dynasty of Linsk until the Holocaust. A collection of his writings was published by his descendant Yehoshua Rubin of Baligród as Liḳuṭe Maharam (לקוטי מהר"ם‎) appended to his son, Rebbe Naftali of Ropshitz' Ayalah sheluḥah (אילה שלוחה‎)‎.

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