Kalov (Hasidic dynasty)

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The grave of Rabbi Isaac of Kalov

Inside the grave of Rabbi Isaac of Kalov

Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub, The Kaliver Rebbe of Jerusalem with Chief Rabbi Chaham Ovadia Yosef

Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub, The Kaliver Rebbe of Jerusalem

Grand Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Taub, Previous Kalover Rebbe of Williamsburg, NY

Grand Rabbi Moshe Taub, present Kalover Rebbe of Williamsburg

The Kalover Dynasty began with Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Taub (d. 1821) of Kalov (Kaliv, Kalev), Hungary. He was the first Hassidic Rebbe in Hungary. He was discovered by Rabbi Leib Sarah's, a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. Rabbi Leib first met Rabbi Isaac when he was a small child, a small shepherd boy. Rabbi Leib told his mother, a widow, that her son was destined to be a great Tzaddik. He took the small child to Nikolsburg to learn with Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg. Rabbi Isaac grew to be a great Rebbe and was known as "the Sweet Singer of Israel". He composed many popular Hassidic melodies. Often he adapted Hungarian folk songs, adding Jewish words. He taught that the tunes he heard were really from the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, and were lost among the nations over the years, and he found them and returned them to the Jewish people. He said that the proof that it was true was that the gentile who would teach him the song would forget it as soon as the Rebbe learned it. He was famous for composing the traditional Hungarian Hassidic tune "Szól a kakas már".

Today there are two Kalover Rebbes. They are distinguished by the spelling of their title. The Rebbe from Jerusalem is called the Kaliver Rebbe, כ"ק אדמו"ר מקאליב. The Rebbe from New York is the Kalover Rebbe, כ"ק אדמו"ר מקאלוב.

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3 Lineage of Dynasty
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[edit] Jerusalem

Grand Rebbe Menachem Mendel Taub is the Kaliver Rebbe in Israel, the son of the Razla Rebbe, and son in law of Grand Rabbi Pinchos Shapiro, the Kechneye Rebbe, scion of the Nadvorna Dynasty.

The Rebbe has gone around the last 60 years since the war to millions of Jews with his story and the saying of Shema Yisrael. After the war, he was a Rabbi in Cleveland, Ohio, before moving to the Holy Land in 1962. Upon coming to E. Israel, the Rebbe created Kiryas Kaliv in Rishon L'Tzion. Several years later he moved to Bnei Brak. Recently, the Rebbe moved to Jerusalem.

[edit] New York

Grand Rebbe Moses Taub is the Kalover Rebbe in America. His synagogue is in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. His father was the previous Kalover Rebbe of Williamsburg, Grand Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Taub, the author of Chakal Tapuchin. The present Rebbe travels all around the world teaching Jewish people about Judaism. His official website is www.kaalov.com.

[edit] Lineage of Dynasty

Grand Rabbi Isaac Taub of Kalov
- Rabbi Taub
  - Rabbi Taub
    - Rabbi Pinchas Chaim Taub of Margareten
      - Rabbi Yehudah Yechiel Taub Chief Rabbi of Razla
        
        Grand Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub of Kaliv (Jerusalem)
- Grand Rabbi Moshe Chaim Taub of Kalov
  - Grand Rabbi Yehuda Tzvi Taub of Kalov
    - Grand Rabbi Moshe Taub of Kalov
      - Grand Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Taub of Kalov (author of Chakal Tapuchin)
        
        Grand Rabbi Moshe Taub of Kalov (Williamsburg)