Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty)

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Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer, previous Pittsburger Rebbe, a scion of the Nadvorna dynasty

Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissacar Ber Leifer, the Pittsburger Rebbe of Ashdod, E. Israel, a scion of the Nadvorna dynasty

Pittsburg, Israel is a Hasidic dynasty lead by Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer of Pittsburg and concentrated in Ashdod, a city on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Israel. It was named in honor of the American city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where this dynasty existed for two generations. It is a scion of the Nadvorna dynasty.

For a brief time the Pittsburger Rebbe had a yeshivah in Newark, New Jersey.

Pittsburg is famous for their Hassidic Niggunim.

• Grand Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Pittsburg, author of Tzidkas Yoseph, son of Rabbi Bertchi of Satmar
  • Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer of Pittsburg, author of Emunas Avraham, son of Rabbi Yoseph, and son in law of Rebbe Issamar of Nadvorna
    • Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissacher Dov Ber Leifer of Pittsburg, author of Pisgamei Oraisa, son of Rabbi Avraham Abba, son-in-law of Rabbi Isaac Liebes, Av Beis Din of the Iggud HaRabannim Rabbinical Council.

This dynasty is an offshoot and it's rebbes scions of the Nadvorna dynasty.

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• The Rebbe on Hannukkah
• The Rebbe on the Jewish Holidays
• The Rebbe visiting a Yeshivah in America
• The Rebbe visiting Queens
• The Rebbe dedicating a new Torah Scroll to the memory of his father, the previous Rebbe