Spinka is a Hasidic group within Haredi Judaism. The group originated in a town called Szaplonca (), in Máramaros County, Kingdom of Hungary (which became Săpânţa, Romania).

Spinka rebbes

The first Spinka Rebbe was Rabbi Yosef Meir Weiss, author of Imrei Yosef. He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Weiss, author of Chakal Yitzchak. The Chakal Yitzchak was murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust. Another son, Naftali Weiss, the Bilker Rebbe, is a prominent subject in the Auschwitz Album of rare photographs taken at the death camp.

After World War II, the group was divided among many Rebbes, descendants of the Imrei Yosef. Spinka Rebbes can be found in Williamsburg, Borough Park, Flatbush, Kiryas Joel, Monsey, N.Y., Bnei Brak, London, Antwerp, throughout Israel, and Europe. All are offshoots of the original dynasty. Several Spinka Rebbes live in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn alone (Toldos Tzvi, Beis Yitxchok, and Beis Shmuel Tzvi communities), and Israeli branches are found in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak.

Among the surnames of the Spinka Rebbes are Weiss (or Weisz),

References

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File:Williamsburg rebbes.jpg|Two brothers, both Spinka Rebbes from Williamsburg, Rabbis Isaac Horowitz and the deceased Rabbi Berish Horowitz, sons of Rebbe Hershele Spinker

File:Spinkgrave.jpg|Grave of Rabbi Shmuel Tzvi "Hershele" Horowitz, Spinka Rebbe of

Williamsburg, buried in New Jersey

File:בית יצחק ספינקא.jpg|Rabbi Abish Horowitz Spinka Rebbe in Williamsburg – Beis Yitzchak Spinka

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  • Video of Berish Horowitz, Spinka Rebbe of Keap st. and Bedford ave. in Williamsburg, celebrating Sukkos
  • Video clips of Meir Eleazar Weiss, the Spinka Rebbe of 18th avenue in Boro Park, celebrating Sukkos
  • Video of a Wedding of scions of the Spinka dynasty, with the participation of several Spinka Rebbes