452:. Descendents of the Kotzk Lukov Rebbe republished/self-published Ateret Zvi, a Torah commentary by Tsvi Hirsh of Lukov, and Joseph Aaron's only Holocaust-surviving son, David J Morgan, (1918–1987) published Truth and Wisdom of Judaism, an English compilation of Torah ethics and Chassidic teachings. David J Morgan's only son, Dr Joseph Morgan, the first in 18 generations to not be a Rabbi, researches and develops drugs, using Kotzker concepts of radical truth-seeking, against chemical war nerve agents and toxins, at www.KotzkerPhfarma.com. David J Morgan documented the deaths of 75 Kotzker relatives in
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Morgenstern, (1858–1920), Kotzk Lukov Rebbe. During the Holocaust a huge percentage of the community was murdered, including Tsvi Hirsch's successor as Kotzk Lukov Rebbe, his son Joseph Aaron Morgenstern (1891-1942, murdered by Nazis). Following the atrocities of the
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Kotzk, Rabbi David of compiled and edited by Boruch Gutter (2007). "Sefer Ahavat David
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