What is "linsk"

Linsk may refer to:

• Lesko in Subcarpathian Voivodeship
• Lińsk in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
• A synonym for Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty), a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz, son of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Linsk
• Linsk (Hasidic dynasty), a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Linsk, a branch of the Ropshitz dynasty

Linsk ( Linsk or Liska) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty—a family of Hasidic leaders or rebbes and the group of their associated followers or chassidim—founded by Rabbi Avraham Chaim Horowitz of Linsk ( or – 1831). Linsk is the Yiddish name of the town of Lesko in southern Poland.

The Linsk dynasty is a branch of the Ropshitz dynasty.