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Yehoshua Rokeach
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Yehoshua Rokeach (1825 – February 3, 1894), known as the Mitteler Ruv , was the second Rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty . He combined Torah scholarship with practical common sense to guide thousands of Hasidim and to fight the Haskalah ("Enlightenment") movement that was making inroads in Jewish communities in Poland during the nineteenth century. His pioneering activities included founding the Machzikei Hadas organization.
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second rebbe of the belz hasidic dynasty
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