List of Hasidic dynasties

Main article: Hasidic Judaism

A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty led by Hasidic Jewish spiritual leaders known as rebbes,[1] and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:

  1. Each leader of the dynasty is often known as an ADMOR[2] (abbreviation for ADoneinu MOreinu Rabeinu - "our master, our teacher and our rabbi") or simply as Rebbe (or "the Rebbe"), and at times called the "Rav" ("rabbi"), and sometimes referred to in English as a "Grand Rabbi";
  2. The dynasty continues beyond the initial leader's lifetime by succession (usually by a family descendant);
  3. The dynasty is usually named after a key town in Eastern Europe where the founder may have been born or lived, or where the group began to grow and flourish;
  4. The dynasty has (or once had) followers who, through time, continue following successive leaders (rebbes) or may even continue as a group without a leader by following the precepts of a deceased leader.

A Hasidic group has the following characteristics:

  1. It was founded by a leader who did not appoint or leave a successor;
  2. It may be named after a key town in Eastern Europe where the founder may have been born or lived, or where the group began to grow and flourish, or it may be named after the founder himself;
  3. It has followers who continue as a group under the direction of rabbis who teach and interpret the precepts of the deceased founder.

Dynasties with larger following

Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a large following include:

Name Current (or last) Rebbe Founder Headquartered In City/Town of Origin
Belz Yissachar Dov Rokeach Sholom Rokeach (1781–1855) Jerusalem, Israel Belz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary / Poland (now in Ukraine)
Bobov Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam;
Mordechai Dovid Unger		 Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov (1847–1905) Borough Park, Brooklyn Bobowa and Sanz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now in Poland)
Chabad Lubavitch Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994) Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812) Crown Heights, Brooklyn Lyubavichi, Russia
Ger Yaakov Aryeh Alter (b. 1939) Yitzchak Meir Alter (1799–1866) Jerusalem, Israel Góra Kalwaria, Russian Empire (now in Poland)
Karlin, or Karlin-Stolin Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet Aaron ben Jacob of Karlin (1736–1772) Givat Zeev, West Bank;
Jerusalem, Israel		 Karlin, Belarus
Sanz Klausenberg Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam;
Shmuel Dovid Halberstam		 Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1796–1876) Boro Park, Brooklyn;
Kiryat Sanz, Netanya, Israel		 Cluj-Napoca, Hungary (now in Romania), and Sanz, Galicia (now in Poland)
Satmar Aaron Teitelbaum (b. 1947);
Zalman Leib Teitelbaum (b. 1952)		 Yoel Teitelbaum (1887–1979) Kiryas Joel, New York;
Williamsburg, Brooklyn		 Satu Mare, Hungary (now in Romania)
Skver David Twersky (b. 1940) Yitzchak Twersky New Square, New York Skvira, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine)
Vizhnitz Yisrael Hager;
Mordechai Hager		 Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov (1830–1884) Bnei Brak, Israel;
Kaser, New York		 Vyzhnytsia, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine)

Dynasties with smaller following

Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a small following include:

Name Current (or last) Rebbe Founder Headquartered In City/Town of Origin
Aleksander Yisroel Tzvi Yair Danziger Yechiel Dancyger (1828–1894) Bnei Brak, Israel Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
Ungvar Amram Klein Yossef Elimelech Khanh (1931) Brooklyn, US Ungvar, Hungary
Amshinov Yosef Kalish;
Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky		 Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878) Borough Park, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem, Israel		 Mszczonów, Poland
Ashlag Simcha Avraham Ashlag Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag (1885–1954) Bnei Brak, Israel Warsaw, Poland
Berditchev Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740–1810) Berdychiv, Ukraine
Bergsass Aaron Pollak Abraham Alter Pollak (died 2007) Elad, Israel Beregszász, Hungary (now Ukraine)
Biala Avraham Yerachmiel Rabinowicz;
Yaakov Menachem Rabinowicz;
Aaron Rabinowicz		 Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz (died 1905) Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel;
Borough Park, Brooklyn		 Biała Podlaska, Poland
Boston Pinchas David Horowitz;
Mayer Alter Horowitz;
Naftali Yehuda Horowitz;
Chaim Avrohom Horowitz		 Pinchas David Horowitz (1876–1941) Brookline, Massachusetts;
Jerusalem, Israel		 Boston
Boyan Nachum Dov Brayer Yitzchok Friedman (1850–1917) Jerusalem, Israel Boiany, Bukovina (now in Ukraine)
Chernobyl several Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl (1730–1797) Bnei Brak, Israel;
Ashdod, Israel;
Boro Park, Brooklyn		 Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dorog Yisroel Moshe Rosenfeld Shmuel Frenkel-Komarda of Dorog Bnei Brak, Israel Hajdudorog, Hungary
Dushinsky Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948) Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel
Machnovka Yehoshua Rokeach Yosef Meir Twersky of Machnovka Bnei Brak, Israel Machnovka, Ukraine
Melitz Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz Yaakov Horowitz of Melitz
(son of Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz)		 Ashdod, Israel Mielec, Galicia (now in Poland)
Modzitz Chaim Shaul Taub Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir (1755–1856) Bnei Brak, Israel Dęblin, Poland
Munkacz Moshe Leib Rabinovich Shlomo Spira ("Shem Shlomo") of Munkacz Borough Park, Brooklyn Munkács, Hungary (now in Ukraine)
Crasna Shulem Yosef Fried Hillel Lichtenstein ("Kavunas Halev") of Crasna Borough Park, Brooklyn Crasna, Hungary (now in Romania)
Nadvorna several Mordechai Leifer (1835–1894) Bnei Brak, Israel Nadvirna, Galicia (now in Ukraine)
Nikolsburg Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Shmuel Shmelke ben Hirsh Halevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg (1726–1778), Monsey, New York Nikolsburg, Moravia
Novominsk Yaakov Perlow Borough Park, Brooklyn Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland
Pinsk-Karlin Aryeh Rosenfeld Aharon the Great of Karlin (1736–1772) Jerusalem, Israel Karlin, Belarus
Puppa Yaakov Yechezkia Greenwald Moshe Greenwald Williamsburg, Brooklyn Pápa, Hungary
Rachmastrivka Yitzchak Twerski;
David Twerski		 Yochanan Twerski of Rachmastrivka Boro Park, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem, Israel		 Rachmastrivka, Ukraine
Radzin or Izhbitza - Radzin Shlomo Yosef Englard Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izhbitza Bnei Brak, Israel Izbica, Poland;
Radzyń Podlaski, Poland
Sadigura Tzvi Yisrael Moshe Friedman Avrohom Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura (1820–1883) Bnei Brak, Israel Sadagóra, Bukovina (now in Ukraine)
Shomer Emunim
Toldos Aharon
Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok		 Avrohom Chaim Roth;
Dovid Kohn;
Shmuel Yaakov Kohn		 Aharon Roth ("Reb Ahrele") (1894–1947) Kiryat Shomrei Emunim, Jerusalem
Mea Shearim, Jerusalem		 Jerusalem, Israel
Slonim Shmuel Brozovosky;
Avrohom Weinberg		 Avraham of Slonim Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel		 Slonim, Belarus
Skolye Avrohm Moshe Rabinowitz Borough Park, Brooklyn Skole, Galicia, Ukraine
Skulen Yisroel Avrohom Portugal Eliezer Zusia Portugal (1898–1982) Borough Park, Brooklyn Sculeni, Bessarabia (now in Moldova)
Spinka several Joseph Meir Weiss (1838–1909) Williamsburg, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel		 Săpânţa, Maramureş, Romania
Stropkov Avrohom Sholom Halberstam II Avrohom Sholom Halberstam (1856–1940) Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel;
Ramle, Israel;
Williamsburg, Brooklyn		 Stropkov, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovakia)
Zvhil (See also Zvhil-Mezbuz) Avraham Goldman;
Shlomo Goldman;
Yitzhak Aharon Korff		 Moshe of Zvhil (died 1831) Jerusalem, Israel;
Union City, New Jersey;
Boston, Massachusetts		 Zvyahel, Volhynia (now Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukraine)

Other dynasties

Many of these dynasties have presently few or no devotees due to most of the Hasidic groups being destroyed during the Holocaust, 1939-1945. Other communities are flourishing and have growing Hasidic sects. There are many dynasties whose followers number around five to fifteen people, and are not listed here.

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Hasidic groups (non-dynastic)

Name Founder Headquartered In City/Town of Origin
Breslov Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810) Jerusalem, Israel Bratslav, Ukraine
Lev Tahor Shlomo Helbrans Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec. Guatemala City, Guatemala Jerusalem, Israel
Malachim Chaim Avraham Dov Ber Levine haCohen (1860–1938) Williamsburg, Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York
Rybnitza Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz (d. 1995) Monsey, New York Rybnitsa, Moldova/Transnistria
Vien Klonumos Karl Richter Williamsburg, Brooklyn Vienna, Austria

References

  1. ↑ "Hasidism". World Book 9. 2012. p. 82.
  2. ↑ Ettinger, Yair (Jan 1, 2013). "Hasidic leader Yaakov Friedman, the Admor of Sadigura, dies at 84". Haaretz. Retrieved Oct 14, 2013.
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