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, Austria (now in Ukraine)
Bobov Benzion Halberstam;
Mordechai Dovid Unger		 Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov (1847-1905) Borough Park, Brooklyn Bobowa and Sanz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now in Poland)
Breslov Nachman of Breslov[1] Nachman of Breslov (1772-1810) Jerusalem Bratslav, Russia (now in Ukraine)
Chabad Lubavitch Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994) Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812) Crown Heights, Brooklyn Lyubavichi, Russia
Chernobyl several Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl (1730-1797) Bnei Brak, Boro Park, Ashdod Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dushinsky Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (I) Jerusalem Jerusalem, British mandate for the League of Nations (now in Israel)
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; Givat Zeev, Israel Karlin, Belarus
Klausenberg Tzvi Elimemlech Halberstam;
Shmuel Dovid Halberstam		 Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1796-1876) Boro Park, Brooklyn;
Netanya, Israel		 Klausenburg Austria (now Cluj-Napoca in Romania) and Sanz, Austria (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, Austria (now in Romania)
Shomer Emunim, Toldos Aharon, Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Avrohom Chaim Roth;
Dovid Kohn;
Shmuel Yaakov Kohn		 Aharon Roth ("Reb Ahrele") Jerusalem Jerusalem
Skver David Twersky Yitzchak Twersky New Square, New York Skvira, Ukraine
Spinka several Joseph Meir Weiss Williamsburg, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem
Bnei Brak		 Săpânţa and Maramureş, Austria (now in Rumania)
Stropkov Avrohom Shalom Halberstam II Avrohom Shalom Halberstam (1856-1940) Jerusalem;
Bnei Brak
Ramle
Williamsburg, Brooklyn		 Stropkov, Hungary (now in Slovakia)
Vizhnitz Moshe Yehoshua Hager;
Mordechai Hager		 Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov Bnei Brak, Israel;
Monsey, New York		 Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine

[edit] Smaller dynasties

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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.

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[edit] B

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[edit] D

[edit] E

[edit] F

[edit] G

  • Gorlitz
  • Gostynin (from Gostynin, Poland)
  • Gvodzitz (from Hvizdets')

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[edit] L

  • Lancut (from Łańcut, Poland)
  • Lebina
  • Lelov (from Lelów, Poland)
  • Lechovitch (from Lyakohvichi, Belarus)
  • Leipnik (Hasidic dynasty) (from Lipník nad Bečvou, Germ. Leipnik)
  • Leipzig
  • Linitz
  • Liske
  • Lizhensk (from Leżajsk, Poland)
  • Leva
  • Liozna
  • Lublin (from Lublin, Poland)
  • Lutsk (from Lutsk)

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[edit] Spiritual Legacy from Besht

The following chart shows the teacher-student relationships that helped spread Hasidic thought throughout the Jewish world, starting from Besht. It helps to understand how all the Chasidic dynasties are related.

[edit] Abbreviated Besht Family Tree

The following chart shows a simplified family tree of the Besht. Asterisks denote Hasidic spiritual leaders over important sects.

  • R. Israel Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760) = Hannah
    • Udel (1720-1787) = R. Yehiel Michl Ashkenazi
      • Feiga = R. Simcha
      • R. Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov (1740-1800)
      • R. Baruch of Medzhibozh* (1757-1811) = Sima Chisha
    • R. Zvi (1729-1800) = Malcha
      • R. Dov Baer of Ulanow
      • R. Aaron of Titiov (?-1829)
      • R. Israel "The Silent"
      • Sheina Rachel = R. Moshe Zeev Auerbach (?-1839)

[edit] Bibliography

Rabinowicz, Tzvi M. The Encyclopedia of Hasidism: ISBN 1-56821-123-6 Jason Aronson, Inc., 1996.

This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia, a publication now in the public domain.


[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Who is the leader of the Breslover Chassidim today? Rebbe Nachman
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