Place · town
Alexander
אלכםנדר
A town described as near Lodz and the origin of the Alexander Hasidic group.
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... חםידות אלכסגדר החלה להתקײם מאז הדור הרביעי
בחסידות פולין. אלכםנדר היא עײרת אורנים הסמוכה ללודז.
בתחילה ישב בה רבי חנוד־הניך הכהן לוין, תלמיד ותיק
בפשיםחה, קוצק וגור, חברו ותלמידו הגדול של רבי יצחק־
מאיר אלתר מגור. דרכו היתה בהתלהבות ובחריפות של קוצק.
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