Sholom Rokeach
| Sholom Rokeach | |
|---|---|
| First Belzer Rebbe | |
| Full name | Sholom Rokeach |
| Born | 1779 |
| Died | 10 September 1855 Belz |
| Yahrtzeit | 27 Elul 5615 A.M. |
| Dynasty | Belz |
| Successor | Yehoshua Rokeach |
| Father | Eleazar Rokeach |
| Mother | Rivka Henna Ramraz |
| Wife | Malka |
| Children | Elazar Yehoshua 3 other sons 2 daughters |
Sholom Rokeach (1781 – 10 September 1855), also known as the Sar Sholom (Hebrew: שר שלום, "Angel of Peace"), was the first Belzer Rebbe.
To Belzer Hasidim, he is known as "Der Ershter Rov" (the first rabbi), but in the city of Belz itself he was called "Der Alter Rov" (the old rabbi) in deference to the Bach, who presided as rabbi of Belz in the sixteenth century.
His father was Rabbi Eleazar Rokeach, one of the sages of the Kloyz of Brody. The latter was the grandson of Rabbi Eleazar, author of Maaseh Rokeach, rabbi of Brody until 1736, then Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam.
His mother was Rebbetzin Rivka Henna Ramraz.
After Rabbi Eleazar died at the age of 32, Rivka Henna lived in Brody with her five orphaned children. She sent her son Sholom, around 11 years old at the time, to be raised by her brother, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ramraz, rabbi of Skohl, then in Galicia. Later on, he married Rabbi Yissachar Dov's daughter, Malka (1780 – 23 August 1853). They had five sons and two daughters.
In the town of Skohl he was influenced by Rabbi Shlomo (Flam), the Rebbe of Skohl (also known as Reb Shlomo Lutzker), who was the personal writer and right-hand man of Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch, the successor to the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism. Since his uncle (and father-in-law) was opposed to Hasidism, Rokeach would secretly be let down the window by his wife, to learn at Rabbi Shlomo Lutzker's beis midrash at night. He was also a disciple of the Seer of Lublin.
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