Amshinov אמשינוב
Mszczonow near Warsaw, in Jewish speech Amshinov. A court that does not hurry: long prayer and much time for each who comes.
Amshinov is the Jewish name of the Polish town of Mszczonow, forty-five kilometres south-west of Warsaw. The court began here in 1848: after the death of Rabbi Yitzchak of Vurka his elder son, Rabbi Yaakov David Kalish, settled in Amshinov and carried his father's line further.
The Amshinov manner holds to prayer. The rebbe prepared for it for hours and did not watch the clock, and the chasidim after him likewise.
In 1918 the house went in two branches at once: the elder brother stayed in Amshinov, the younger settled in Otwock. The Amshinov branch was cut off in the Warsaw ghetto; the Otwock branch survived and gathered anew in Jerusalem and in America.
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Documents of the period
- Municipal data on Mszczonow, Zyrardow County — the town's position and the distance to Warsaw
Scholarship
- The register of Mazovian communities: Mszczonow — the fate of the Amshinov community and its last rebbe
Basis: documents and evidence.