Burshtin (Hasidic dynasty)

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Burshtin is a Hasidic dynasty lead by Grand Rabbi David Eichenstein, the Burshteiner Rebbe. The main Burshteiner synagogue is presently located in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn, NY. The sect originated in Burshtyn, presently located in the Ukraine, but once part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Grand Rebbe is a scion of many great rabbinical dynasties, including Zidichov and Stretin. He has authored several books of Hassidic tales. He is a disciple of Grand Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum of Satmar. His brother, Grand Rabbi Isaac Menachem Eichenstein, is the Galanter Rebbe of Williamsburg.

[edit] Burshtin Dynasty

• Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Eichenstein of Ziditchov (1740-1800)
  • Grand Rabbi Yissochor Berish Eichenstein of Ziditchov (d. 1832), son of Rabbi Yitzchok
    • Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Eichenstein of Ziditchov (1805-1873), son of Rabbi Yissochor
      • Grand Rabbi Shlomo Yaakov Eichenstein of Ziditchov (d. 1886), son of Rabbi Yitzchok
      • Grand Rabbi Nochum of Burshtin
        • Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Menachem Eichenstein of Burshtin-Podheitz (1879-1943), son of Rabbi Shlomo Yaakov, son-in-law of Rabbi Nochum
          • Grand Rabbi Shlomo Yaakov Zeide Eichenstein of Galanta (1899-1963), son of Rabbi Yitzchok
            • Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Menachem Eichenshtein, current Galanter Rebbe, son of Rabbi Shlomo Yaakov
            • Grand Rabbi Dovid Eichenstein, current Burshtiner Rebbe, son of Rabbi Shlomo Yaakov

[edit] Recent activities

The new Burshtin headquarters is now in its final stages of completion and is located at 12th Ave and 56th Street in Brooklyn, New York.