Malka Rokeach

Malka Rokeach (1780-1850 CE) was the first rebbetzin of the Hasidic dynasty of Belz. She was the wife of Rabbi Sholom Rokeach, the first rebbe of Belz, and the mother of the second rebbe of the dynasty, Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach. She was directly involved in the ongoings in her husband's court.

Life She was born in 1780 to Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ramraz of Sokal, Galicia and Rebbetzin Chana Rachel (née Tisminitzer), a great-granddaughter of Rabbi Zechariah Mendel ben Aryeh Leib of Cracow, author of Ba'er Hetev on Yoreh De'ah and Choshen Mishpat. and was buried in Belz. Each year on the day of her yahrzeit, 8 Elul, Belzer Hasidim continue to light candles in her memory. The girls' schools of the Belzer Hasidim are named in her honor.

Her brother was the father-in-law of Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, in the latter's fourth marriage.