Chanoch Gad Justman information

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Chanoch (Heinich) Gad Justman or Henoch God or Yustman (1883–1942), the 2nd Piltzer Rebbe, was a Gerrer Hasid, a community Rabbi, Hasidic Rebbe, Rosh Yeshiva, and a member of Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah. In 1942 was deported to the Treblinka extermination camp where he was murdered.

Chanoch Gad Justman was born in Góra Kalwaria^[1] - Poland, to his father Rabbi Pinchas Menachem, and mother Hendel Leah – sister of Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib Alter.

Chanoch Gad Married Mrs. Devora Matill Halperin the daughter of Rabbi Chaim Halperin.

Chanoch Gad was a follower (Hasid) of his uncle Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib Alter of Ger. After the death of his uncle in 1905, his father moved to Pilica (Piltz) to become the community Rabbi, and the first Piltzer Rebbe (Hasidic Rebbe for some Ger Hasidim). In 1907 Reb Chanoch Gad followed is father and moved to Piltz. He served in Piltz as an unofficial community-Rabbi. In 1915 he became the community Rabbi of Wieruszów. He moved to Wieruszów with his father. This time the job was divided between father and son, Heinich Gad as community Rabbi and father Pinchas Menachem, Rebbe of Hasidim. In 1919 his father moved to Czestochowa while he stayed in Wieruszów. After the death of his father in 1921, he became the second Piltzer Rebbe, at the request of his cousin, the Rebbe of Ger, Rabbi Avraham Mordechai Alter. Chanoch Gad moved to Czestochowa. In 1931 he became the community Rabbi of Wieluń.

Chanoch Gad Served as Rosh Yeshiva of Yishvat Sifsei Tadik In Czestochowa. Also served a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Agudath Yisroel in Poland, and the World Aguda.