Bluzhev (Hasidic dynasty)

Bluzhev Hasidic Dynasty
Hasidic children in Błażowa in the 1930s
Founder
Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Spira
Regions with significant populations
Israel, United States, Poland
Religions
Hasidic Judaism
Languages
Yiddish, Hebrew
Related ethnic groups
Dinov, Munkatch

Bluzhev (also spelled Bluzhov or Bluzov)[1][2] is a Hasidic dynasty originating in Błażowa, Poland and currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Founded by Rabbi Tzvi Elimelech Spira in the early 1880s, it was destroyed during the Holocaust and reestablished in the United States by Rabbi Yisroel Spira. In 2015, after the death of Grand Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Spira, the court splintered into three smaller groups, one retaining the name Bluzev and the others going under the names Ribatitch and Bluzhev. All are centered in Brooklyn.

  1. ^ "R. Israel Spira of Bluzhov". chabad.org. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Bluzov Rebbe Lighting Lag Baomer hadluka, and dancing in the street". boropark24.com. Retrieved 1 February 2021.