Mordechai Rokeach

Mordechai Rokeach
Title	Bilgorayer Rav
Personal
Born	Mordechai Rokeach 17 June 1902 Belz, Poland, Russian Empire
Died	17 November 1949(1949-11-17) (aged 47) Israel
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Sheva Rabinowitz, Miriam Glick
Children	Alte Bas Zion Rivka Miriam, Yissachar Dov Rokeach
Parents	Yissachar Dov Rokeach (father) Chaya Devorah Pecsenik (mother)

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.