List of Hasidic dynasties

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List of Hasidic dynasties:

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[edit] Larger dynasties

Dominant Hasidic groups (arranged alphabetically) include:

Name Current Rebbe Founder Headquartered In City/Town of Origin
Belz Yissachar Dov Rokeach Shalom Rokeach (1781-1855) Jerusalem Belz, Galicia (now in Ukraine)
Bobov Benzion Halberstam;
Mordechai Dovid Unger
Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov (1847-1905) Borough Park, Brooklyn Bobowa and Sanz, Galicia (now in Poland)
Breslov (N/A) Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) Jerusalem Bratslav, Ukraine
Chabad Lubavitch last Rebbe: Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994) Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812) Crown Heights, Brooklyn Lyubavichi, Russia
Chernobyl Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl (1730-1797) Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dushinsky Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (I) Jerusalem Jerusalem
Ger Yaakov Aryeh Alter Yitzchak Meir Alter (1799-1866) Jerusalem, Israel Góra Kalwaria, Poland
Karlin, or Karlin-Stolin Baruch Yakov Meir Shochet Aharon the Great of Karlin (1736-1772) Jerusalem, Israel Karlin, Belarus
Klausenberg Tzvi Elimemlech Halberstam;
Shmuel Dovid Halberstam
Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1796-1876) Boro Park, Brooklyn;
Netanya, Israel
Klausenburg (Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Sanz, Galicia (now in Poland)
Nadvorna Bnei Brak,Israel Nadvorna, Galicia (now in Ukraine)
Pupa 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
Satmar Aaron Teitelbaum;
Zalman Leib Teitelbaum
Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhel (1759-1841) Kiryas Joel, New York;
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Satu Mare, Romania
Shomer Emunim, Toldos Aharon, Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Avrohom Chaim Roth;
Dovid Kohn;
Shmuel Yaakov Kohn
Aharon Roth ("Reb Ahrele") Jerusalem Jerusalem
Skver Dovid Twersky;
Mechel Twersky
Yitzchak Twersky New Square, New York;
Brooklyn, New York
Skvira, Ukraine
Spinka Williamsburg, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel
Săpânţa and Maramureş, Rumania
Vizhnitz Moshe Yehoshua Hager;
Mordechai Hager
Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov Bnei Brak, Israel;
Monsey, New York
Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine

[edit] Smaller 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 that have number around five to fifteen people, many of these dynasties are not listed here.

[edit] A

[edit] B

[edit] C

[edit] D

  • Deyzh from Dej, Romania
  • Debrecen (from Debrecen)
  • Dinev (from Dynów?, north of Sanok)
  • Dobromil (from Dobromyl', near Przemyśl, Ukrainian-Galicia)
  • Dombrova from Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Galicia (now Poland)
  • Dorg
  • Drubitsh (Hasidic dynasty) (from Drohobych)
  • Dzerka
  • Dzikov

[edit] E

[edit] F

  • Faltichan (from Fălticeni, Romania)
  • Frankfurt

[edit] G

  • Gorlitz
  • Gostynin
  • Gvodzitz (from Hvizdets')

[edit] H

[edit] I

[edit] K

  • Kaliv (from Nagykálló)
  • Kaminka
  • Kaminetz
  • Kanskvala
  • Karlihaz
  • Kashou
  • Kerester
  • Khentshin (from Checiny, Poland)
  • Kielce (from Kielce)
  • Kojdanov from Kojdanov, Belarus
  • Komarno
  • Kopyczynitz from Kopychyntsi, Ukraine
  • Koritz from Korec
  • Koson
  • Kosov (from Kosov )
  • Kotsk (from Kock, Poland)
  • Kozlov
  • Kozhnitz
  • Krasna
  • Kutna (Hasidic dynasty)
  • Kutznitz
  • Kuzmir (from Kazimierz, near Warsaw)

[edit] L

  • Lancut (from Łańcut)
  • Lebina
  • Lelov
  • Lechovitch (from Lyakohvichi, Belarus)
  • Leipnik (Hasidic dynasty) (from Leipnik)
  • Leipzig
  • Linitz
  • Liske
  • Lizhensk from Leżajsk
  • Leva
  • Liozna
  • Lublin
  • Lutsk (from Luts'k)
  • Litchek (from Lucy)

[edit] M

[edit] N

[edit] O

  • Ostrof
  • Ozherov (from Ożarów, Poland)

[edit] P

[edit] R

[edit] S

[edit] T

  • Talno
  • Tartikov
  • Tatsh
  • Temishvar (from Temesvár)
  • Toldos Aharon
  • Toldos Avraham Yitzchok
  • Toltchav
  • Tosh
  • Trisk from Turisk
  • Tshokava
  • Tzanz (Merged with Klausenberg)
  • Tzehlim

[edit] U

[edit] V

[edit] Y

[edit] Z

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