The World That Was

Rabbi Yitzhak Mendel Rotenberg

“Hasidism was present in Wolbrom from the movement’s very inception in Poland. The town’s followers of Hasidism were not concerned by the threats of the “Misnagdim” (opposition), who were present everywhere. There was a concentration of Hasidim and other committed people in Wolbrom who were bound together by a strong faith, steadfast morality and deep-rooted Hasidism… most of them were laborers and workers - a kind of "Hasidic proletarian".

Rabbi Shalom Rokach, the “Admor” (Master and Teacher) from Wolbrom

The early Wolbrom Rabbis were apparently closely associated with the Krakow community. One of the Wolbrom Rabbis, Menachem Nachum Binyamin, asked to be buried in Krakow.