Spinka (Hasidic dynasty)

Spinka is the name of a Hasidic group within Orthodox Judaism. The group originated in a city called Săpânţa (Yiddish: Spinka‎), Maramureş,today located in Romania, previously Hungarian.

The first Spinka Rebbe was Joseph Meir Weiss, author of Imrei Yosef. He was succeeded by his son, Isaac Weiss, author of Chakal Yitzchak. The Chakal Yitzchak was murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust.

After World War II, the group was divided among many Rebbes, descendants of the Imrei Yosef. Spinka Rebbes can be found in Williamsburg, Boro Park, Flatbush, Kiryas Joel, Queens, Monsey, Bnei Brak, Antwerp, London, throughout Israel, and Europe. All are offshoots of the original dynasty. Several Spinka Rebbes live in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn alone, and Israeli branches are found in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak.

Among the surnames of the Spinka Rebbes are Weiss, Horowitz, and Kahane.

Two brothers, both Spinka Rebbes from Williamsburg, Rabbi Isaac Horowitz and the late Rabbi Berish Horowitz, sons of Rebbe Hershele Spinker

Grave of Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi "Hershele" Horowitz, Spinka Rebbe of Williamsburg, buried in New Jersey

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