Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt was the founder of the Apt-Mezhbizh-Zinkover Hasidic dynasty. In honor of the dynasty's founder, his descendants adopted the family name Heshel. The males in this family took wives several different times from the family of the
Ryzhiner Rebbe. • '''
R. Avraham Yehoshua Heshel of Apt (1748–1825)''' •
R. Yitschak Meir of
Zinkov (1776-1854) •
R. Yosef Moshe of
Mezhbizh •
R. Meshulam Zusia of Zinkov (1813-1865) •
R. Chaim Menachem of Zinkov (1837-1894) •
R. Pinchas of Zinkov (1872-1916) •
R. Abraham Joshua Heshel of Zinkov •
R. Moses of Zinkov (1879-1923) •
R. Chaim Menachem of Zinkov-
Bnei Brak •
R. Abraham Joshua Heshel of Mezhbizh (1832-1881) •
R. Israel Shalom Joseph of Mezhbizh (1853-1911) •
R. Yitshak Meir of Mezhbizh-
Haifa (1904-1985) •
R. Abraham Joshua Heshel of Mezhbizh-
Tarnopol (1892-1943) •
R. Yitshak Meir of
Kopyczynce (1862-1936) •
R. Abraham Joshua Heshel of Kopyczynce (1888-1967). His daughter Chava was married to Shneur Zalman Gurary, a chassid of the last two
Lubavitcher Rebbes. Their son, Itche Meir Gurary, was asked by some Kopyczyncer chassidim to become a Kopyczyncer Rebbe. However, he chose to remain as
mashpia in
Tomchei Tmimim of
Montreal. •
R. Moshe Mordechai Heschel of Kopyczynce (1927-1975) succeeded his father as rebbe, and was renowned for his legendary kindness. He died suddenly of a
cerebral hemorrhage. •
R. Yekusiel Zishe Heschel, second son of r. Moshe Mordechai, is the current
Kapitshnitzer Rebbe, and is a greatly respected Torah scholar and tzaddik. •
R. Meshulam Zusia Heschel, the youngest son of R. Abraham Joshua Heschel. His daughter, Shoshana Bluma Reizel, is married to Rabbi
Nachum Dov Brayer. •
R. Yitzchak Meir Flintenstein, grandson of Reb Abraham Joshua Heschel is currently the
Kapishnitz-Yerushalayim Rebbe. He is known to be an original thinker, and is one of the foremost authorities on chassidism's thinking and history. •
R. Meshulam Zusia of Mezhbizh (1871-1920) •
R. Moses Mordecai of Mezhbizh and Pelzovizna,
Warsaw (1873-1916) •
Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11, 1907, Warsaw, Poland – December 23, 1972), Professor of Jewish Ethics and Mysticism at
Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTS), the main rabbinical school of
Conservative Judaism. He was an author, civil rights activist, and leader in the Conservative movement. •
Prof. Susannah Heschel (born 1952), Professor of Jewish Studies at
Dartmouth College. == References ==