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Purim: Nothing Else Matters

Background
The founder of the Chassidic Dynasty of Radomsk was Rabbi Shlomo HaCohen Rabinowicz ZT”L, author of the “Tiferes Shlomo” was also known as a great Baal Tfilah and composer of Chassidic music. He used to say: “New and beautiful nigunim for each holiday are just like a new and beautiful Esrog for Succoth.” The Chassidic Dynasty of Radomsk in Poland existed over four generations. Shlomo HaCohen Rabinowicz ZT”L (1801 – 1866), author of one of the best known classics of Chassidic literature; “Tiferes Shlomo” which is constantly being reprinted. He became Rov of Radomsk in 1842. Many stories are told about him.

The second Rebbe of Radomsk was Harav Avrohom Yissochor ZT”L, the Chesed L’ Avraham (1843 – 1892).

The third Rebbe of Radomsk was the Harav Yechezkel ZT”L, the Knesses Yechezkel (1864 – 1910).

The last Rebbe, Rabbi Shlomo Chanoch ZT”L HY”D, who perished with his family in 1942 in the Warsaw Ghetto was known for the network of Yeshivos “Keser Torah” he had established throughout Poland and Galicia. The Radomsker Chassidim during the period between the two World Wars, were counted among the three largest Chassidic movements in Poland.

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In a car on the way to Krosno, the Radomsker Rebbe in the back, in the middle section of the car R’ Dovid Stahl from Lodz, R’ Hershel Pachter from Sosnovice, R’ Chaskel Besser as a young boy and his father, R’ Naftali Besser sitting next to the driver.