Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)

Ropshitz (, ) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty, or rabbinical family and group, who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz (1760–1827). Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland, known in Polish as Ropczyce.
Several contemporary "rebbes" are styled "Ropshitzer "Rebbe"", in reference to the Ropshitz dynasty: Rebbe Chaim Rubin, Ropshitzer "Rebbe" of Borough Park, Brooklyn, New York (see Ropshitz branch below), and others.
Lineage.
Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Linsk.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk (Lesko) ( – 1803 [23 Tishri 5564]) is often considered the first "rebbe" of the Ropshitz dynasty. His father, Rabbi Yaakov, was the rabbi of Linsk. He married Beila, daughter of Rabbi Yizchak Halevi Horowitz (called Reb Itzikl Hamburger), the rabbi of (the triple Jewish community of Altona, Hamburg, and Wandsbek). He was a disciple of the Hasidic "rebbes" Yechiel Michel, the "maggid" of Zlotshov, and Elimelech of Lizhensk. He was the rabbi of Leshnov (Leshniv); then, , he became the rabbi of Horodenka. In [], after the death of his father, he inherited the latter's position as the rabbi of Linsk. His descendants continued the rabbinical dynasty of Linsk until the Holocaust. A collection of his writings was published by his descendant Yehoshua Rubin of Baligród as "Liḳuṭe Maharam" (), appended to his son, Rebbe Naftali of Ropshitz' "Ayalah sheluḥah" ()‎.
Rebbe Naftali Tzvi of Ropshitz.
Rebbe Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (1760–1827), son of Rabbi Mendl of Linsk. Subsequently "rebbe" and rabbi of Ropshitz, he succeeded his father as the rabbi of Linsk, and was the rabbi of Strzyżów (Strizhov) as well. His children were Rebbe Avraham Chaim of Linsk, Rebbe Yaakov of Melitz, Rebbe Eliezer of Dzhikov, and Ratza, wife of Rebbe Asher Yeshaya Rubin of Ropshitz.