Rabbi Sholom Rokeach, (1779 - September 10, 1855), also known as the Sar Sholom (in Hebrew "minister of peace", Isaiah 9:5), was the first Belzer Rebbe. To chasidim of Belz, he is known as "Der Ershter Rov", the first rabbi, but in the city of Belz itself he was called "Der Alter Rov", the old rabbi, in deference to the Bach (Rabbi Yoel Sirkis) who presided a as rabbi of Belz in the sixteenth century. Many of his teachings are preserved in an anthology entitled "Midbar Kadesh". He reigned as rebbe from 1817 till 1855.