Boston (Hasidic dynasty)

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Boston is a Hasidic sect, named after Boston, Massachusetts. The senior of the Bostoner Rebbes is currently Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz. His community is headquartered in the city of Brookline and their central synagogue, Beis Pinchos, is on Beacon Street. He spends several months a year in the Har Nof section of Jerusalem, Israel, where he established a community of hasidim who are mostly from the original Boston community.

[edit] Origins

Grand Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz, the first Bostoner Rebbe, a scion of the Nikolsburg and Lelov dynasties, first arrived in Boston in 1915 from Palestine via Europe. Shortly after his arrival, Rabbi Pinchas David was accepted as Rebbe by the Jewish community of Boston. In 1939, the Bostoner Rebbe moved to Brooklyn, and opened the Bostoner Beis Medrash of Williamsburg. After his death in 1941, his son Rav Moshe succeeded him. In 1943, Rav Levi Yitzchok became another Bostoner Rebbe and built the New England Chassidic Center.

Reb Moshe later founded the Bostoner Bais Medrash of Crown Heights and the Bostoner Bais Medrash of [[Bo<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Lupin/navpop.css&action=raw&ctype=text/css&dontcountme=s">rough Park]]. In 1981, upon the passing of Reb Moshe, his son Reb Avrohom Horowitz succeeded his father as the Bostoner Rebbe of Borough Park. In 2006 the Bostoner Rebbe of Borough Park moved to Beit Shemesh in Israel to lead his sizeable community in that growing city. Reb Avrohom's younger brother, Reb Pinchas Dovid, founded Yeshiva Darchei Noam and brought Bostoner Chassidus to his new Bais Medrash in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.

The Bostoner Rebbe of Brookline (Boston), MA, Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz, became very popular and because of his seniority is more commonly considered "The Bostoner Rebbe"

There are also Bostoner communities in the Borough Park and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn, Lawrence, Monsey, Highland Park and Beitar Illit in Israel.

The Bostoner Rebbe of Brookline preparing to pray in the Boston synagogue in Beitar Illit

[edit] Outline of Bostoner Lineage

Grand Rabbi Pinchos Dovid Horowitz (1876-1941) first Bostoner Rebbe
- Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz, the Bostoner Rebbe in Brookline and son of Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz
  - Rabbi Pinchas Dovid Horowitz, Chuster Ruv
  - Rabbi Mayer Alter Horowitz of Har Nof, son of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz
  - Rabbi Naftoli Horowitz
- Grand Rabbi Moshe Horowitz (d. 1985) Bostoner Rebbe of New York and son of Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz.
  - Rabbi Chaim Avrohom Horowitz, present Bostoner Rebbe of Borough Park and Ramat Beit Shemesh, son of Rabbi Moshe Horowitz
  - Rabbi Pinchas Dovid Horowitz, present Bostoner Rebbe of Flatbush, son of Rabbi Moshe Horowitz