Belzer Rebbe Bentches Great-Grandson at Pidyon Haben Attended by Thousands

A festive pidyon haben was held on Motzoei Shabbos in the Belzer chassidus for Moshe Yehoshua Rokeach, a great-grandson of the Belzer Rebbe and the son of Rav Yisroel Menachem Nochum Rokeach.

Three Kohanim participated in the pidyon haben: the child’s great-uncle, Badatz member Rav Shammai Kehos Gross; his uncle, Rav Shmuel Mordechai Zelfreind of Ashdod, who serves as a dayan; and a relative, Rav Yisroel Dovid Ullman of Ashdod, a dayan and mashpia in the bais medrash where the child’s father davens.

During the maamad, the Belzer Rebbe bestowed a bracha upon his great-grandson, Moshe Yehoshua.

Thousands of Belzer chassidim who participated in the celebration received garlic and sugar, distributed as a segulah in connection with the pidyon haben.

{Matzav.com}