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Belz (; ; ), a small city in Sokal Raion of Lviv Oblast ( region) of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, is located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Rzeczyca stream. Prior to 15 February 1951 the town was located in central-eastern Poland, in the Lublin Voivodeship. Population: .
Belz is a Hasidic dynasty founded in the town of Belz in Western Ukraine, near the Polish border, historically the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland. The Hasidut was founded in the early 19th century by Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, also known as the Sar Shalom, and led by his son, Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach, and grandson, Rabbi Yissachar Dov, and great grandson, Rabbi Aharon, before the Nazi invasion of Poland in 1939. While Rabbi Aharon managed to escape Europe, most of the Belz Hasidim were killed. Rabbi Aharon re-established the Hasidut in Tel Aviv, Israel. Today Belz is one of the largest Hasiduts in Israel, and has sizable communities in England, Brooklyn, New York, and Canada.
Belz is a town in Ukraine but also may refer to:
- Belz (Hasidic dynasty), a Hasidic dynasty from the Ukrainian town
- Belz (crater), a crater on Mars, named after the Ukrainian town
- Belz, Morbihan, Brittany, France
- Belz Enterprises, an American company
- Belz Great Synagogue
- Belz Museum of Asian and Judaic Art
- "The Belz", nickname of comedian Richard Belzer
- Duchy of Belz
- Gabrielle Belz, Australian molecular immunologist
- Joel Belz
- Christian Belz
Belz Crater is an impact crater in the Oxia Palus quadrangle of Mars, located at 23.93° N and 43.23° W. It is 10.21 km in diameter and was named after the city of Belz, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine.