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Grand Rabbi Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Biala, author of Chelkas Yehoshua and Seder Hayom
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Grand Rabbi Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Biala, author of Chelkas Yehoshua and Seder Hayom
Grand Rabbi David Mattisyahu Rabinowitz of Biala - Bnei Brak, zt"l
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Grand Rabbi David Mattisyahu Rabinowitz of Biala - Bnei Brak, zt"l
Rabbi David Matisyahu Rabinowitz of Biala, previous Biala Rebbe of Bnei Brak, author of Lehavas David, with his son-in-law Rabbi Wolf Kornreich, presently the Shidlovtzer Rebbe of Jerusalem
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Rabbi David Matisyahu Rabinowitz of Biala, previous Biala Rebbe of Bnei Brak, author of Lehavas David, with his son-in-law Rabbi Wolf Kornreich, presently the Shidlovtzer Rebbe of Jerusalem
Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Rabinowitz, Biala Rebbe of Bnei Brak, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem
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Rabbi Yaakov Menachem Rabinowitz, Biala Rebbe of Bnei Brak, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem
The Biala Rebbe of Bnei Brak signing a wedding contract
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The Biala Rebbe of Bnei Brak signing a wedding contract
Grand Rabbi Wolf Kornreich, the Shidlovtzer Rebbe of Jerusalem, a scion of the Biala dynasty, praying at a holy place in Eretz Israel
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Grand Rabbi Wolf Kornreich, the Shidlovtzer Rebbe of Jerusalem, a scion of the Biala dynasty, praying at a holy place in Eretz Israel
Grand Rabbi Wolf Kornreich of Shidlovtza
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Grand Rabbi Wolf Kornreich of Shidlovtza
Rabbi Abraham Rabinowitz, the Biala-Otzrover Rebbe of Jerusalem holding a Torah Scroll at a dedication feast for a new Torah scroll in his synagogue
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Rabbi Abraham Rabinowitz, the Biala-Otzrover Rebbe of Jerusalem holding a Torah Scroll at a dedication feast for a new Torah scroll in his synagogue
The Biala-Otsrover Rebbe visiting Gush Katif
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The Biala-Otsrover Rebbe visiting Gush Katif
Rabbi Aaron Shlomo Rabinowitz, Biala Rebbe of America, at the grave of the Holy Jew of Peshischa in Poland
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Rabbi Aaron Shlomo Rabinowitz, Biala Rebbe of America, at the grave of the Holy Jew of Peshischa in Poland
Biala Rebbe of America at the grave of Rabbi Nathan David of Shidlovtza
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Biala Rebbe of America at the grave of Rabbi Nathan David of Shidlovtza
The Biala Rebbe of America on Hannukah
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The Biala Rebbe of America on Hannukah
Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowitz, Biala Rebbe of Ramat Aharon
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Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowitz, Biala Rebbe of Ramat Aharon
Rabbi Ben-Zion Rabinowitz, Biala Rebbe of Lugano, Switzerland
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Rabbi Ben-Zion Rabinowitz, Biala Rebbe of Lugano, Switzerland

The Biala (or Biyala, Biale) Hasidic dynasty is originally from Poland. The Rebbes of Biala are descendants from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowitz, known as the Yid Hakadosh ("[the] Holy Jew") of Peshischa (Przysucha), Poland. Their last name is Rabinowitz.

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History

The Biala dynasty comes from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowitz, the Holy Jew of Peshischa, who was a disciple of the Seer of Lublin. The Seer was a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizensk, who was a disciple of the Preacher of Mezritch, who was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.

Rabbi Yerachmiel Tzvi Yehudah Rabinowitz of Biala-Pshischa

Grand Rabbi Yerachmiel Tzvi Yehudah Rabinowitz was known as the Biala-P’shischa Rebbe (1923-2003). Born 1923, he was the first-born son of the previous Biala Rebbe, known as the Chelkas Yehoshua. He became Rebbe after his father died in 1982 and opened his yeshiva in the Har Nof section of Jerusalem. [link] He was succeeded by his sons.

Following the death of Yerachmiel Tzvi, one of his sons, Rabbi M. Rabinowitz, became Biala-Peshischa Rav of Har Nof.

His eldest son, Rabbi Elimelech Rabinowitz, became the Biala Peshischa Rebbe of Haifa.

One of sons is Rabbi Simchah Ben Zion Isaac Rabinowitz, the author of Piskei Tshuvos, a popular commentary on the Jewish legal classic Mishneh Brurah.

Rabbi David Matisyahu Rabinowitz of Biala

Rabbi David Matisyahu Rabinowitz of Biala was Biala Rebbe in Bnei Brak, Israel. He authored Lehavas Dovid. He was well known for his warm prayers and his self-sacrifice for serving God. He travelled around the world to spread Hassidic teachings. He was commissioned by his father to open yeshivos around the Holy Land. His father called him "nekudas libi", the "focus of my heart". He died in 1997.

Rabbi David Matisyahu of Biala had two daughters from his first wife, the daughter of Rabbi Shedrowitzsky, who died at a young age, and five sons from his second wife, the daughter of Rabbi Berkowitz, who survives him and presently resides in Bnei Brak. One of his sons-in-law and four of his sons succeeded him as Rebbe.

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowitz of Biala-Ramat Aharon

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowitz, shlit"a, is the son of Rabbi Yechiel Yehoshua Rabinowitz of Biala, zt"l. He is the Biala Rebbe of the Ramat Aharon section of Bnei Brak, E. Israel.

Rabbi Ben Zion Rabinowitz of Biala-Lugano

Rabbi Ben-Zion Rabinowitz of Biala was born in Poland January 30th 1935 - 26th Shevat 5695. He is the youngest son of Rabbi Yechiel Yehoshua of Biala. During the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939, his father who was not yet the Rebbe, was caught whilst trying to escape to his brother in London and was sent to Siberia by the Russians. The young Ben-zion and his sister escaped with many other children across Europe eastwards into Russia and then down into Iran (Persia).

They were eventually brought to the Holy Land by Zionists, who were kidnapping children from Iran and bringing them to the Holy Land. The Ponevezher Rov - Rabbi Yosef Kahaneman, heard that there were some special children in this group from Poland of ancesters of famous Rebbes. He rescued the young Rebbe-to-be and his sister from the anti-religious Zionist Jewish Agency. After the war their father made it to Palestine and was reunited with his children. Rabbi Ben Zion married Rebetzin Beila Bracha Babad. He learned in the Ponevezh yeshiva in Bnei Brak, and in the Gateshead yeshiva in England.

He became chief Rabbi of Lugano, Switzerland, in 1980. He became Rebbe in 1981 upon the passing of his father, as did his brothers. His first wife died in 1995, and in 1998 the Rebbe remarried the widow Rebetzin Steinwurtzel, the mother-in-law of the present Karlin-Stolin Rebbe. In addition to his position as the chief rabbi of Lugano, Switzerland, the Rebbe also spends much time in Jerusalem and Safed in Israel, where he has synagogues.

In Safed the Rebbe began a congregation in the old Kosover Synagogue. He does a lot of work helping to teach unaffiliated Jews learn about their Jewish heritage. He has written a series of books of Hassidic discourses in Hebrew called Mevaser Tov, two of which have been translated into English as The Merit of the Righteous Women and The Reward of the Righteous Women.[link]

Main books of the Biala Sect

The main books of the Biala Sect are Toldos Adam (by Rebbe Yehoshua of Ostrovoh, the father-in-law of the first Biala Rebbe), Divrei Binah (by the first Biala Rebbe), Chelkas Yehoshua and Seder HaYom (by Rebbe Yechiel Yehoshua). A translation of Seder HaYom into English has recently been published by the Biala Rebbe of America. Rebbe David Matisyahu of Biala-Bnei Brak wrote Lehavas David. Rebbe Ben-Zion of Biala-Lugano wrote Mevaser Tov, parts of which have been translated into English. The version of the prayer-book used by Biala Hasidim is called Siddur Chelkas Yehoshua.

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