LONG READS → PROFILES Issue 380 · June 24, 2020

Born to Lead

How does a young man assume the leadership of a dying chassidus at the age of 18 and transform into an empire of Torah, chessed, and kiruv?

Born to Lead
How did the Belzer Rebbe breathe new life into a shattered Chassidus ?

How does a young man assume the leadership of a dying chassidus at the age of 18 and transform into an empire of Torah, chessed, and kiruv?

Elder chassidim attribute the success not only to the indomitable spirit of the current Belzer Rebbe shlita, who has rebuilt the chassidus in his forty-five years of leadership into unimaginable proportions, but also to the promise of the Sar Shalom, the first Rebbe of Belz.

Motzaei Shabbos, Parshas Chukas, 8 Tamuz 5726/1966. Rechov Ahavas Shalom, Kiryat Vizhnitz, Bnei Brak.

Five chassidishe Yidden who had just arrived from Tel Aviv stood outside a building, conversing in excited whispers. They entered the apartment building, ascending the stairs slowly and respectfully. If the pounding in their

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