10 Facts About Aharon Roth

Aharon Roth or Aaron Rote known as Reb Arele, was a Hungarian Hasidic rebbe and Talmudic scholar.

Aharon Roth first established a Hasidic community he called Shomer Emunim in the 1920s in Satu Mare and in the 1930s in Berehovo, before he settled in Jerusalem, where he founded a Hasidic community of the same name.

Aharon Roth was born in Ungvar, Hungary, today Uzhhorod in Ukraine, an outsider to the Hasidic world.

Aharon Roth was unusually pious and ascetic from an early age.

Aharon Roth spent a period of time in the courtyard of Israel Hager of Viznitz The Author of The Sefer Ahavas Yisrael.

In 1939 Aharon Roth settled in Jerusalem, where he again attracted devoted followers.

Aharon Roth defined the group as a holy fraternity and gave guidelines for distinctive behavior, dress, and hairstyle, particularly deploring the decline of modesty.

Aharon Roth regarded the Holocaust as a punishment for abandoning simple faith and ancient traditions, specifically onanism, blaming secularism and Zionism.

Aharon Roth was the author of several works of modern-day Hasidic literature:.

Aharon Roth's works, including new volumes based on his written manuscripts, continue to be published by his followers.