Narol

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Narol, Poland

Narol [ˈnarɔl] (Ukrainian: Наріль, Naril’) is a town in Podkarpacie Voivodeship, in Lubaczów County, Poland. It had a population of 2,109 as of 2009. Narol is situated in the northeast of Podkarpackie region, in an area called Narolschyzna. The town of Narol regained the rank of 'city' in 1996.

History

The Belzhecki family owned the area where the town of Narol is situated. At the end of the 15th century the lands changed ownership to the Marcinkowski. Narol was first called Florianow, from the name of Florian Laszcz Nieledowski, who founded the town in 1596. Narol flourished because of trade with Gdańsk.

The army of the cossack Bohdan Khmelnytsky (c. 1595-1657) attacked the town on their way to Zamość. After a few days of siege, the town was overrun and burned to the ground by Khmelnytsky's forces. Twenty thousand people died during those fights, among them Florian Washch, the owner of the town. A new town was built, somewhat west of the original location, "on a field" - hence "na roli". The new settlement assumed the new name Narol. In 1672 a great Hetman, Jan Sobieski, won a battle with the Tatars nearby. Later Sobieski became the Polish king.

Narol (Hasidic dynasty)

Narol is a dynasty of Hasidic rebbes originally based in the village of Narol, W. Galicia (now Poland).

The Naroler dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yaakov Reinman (1778–1814) (b. 5538, d. 4 Tamuz 5574 on the Hebrew calendar), who served as rabbi of Radichow, Kozowa and Holishits before being appointed to the rabbinate of Narol.

The late Naroler Rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Myer Yechiel Shapira was born on the 25th of Elul 5667 (1907), and at the time of his death was one of the oldest living Hasidic rebbes. He was a Belzer chasid. In 1927, at the age of 20, he was appointed as the 20th Rabbi of Narol. He married the daughter of Rabbi Meshulam Zalman Yosef Zilberfarb of Toporow; they had a son Aharon and a daughter Malka who perished in World War II, and a son Dov Berish who is the present Naroler Rebbe.

He survived WWII in Siberia; then resided in Antwerp, Lower East Side, Manhattan, Crown Heights and finally, for the last 30 years of his life, in Bnei Brak, Israel. He died on 18 Tamuz 5767 (July 4, 2007) at the age of 99; having been the Naroler rebbe for 80 years.