List of Hasidic dynasties

A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:

1. Each member of the dynasty is a spiritual leader, often known as an ADMOR (abbreviation for ADoneinu MOreinu Rabeinu - "our master, our teacher and our rabbi") or simply as Rebbe (or "the Rebbe") and at times called the "Ruv" ("the rabbi") and sometimes referred to in English as a "Grand Rabbi";
2. It continues beyond the initial leader's lifetime by succession (usually by a family descendant);
3. It is usually named after a key town in Eastern Europe where the founder may have been born or lived, or where the group began to grow and flourish;
4. It has (or once had) followers who, through time, continue following successive leaders (rebbes) or may even continue as a group without one leader by following the precepts of a deceased leader.

Larger dynasties

Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a large following include:

http://www.chabad.org/

Smaller dynasties

Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a small following include:

Other dynasties

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 whose followers number around five to fifteen people, and are not listed here.

A

• Alesk (from Olesko, Ukraine)
• Anipoli (from Annopol, Ukraine)
• Apt/Zinkov/Mezhbizh (from Opatów, Poland)
• Avritch (from Ovruch, Ukraine)

B

• Baitch (from Biecz, Poland)
• Besermin (from Hajdúböszörmény, Hungary)
• Bender (from Bender, Moldova)
• Bertch (from Bircza, Poland)
• Białystok (from Białystok)
• Bialobrzeg (from Białobrzegi, Poland)
• Bilgoray (from Biłgoraj, Poland)
• Binding (From Elbing/Elbląg, Poland)
• Bluzhev (from Błażowa, Poland)
• Bikovsk (from Bikofsk)
• Bohush (from Bohushi, Romania)
• Bonia
• Boslover
• Botoshan (from Botoşani, Romania)
• Breslev from Uman
• Brod (from Brody, Ukraine)
• Brisdovitz (from Berezdivtsi, Ukraine)
• Bucharest (from Bucureşti, Romania)
• Burshtin (from Burshtyn, Ukraine)

C

• Chabad-Bobroisk (from Bobrujsk, Belarus)
• Chabad-Kapust
• Chabad-Liadi
• Chabad-Nezhin
• Chabad-Strashelye
• Chadusha
• Chernovitz (from Chernivtsi)
• Cieszanow
• Czortkow (from Chortkiv)
• Chust (from Khust)
• Cleveland
• Cracow (from Kraków)

D

• Deyzh (from Dej, Romania)
• Debrecen (from Debrecen)
• Dinev (from Dynów, Poland)
• Dobromil (from Dobromyl, Ukraine)
• Dombrova (from Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Poland)
• Drubitsh (from Drohobych, Poland)
• Dzirka (from Györke/Ďurkov, Slovakia?)
• Dzikov (from Tarnobrzeg, Poland)

E

• Eisysky (from Eišiškės, Lithuania)
• Erlau (from Eger/Erlau, Hungary)
• Etched (from Nagyecsed, Hungary)

F

• Faltichan (from Fălticeni, Romania)
• Frankfurt

G

• Gorlitz (from Gorlice, Poland)
• Gostynin (from Gostynin, Poland)
• Gvodzitz (from Hvizdets)
• Gribov (from Grybów, Poland)

H

• Hornsteipel (from Hornostaypil', near Chernobyl)
• Huvniv (from Hivniv, Ukraine)
• Husiatyn

K

• Kaliv (from Nagykálló, Hungary)
• Kaminka (from Kamianka-Buzka, Ukraine)
• Kaminetz
• Kunskvola (from Końskowola, Poland)
• Karlihaz
• Kashou
• Kerestir (from Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary)
• Khentshin (from Chęciny, Poland)
• Kielce (from Kielce, Poland)
• Kojdanov (from Koidanova, Belarus)
• Komarno (from Komarno, Ukraine)
• Kopyczynitz (from Kopychyntsi, Ukraine)
• Korets (from Korets, Ukraine)
• Koson (from Koson, Ukraine)
• Kosov (from Kosiv, Ukraine)
• Kotsk (from Kock, Poland)
• Kozlov
• Kozhnitz (from Kozienice, Poland)
• Krasna
• Krula
• Kshanov (from Chrzanów, Poland)
• Kutna (Hasidic dynasty)
• Kuzmir (from Kazimierz Dolny, near Warsaw)

L

• Łańcut (from Łańcut, Poland)
• Lebina
• Lelov (from Lelów, Poland)
• Lechovitch (from Lyakhavichy, Belarus)
• Leipnik (from Leipnik, Czech Republic)
• Leipzig
• Linitz
• Liske
• Lizhensk (from Leżajsk, Poland)
• Leva
• Liozna
• Lublin (from Lublin, Poland)
• Lutsk (from Lutsk, Ukraine)

M

• Madyer
• Malachim
• Margareten (from Marghita, Romania)
• Mattersdorf (from Mattersburg, Austria)
• Mezhbizh (from Medzhybizh), Ukraine; Also see Apter Rov
• Mishkoltz (from Miskolc, Hungary)
• Mogelnitz (from Mogielnica, Poland)
• Manestrishtze

N

• Nadvorna
• Narol
• Nadferli
• Neshchiz (from Nesukhoyezhe, Ukraine)
• Nikolsburg (from Mikulov/Nikolsburg)
• Nitra (from Nitra/Nyitra)

O

• Ostrof
• Ozherov (from Ożarów, Poland)

P

• Pashkan (from Paşcani, Romania)
• Philadelphia (from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Piasetzne
• Pietrokov (from Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland)
• Pilts (from Pilica)
• Pilzno
• Pinsk (named for Pinsk, Belarus)
• Pintchiv (from Pińczów, Poland)
• Pistin
• Pishkivitcha
• Pittsburgh (from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Porisov (from Parysów, Poland)
• Polonoye (from Polonne (Polonnoye), Volhynia)
• Premishlan (from Peremyshliany, Ukraine)
• Pshemishl (from Przemyśl, Poland)
• Pshevorsk (from Przeworsk, Poland)
• Pshiskhe (from Przysucha, Poland)

R

• Radomsk (from Radomsko, Poland)
• Radorztz
• Radoshitz (from Radoszyce, Poland)
• Radvil (from Radyvyliv, Ukraine)
• Ratzfert (from Újfehértó, Hungary)
• Rimenov (from Rymanów, Poland)
• Ribnitz (from Rybnitsa, Moldova or Transnistria)
• Roman (from Roman, Romania)
• Ropshitz (from Ropczyce, Poland)
• Ruzhin (from Ruzhyn, Ukraine)
• Rzeszów (Rzeszów, Galicia, Poland)

S

• Sadovna (from Sadowne, Poland)
• Sambur (from Sambir, Ukraine)
• Sadigura (from Sadhora, Ukraine)
• Sanz (from Nowy Sącz, Poland)
• Sasregen (from Szászrégen/Reghin, Romania)
• Serdahel (from Szerdahely)
• Sassov (from Sasiv, Ukraine)
• Savran
• Senta Serbia
• Seret (from Siret, Romania)
• Shedlitz (from Siedlce, Poland)
• Shepetivka from Shepetivka, Ukraine
• Shotz (from Suceava, Romania)
• Shidlovtza (from Szydłowiec, Poland)
• Shineva (from Sieniawa, Poland)
• Shpikov (from Shpykiv, Ukraine)
• Shpola (from Shpola, Ukraine)
• Shtefanesht (from Ştefăneşti, Romania)
• Siget (Sighetu-Marmaţiei/Máramarossziget, Romania)
• Sochatchov (from Sochaczew, Poland)
• Sokolov (from Sokołów Podlaski, Poland - there was a Hasidic dynasty in Sokołów Małopolski, Poland, as well)
• Stanislov (from Stanyslaviv, Ukraine)
• Stepan (from Stepan, Ukraine)
• Stichin (from Szczucin, Poland)
• Stretin (from Stratin, Ukraine)
• Strikov (from Stryków, Poland)
• Strizhov
• Sudilkov (from Sudylkiv, Ukraine)
• Sulitz (from Suliţa, Romania)

T

• Tenka (from Hungary?)
• Tartakov (from Tartakiv, Ukraine)
• Tetsh (from Técső - now Tyachiv, Ukraine)
• Temishvar (from Timişoara, Romania)
• Tolna (from Talne, Ukraine)
• Toldos Tzvi
• Toltchva (from Tolcsva, Hungary)
• Tosh (from Nyírtass, Hungary)
• Trisk (from Turiisk, Ukraine)
• Tseshenov (from Cieszanów, Poland)
• Tshakova (from Szczakowa, Poland)
• Tzehlim (from Deutschkreutz, Austria)

U

• Ujhel (from Újhely)
• Ungvar (from Ungvár)
• Unsdorf
• Ushpitzin (from Oświęcim, Poland)

V

• Vasloi (from Vaslui, Romania)
• Vien (Rabbinical dynasty) (from Wien/Vienna)
• Voidislav (from Wodzisław, Poland)
• Volova (from Mizhhirya, Ukraine)
• Vorka from Warka, Poland
• Vulkan

Y

• Yeruslav (from Jarosław, Poland)
• Yoka

Z

• Zablitov (Zabolotiv, Ukraine)
• Zbarz (from Zbarazh, Ukraine)
• Zhmigrid (from Nowy Żmigród, Poland)
• Zhitomir (from Zhytomyr)
• Zibov
• Zidichov
• Zinkov
• Zlatipol (from Zlatopol)
• Zlotchov (from Zolochiv)
• Zolozitz
• Zychlin

Hasidic groups (non-dynastic)

References

• Rabinowicz, Tzvi M. The Encyclopedia of Hasidism ISBN 1-56821-123-6 Jason Aronson, Inc., 1996.
• Alfasi, Yitschak. החסידות מדור לדור Hachasidut miDor leDor (2 vols)