{{short description|Rabbinical dynasty}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox family |name = Veretzky |native_name = {{langx|yi|Veretzky}} |native_name_lang = |other_names = |type = [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic Jewish]] Rabbinical dynasty<!-- Default: [[Family]]; rarely [[Royal house]], [[Noble family]], etc. See "Types" below. --> |coat_of_arms = <!-- Coat of arms, crest, badge, emblem, banner, etc. See "Images" below for formatting. --> |coat_of_arms_size = |alt = |coat_of_arms_caption = <!-- Motto/battle cry, and/or to whom and when granted, by which granting authority, etc. --> |image = |image_size = |alt2 = |image_caption = |parent_family = Landau<!-- Family (or house, clan) from which the family in subject is descended --> |country = <!-- I.e. primary identified state of sovereign rule; applicable primarily to sovereign aristocratic dynasties --> |region = <!-- Main current location - please note, countries that are merely associated with titles should be indicated in "titles" --> |early_forms = |etymology = <!-- Etymology; name origin and/or meaning --> |origin = [[Nyzhni Vorota]], Ukraine<!-- Country, region, town, location etc. of origin --> |founded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY}} or {{Start date and age|YYYY|MM|DD}} by first documented family name version or relevant continuous identification --> |founder = Rabbi Moshe Ber Landau |current_head = Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Landau II |final_ruler = <!-- I.e. last sovereign; applicable primarily to sovereign aristocratic dynasties --> |final_head = <!-- I.e. last person with family name or else subject to end of continuous consistency --> | seat = [[Khal Hisachdus Yirieim Veretzky]] (synagogue), in [[Midwood, Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States<!-- the current [[Family seat]], if one exists, if not use the historic seat (see below) --> | historic_seat = <!-- the Family historic seat, i.e. the place commonly associated with the family ([[Manor house]], [[Château]], etc.), and where the head(s)/chieftain(s) of the family used to resided --> |titles = <!-- If multiple ones, please consider using {{tlx|Template:Collapsible list}} --> |styles = <!-- Styles (manners of address) --> |members = |connected_members = <!-- Notable members in selection, only if relevant in infobox and readability-wise applicable --> |other_families = <!-- Connected families, typically qualified by marriage (or rarely rivalry) --> |distinctions = <!-- Primarily associated distinctions such as orders, prizes, awards, etc. --> |traditions = [[Orthodox Judaism]]<!-- Philosophy, movement, adherence, allegiance, etc. --> |motto = <!-- For non-English motto, use: ''Motto in italics'' --> |motto_lang = |motto_trans = |heirlooms = <!-- Inheritances; antiques, mementos, jewelry, etc. --> |estate = <!-- Residence, seat, etc. --> |properties = |dissolution = <!-- {{End date|YYYY}}, removal of public status applicable primarily to royal and aristocratic houses --> |deposition = <!-- {{End date|YYYY}}, removal of authority applicable primarily to royal houses --> |cadet_branches = [[Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty)|Ziditshov]]<!-- Branches families - if multiple ones, please consider using {{tlx|Template:Collapsible list}} --> |website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}}, website of the family association/foundation/memorial, etc. --> |footnotes = }} '''Veretzky''' is a [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic Jewish]] Rabbinical dynasty originating in [[Nyzhni Vorota]], Ukraine (known as ''Veretzky'' in [[Yiddish]]), near the [[Hungary-Ukraine border|borders with Hungary]] and [[Slovakia-Ukraine border|Slovakia]]. While the dynasty reestablished its court in the United States, a dynasty of the same name has been recently established in Israel as well.
== Landau family dynasty ==
=== History ===
Rabbi Moshe Ber Landau served as the rabbi and ''dayan'' (rabbinic judge) of [[Nyzhni Vorota]]. His son Rabbi Shalom Noach Landau served as the village's rabbi after him,<ref name="Jewish">{{cite web |title=Nyzhni Vorota Religious |url=https://kehilalinks.jewishgen.org/Nyzhni_Vorota/Nyzhni-Vorota-Religious.htm |website=Geni.com |access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref> while another son, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Landau, served as rabbi of [[Khust]]. Rabbi Yitzchak Meir's son, Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Landau, also served as a rabbi, for a time in Nyzhni Vorota as well as in [[Yasinia|Yaasin]] and [[Nitra]], from 1929.<ref>{{cite web |author=Rose, Binyamin |url=https://mishpacha.com/under-the-nazis-boots |title=Under the Nazis' boots |work=Mishpacha (magazine) |date=February 8, 2012 |access-date=December 15, 2023 }}</ref> While both Rabbi Shalom Noach and Rabbi Yitzchak Meir were killed in [[the Holocaust]], Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Landau was not, and emigrated to the United States after World War II, settling initially in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn]].<ref name=Thisday>{{cite web |title=This Day in History – November 14, 2018 |url=https://hamodia.com/columns/day-history-november-14-2018/ |website=Hamodia.com |publisher=[[Hamodia]] |access-date=12 March 2021 |date=November 13, 2018}}</ref>
In 1952, he moved to the [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]] neighborhood of Brooklyn and reestablished the community of his ancestors with the opening a synagogue called Khal Hisachdis Yirieim Veretzky, becoming known as the Veretzkier Rebbe. It moved to its current location on Avenue L and East 9th Street in around 1970. In 1980, Rabbi Landau arranged for more ''[[minyanim]]'' to take place in the synagogue, turning it into a "minyan factory" (a synagogue with ''minyanim'' available throughout the day).<ref name=Thisday/> In 1986, Rabbi Landau established a yeshiva that would become known as Yeshiva Ohr Shraga Veretzky, a [[yeshiva]] for Jewish children living in the neighborhood, which blossomed in the Mosdos Veretzky yeshiva network.<ref name=Website>{{cite web |title=Mosdos Veretzky |url=https://www.ohrshraga.org |website=ohrshraga.org |access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref>
Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga died in 1996 and his son, Rabbi Aharon Tzvi Landau, known during his tenure as the Veretzkier Rav, succeeded him as rabbi of the community, a position he held until his death in 2003. He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Landau, who is the current Veretzkier Rav.<ref name=Thisday/>
=== Today === {{Infobox religious building | name = Khal Hisachdis Yirieim Veretzky<br/>{{small|(''Rabbi Landau's Shul / Landau's'')}} | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | religious_affiliation = [[Orthodox Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = | festival = <!-- or |festivals= --> | organisational_status = <!-- or |organizational_status= --> | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = {{nowrap|Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Landau (II)}} | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | status = [[Synagogue]] | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = 1202 East 9th Street, [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]], [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] 11230 | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = New York City | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in [[New York City]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|40.6195982|-73.9664552|region:US-NY_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 1952 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | construction_cost = | date_demolished = <!-- or |date_destroyed= --> | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m = <!-- or |elevation_ft= --> | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = | module = <!-- for embedding other infobox templates --> | footnotes = }} [[File:Khal Hisachdus Yereim Veretzky letterhead-emblem.png|thumb|400px|The letterhead and emblem of Khal Hisachdis Yirieim Veretzky in [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]]]] The '''Khal Hisachdis Yirieim Veretzky''', popularly known as '''''Rabbi Landau's Shul''''' or simply as '''''Landau's''''', is an [[Orthodox Judaism|Orthodox]] [[Jewish]] [[synagogue]] is located at 1202 East 9th Street, at the intersection with Avenue L, in the [[Flatbush]] neighborhood of [[Midwood, Brooklyn|Midwood]], [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], in the United States.<ref>{{cite news |title=CLOSED: Rav Landau's Shul, Prominent Minyan Factory in Flatbush, Shuts Due to Coronavirus |url=https://matzav.com/closed-rav-landaus-shul-prominent-minyan-factory-in-flatbush-shuts-due-to-coronavirus/ |date=March 19, 2020 |access-date=12 March 2021 |publisher=Matzav.com}}</ref> The synagogue established the Keren Zichron Rabbeinu Yechezkel Shraga fund for impoverished families, named after the founding rabbi of the community.<ref>{{cite web |title=Keren Zichron Rabbeinu Yechezkel Shraga |url=https://www.kzrys.org/ |website=kzrys.org |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>
Mosdos Veretzky, the network of yeshivas founded by Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Landau, currently includes four schools: Yeshiva Ohr Shraga elementary school and Mesivta Orchos Tzvi high school in Midwood, Ohr Shragelech Marine Park preschool in [[Marine Park, Brooklyn|Marine Park]], and Yeshiva Ohr Shraga Lakewood elementary school in [[Lakewood Township, New Jersey]].<ref name=Website/> The network of schools is run under the auspices of Rabbi Shalom Noah Landau, son of Rabbi Ahron Tzvi & brother to Rabbi Yitzchok Meir.
=== Lineage ===
* Rabbi Moshe Ber Landau of Veretzky ** Rabbi Shalom Noach Landau of Veretzky ** Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Landau (I) of Khust *** Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Landau of Veretzky **** Rabbi Aharon Tzvi Landau of Veretzky ***** Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Landau (II) of Veretzky
== Veretzky offshoot in Israel ==
=== History === {{external media | video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D-Kf7P3Ows Veretzky Rebbe in Lakewood] | video2 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL3ZgpnEu4I Veretzky Rebbe in Williamsburg, Lag Ba'omer] }} Rabbi Elazar Weiser of Veretzky served as a rabbi in Veretzky in the nineteenth century.{{efn|Known in one source as ''Rabbi Aharon Menachem Mendel''.<ref name="Hamodia">{{cite web |title=This Day in History – 19 Av/August 20 |url=https://hamodia.com/columns/day-history-19-avaugust-20/ |website=Hamodia.com |publisher=[[Hamodia]] |access-date=12 March 2021 |quote=Harav Aharon Menachem Mendel Eichenstein was born c. 5620/1860. His father was Harav Sender Lipa of Ziditchov, the eldest son of Harav Yitzchak Isaac of Ziditchov, zy”a. Orphaned at a young age, Reb Sender Lipa moved into the home of his grandfather, Harav Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditchov, zy”a, who eventually married him off to the daughter of Rav Aharon Menachem Mendel of Veretzky.}}</ref>}} His son-in-law was Rabbi Alexander (Sender) Yom Tov Lipa Eichenstein of [[Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty)|Ziditshov]], the son of Rabbi [[Yitzchak Isaac of Zidichov|Yitzchak Isaac of Ziditshov]] whose son, Rabbi Yissachar Ber Eichenstein (1850–1924), served as rebbe in Veretzky for a short stint before becoming rebbe in Ziditshov. Rabbi Yissachar Berish's son, Rabbi Moshe Eichenstein (1874–1935), served as rebbe Veretzky for some time as well, as did Rabbi Moshe's son, Rabbi Eliyahu Eichenstein.
Today, the Veretzky chasidic court in Israel is likely an offshoot of the [[Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty)|Ziditshov]] chassidic dynasty, and it is unclear why its founder chose the Veretzky name. Its Rebbe, Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Labin, resides in [[Bnei Brak]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Don't Miss This Opportunity to Receive a Bracha from the Holy Tzaddik the Veretzky Rebbe Shlita: Many Have Experienced Miracles |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/356564/dont-miss-this-opportunity-to-receive-a-bracha-from-the-holy-tzaddik-the-veretzky-rebbe-shlita-many-have-experienced-miracles-2.html |access-date=12 March 2021 |publisher=[[Yeshiva World News]]}}</ref> He is the son of Rabbi [[Naftali Tzvi Labin of Ziditshov]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Who is the Veretzky Rebbe that's been coming up everywhere? [closed] |url=https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/87187/who-is-the-veretzky-rebbe-thats-been-coming-up-everywhere |website=judaism.stackexchange.com |publisher=[[Stack Exchange]] |access-date=12 March 2021}}</ref> and a distant relative of the Eichensteins.
=== Lineage === <br/> {{Tree chart/start|align=center|summary=}} {{Tree chart| | |YIES|YIES=Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Eichenstein of Safrin<br/>(1740-1800)}} {{Tree chart| |,|-|^|-|.}} {{Tree chart|THEZ| |YBES|THEZ=Rabbi [[Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov|Tzvi Hirsh Eichenstein]] of [[Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty)|Ziditshov]]<br/>(1763-1831)|YBES=Rabbi Yissachar Berish Eichenstein of Safrin<br/>(1768-1832)}} {{Tree chart| |!| | | |!}} {{Tree chart|NHL| |YIEZ| |EW|NHL=Rabbi Naftali Hertz Labin of [[Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty)|Ziditshov]]<br/>(?-?)|YIEZ=Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Eichenstein of Ziditshov<br/>(1805-1873)|EW=Rabbi Elazar Weiser of '''Veretzky''' (1805-1881)}} {{Tree chart| |!| | | |`|-|v|-|'| }} {{Tree chart|YYL| | | |ASYLE|YYL=Rabbi Yisrael Yosef Labin of Ziditshov<br/>(1825-1900)|ASYLE=Rabbi Alexander Sender Yom Tov Lipa Eichenstein of Ziditshov<br/>(1824-1883)}} {{Tree chart| |!| | | | | |!}} {{Tree chart|THLS| | | |YBEV|THLS=Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Labin of [[Stryi]]<br/>(1845-1913)|YBEV=Rabbi Yissachar Berish Eichenstein of '''Veretzky''' and Ziditshov<br/>(1850-1924)}} {{Tree chart| |!| | | | | |!}} {{Tree chart|SYLK| | | |MEV|SYLK=Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Labin of [[Kolomyia]]<br/>(?-?)|MEV=Rabbi Moshe Eichenstein of '''Veretzky''' of [[Munkacs]]<br/>(1874-1935)}} {{Tree chart| |!| | | | | |!}} {{Tree chart|AYTLZB| | | |EEV|AYTLZB=Rabbi Alexander Yom Tov Lipa of Ziditshov-[[Berehove|Beregszász]]<br/>(?-?)|EEV=Rabbi Eliyahu Eichenstein of '''Veretzky''' and Munkacs<br/>(?-?)}} {{Tree chart| |!}} {{Tree chart|NTLZB|NTLZB=Rabbi [[Naftali Tzvi Labin of Ziditshov]]-Beregszász<br/>(c. 1916-2009)}} {{Tree chart| |!}} {{Tree chart|YILV|YILV=Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Labin of '''Veretzky'''<br/>(b. ?)}} {{Tree chart/end}}
== See also == *[[Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty)]] *[[Komarno (Hasidic dynasty)]]
== Notes == {{Notelist}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Hasidic dynasties by country of ancestral origin}} {{Synagogues in the United States}} {{Yeshivas in New York (state)}}
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