Alesk is the name of a Hasidicdynasty founded by Rebbe Chanoch Henikh Dov Majer. It is named after Alesk, the Yiddish name of Oles'ko, a town in present-day Ukraine.
Rebbe Chanoch Henich Dov Mayer (died August 1884),[1] first Alesker Rebbe known as the Lev Sameach (lit. "happy heart"), son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Sholom RokeachofBelz. His works include Lev Sameach on the Torah, Siddur Lev Sameach, and Hagaddah Lev Sameach. He also codified the Torah writings of his father-in-law.
Rabbi Yitzchak Maier (died March 1904),[1] son of Rebbe Chanoch Henich Dov Mayer.
Rabbi Asher Anschel Ashkenazi (1832[2]-1896),[1] son of Rabbi Joel Ashkenazi and son-in-law of Rebbe Chanoch Henich Dov Mayer. Rabbi Asher Anschel was a descendant of the Chacham Zvi.
Rabbi Yitzchok Ashkenazi (Weliczker) (died October 1942)[1] son of Rabbi Yaakov Hersh Weliczker and son-in-law of Rabbi Asher Anschel Ashkenazi.
Rabbi Abraham Naftali Ashkenazi (died 1928),[3] son of Rabbi Asher Anschel Ashkenazi.
Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Ashkenazi[1] (died 1942),[4] son of Rabbi Asher Anschel Ashkenazi.
Rabbi Meshullam Yissachar Ashkenazi[5] (born 1905; died November 1994), son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Ashkenazi.
Rabbi Uri Ashkenazi[6] (died March 2020), son of Rabbi Meshullam Yissachar Ashkenazi.
Rabbi Moshe David Ashkenazi (died 1930),[7] son of Rabbi Asher Anschel Ashkenazi.
Rabbi Israel Ashkenazi[8] (died May 1935), son of Rabbi Asher Anschel Ashkenazi.
The previous rabbi of Alesk, Rabbi Yitzchok Ashkenazi, resided in Brooklyn, NY.
He died on January, 10th, 2022.[9]
The grand rebbes of Sassov, Kaliv, Stanislov, Trisk, Malin and Radomishel are descendants of the Alesk dynasty.
Rabbi Asher Anschel Ashkenazi established the Stanislav dynasty in western Ukraine in a town now known as Ivano-Frankivsk. The town used to be called Stanisławów, and is still known in YiddishasStanislav.
Arriving in London after surviving the Holocaust, Rabbi Meshullam Yissachar Ashkenazi became known as the Stanislav-Alesker Rebbe.
Rabbi Uri Ashkenazi, Stanislover Rebbe of London
After his death in 1994, his son, Rabbi Uri Ashkenazi, became the Stanislaver Rebbe of London. He was a well-known mohel and led his Beth midrashinStamford Hill at 93 Lordship Park, London.[10] He was hospitalized in a serious state after testing positive for coronavirus on March 25, 2020, and he died the next day.[11]
