Radzymin (Hasidic Dynasty) Explained

Radzymin was a Polish Chasidic dynasty named after its founder Yaakov Aryeh Guterman's hometown of Radzymin.

History

Jews had first started settling in Radzymin in the middle of the seventeenth-century. By 1840 the community erected their first synagogue.^[1] In 1848, after the death of Rabbi Yitzchok of Vurka,^[2] Rabbi Yaakov Guterman founded the Radzymin dynasty and brought the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov to Radzymin making it a Chasidic centre.

Leaders

• Yaakov Aryeh Guterman (1792-1874), founder and first leader (admur) of the Radzymin Hasidic dynasty.^[3]
• Shlomo Yehoshua David Guterman son of Rebbe Yaakov Aryeh the, second admur of Radzymin.
• Aharon Menachem Mendel Guterman (1860-1934), son of Rebbe Shlomo Yehoshua David, the third and last admur of Radzymin^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Radzymin . Jewish Virtual Library . 21 February 2021.
2. Web site: Saltiel . Manny . Gedolim Yahrtzeits . Chinuch.org . 22 February 2021.
3. Tuszewicki, M. (2017). A pocketbook of wonders: Mayses noyroim (deeds of awe, pietrkov 1913/1914) and the rebbe of Radzymin. Studia Humanistyczne AGH, 16(4), 39-48.
4. Rabinowicz, H. (1998). Aaron Menachem Mendel Guterman, the Rebbe of Radzymin. In Polonsky A. (ed) Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry, Vol 11, pp. 62-76.
5. News: Today's Yahrtzeits and History – 9 Adar . 21 February 2021 . Matzav.com . February 21, 2021.