Mordechai Rokeach

Mordechai Rokeach
TitleBilgorayer Rav
Personal
Born
Mordechai Rokeach

17 June 1902
Died17 November 1949(1949-11-17) (aged 47)
Israel
ReligionJudaism
SpouseSheva Rabinowitz, Miriam Glick
ChildrenAlte Bas Zion
Rivka Miriam, Yissachar Dov Rokeach
Parents

Mordechai Rokeach (1902 – 17 November 1949), also known as Mordechai of Bilgoray, was a scion of the Belzer Hasidic dynasty and the right-hand man to his half-brother, Rebbe Aharon of Belz, the fourth Belzer Rebbe. He was the son (by the second marriage) of the third Belzer Rebbe, Rebbe Yissachar Dov Rokeach. His only son, Yissachar Dov Rokeach, is the fifth and current Belzer Rebbe.

From 1927 until the outbreak of World War II, Rabbi Mordechai served as Rav of the town of Biłgoraj, becoming known as the Bilgorayer Rav. During World War II, he famously accompanied his brother, Rebbe Aharon, on a daring escape out of Nazi-occupied Europe. The two reached Israel in February 1944, the only surviving members of their families, and threw themselves into rebuilding the ranks of Belzer Hasidut which had been decimated by the Holocaust.