Yissachar Dov Rokeach (fifth Belzer rebbe)

Yissachar Dov Rokeach
Yissachar Dov Rokeach
	Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach of Belz
Title	Fifth Belzer Rebbe
Personal
Born	Yissachar Dov Rokeach; January 18, 1948 (age 76); Tel Aviv
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Sarah Hager
Children	Aharon Mordechai Rokeach
Parents	Mordechai of Bilgoray (father); Miriam Glick (mother);
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Aharon Rokeach
Began	1966
Ended	present

Yissachar Dov Rokeach (born 19 January 1948)^[1] is the fifth, and present, Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Belz. He is the son of Rabbi Mordechai of Bilgoray (1902 – 1949), the grandson of the third Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, and the nephew of the fourth Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Rokeach, who raised him. He has led Belz since 1966.

^ Landesman, Yerucham. "Born to Lead: How did the Belzer Rebbe breathe new life into a shattered Chassidus?" Mishpacha, 10 October 2011, pp. 30–51.

[born-1] Landesman, Yerucham. "Born to Lead: How did the Belzer Rebbe breathe new life into a shattered Chassidus?" Mishpacha, 10 October 2011, pp. 30–51.

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