Karlin (Hasidic Dynasty)

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Karlin is the name of a hasidic dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Today there are several chasidic sects which originate from the Karlin dynasty. The main one is Karlin-Stolin. Additionally there is the Lutsk sect, and the Pinsk-Karlin sect, and the Khal Chasidei Yerushalayim sect. All three of those sects are located in Jerusalem. The Karliner chasidim are known for their custom to scream when praying. They are also known for their hospitality.

Karlin-Stolin Hasidim arrived in the Holy Land in the mid 1800s, settling in Tiberias and Safed. In 1869 they redeemed the site of a former synagogue in Tiberias which had been built in 1786 by Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk but was destroyed in the earthquake of 1837. Construction of the new synagogue started in 1870 and was assisted by funds from the diaspora. It was during this time that Karlin-Stolin chasidim settled in Jerusalem and by 1874 they had established the Beth Aaron Synagogue in the old city.

Today, the main center of Karlin-Stolin Hasidism is Givat Ze'ev, Israel, where the Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe Boruch Yaakov Meir Shochet resides. There are various Karlin-Stolin synagogues in Israel — Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Kiryat Sefer, Safed, Tiberias — in the USA, in Boro Park, NY; Monsey, NY; Lakewood, NJ, and other places around the world.

Karlin was one of the first groups of chasidim to set up their own Lithuanian Hassidic sect. In Jerusalem, however, many still wear the traditional garb of Jerusalem, including the golden caftan. The Lutsker Rebbe established a hasidic court only with the permission of his brother, the Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe.

Contents 1 Outline of Lineage of Karliner Dynasty 2 Pinsk-Karlin 3 Kehal Anshei Polin 4 Kehal Chasidei Yerushalayim 5 Main Books of the Karlin Sect 6 External links

[edit] Outline of Lineage of Karliner Dynasty

The founder of the dynasty, Rebbe Aharon the Great, was a disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch, who was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.

• Rebbe Aaron HaGadol (The Great) of Karlin (1736-1772) - author of the Sabbath hymn Yah Ekhsof
  • (Rebbe Shlomo HaLevi of Karlin (1738-1792) - son of Rabbi Meir HaLevi - disciple of the Magid and of Rebbe Aaron HaGadol)
    • Rebbe Asher Perlow (the first) of Stolin Karlin (1760-1826) - son of Rebbe Aaron HaGadol and disciple of Rebbe Shlomo of Karlin.
      • Rebbe Aaron (the second) Perlow of Karlin (1802-1872) - author of Beis Aharon - son of Rebbe Asher, he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Of Kremnitz.
        • Rebbe Asher (the second) Perlow of Stolin (d. 1873) - son of the Beis Aharon; by his third marriage he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Elimelech of Grodzhisk.
          • Rebbe Yisrael Perlow "The Frankfurter" (because he is buried in Frankfurt) a.k.a. the Yenuka of Stolin (1868-1921) son of Rebbe Asher the second; he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Dovid of Zlatipola.
            • Rebbe Moshe Perlow of Stolin (d. 1942) - son of the Yenuka, he was the son-in-law Rabbi Pinchos of Kantikuziva.
            • Rebbe Avraham Elimelech Perlow of Karlin (was rebbe in Erets Israel and went back to Europe) (d. 1942) - son of the Yenuka; he was the son-in-law Rabbi Mordechai Yoseph Of Zlatipola.
            • Rebbe Yaakov Perlow of Stolin (The Detroiter) - rebbe in New York and would frequent the Stoliner community in Detroit. He is buried in Detroit. (d. 1946) - son of the Yenuka; he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Heschel Of Chernobyl Tchidonov.
            • Rabbi Aaron Perlow of Stolin Warsaw (d. 1942) - son of the Yenuka; he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Nosson Dovid of Partzev.
            • Rabbi Asher Perlow of Stolin - son of the Yenuka.
            • Rebbe Yochanan Perlow (1900-1956) of Stolin Lutsk - later the Grand Rebbe of Karlin-Stolin in America - author of the Karliner Prayer Book Siddur Beis Aharon V'Yisrael - youngest son of the Yenuka; he was the son in law of Rabbi Shimon Shloima of Olyka, he was survived by his daughter Rebitzen Feiga she married Rabbi Ezra Shochet, they are the parents of the present day Rebbe.
              • Rebbe Baruch Yaakov Meir Shochet (b. 1955) - grandson of Rebbe Yochanan Perlow - present Karlin-Stolin Rebbe in Givat Ze'ev, he was the son-in-law of his uncle Rabbi Yisroel Shochet, and is presently the son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe David Steinwutzel.
              • Rebbe Yochanan Shochet - grandson of Rebbe Yochanan - present Lutsker Rebbe in Jerusalem, son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael Yair Danziger of Alexander.

[edit] Pinsk-Karlin

A small group of the elders of Karlin did not accept the present Karlin-Stolin Rebbe, who was a baby when the previous rebbe died. Moreover, they asked the Lelover Rebbe to be their new rebbe. After the second generation the Lelover declined from being Karliner Rebbe. They appointed Rabbi Aharon Rosenfeld as their rebbe. To distinguisj themsleves from the Karlin-Stoliner chasdim, they call themselves the Pinsk-Karlin sect.

• Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Biderman of Lelov (1903-1987), was accepted by some Karliner chasidim as a new rebbe after the passing of Rabbi Yochanan of Karlin-Stolin
  • Rabbi Shimon Biderman of Lelov, son of Rabbi Moshe. In 1991, he stepped down from the Karliner leadership, and is presently known as Lelover Rebbe of Bnei Brak
    • Rebbe Aharon Hacohen Rosenfeld of Pinsk (1927-2001) - descendant of Rebbe Aaron of Karlin, appointed as Manhig- leader of Pinsk in 1991, as a successor of Rabbi Shimon of Lelov who dropped the Karliner Chasidim after he suffered a stroke.
      • Rebbe Aryeh Rosenfeld of Pinsk present Rebbe of Pinsk, son of Rabbi Aharon Rosenfeld

Rabbi Aaron Rosenfeld, the previous Rebbe of Pinsk-Karlin

Rabbi Aryeh Rosenfeld, the present Pinsk-Karliner Rebbe

[edit] Kehal Anshei Polin

In 1980 a number Stoliner Chaidim Broke off From Stolin due to the contraversial selling of the Shul in Wiliamsburgh and founded Kehal Anshei Polin.

[edit] Kehal Chasidei Yerushalayim

Another group, the anti-Zionist Kehal Chassidei Yerushalaim, broke off from Stolin at a much later period, around the early 1990s. They broke off when the Stoliner Rebbe started to accept financial assistance from the Israeli government, which was seen as a major break with the anti-Zionist stance.

[edit] Main Books of the Karlin Sect

The main Hasidic book of the Karlin sect is Beis Aharon, by the second Rebbe Aaron of Karlin.

The version of the prayer-book used by Karliner Hasidim is called Beis Aharon V'Yisrael published by the Rebbe Reb Yochanan Perlow of Karlin-Stolin.

Kisvei Kodesh By the Rebbe Reb Yochanon Perlow of Karlin-Stolin.

[edit] External links

• Hasidim in Pinsk and Karlin - Karlin Hasidism
• Rebbe Aaron of Karlin I
• Karlin-Stolin at Diapositive dictionary
• Obituary of the Admo"r of Pinsk-Karlin
• Video of the Pinsk-Karlin Rebbe celebrating the Jewish feast of Tabernacles