Nikolsburg (Hasidic dynasty)

Nikolsburg is the name of a Hasidic dynasty, named for the Rebbe (Hasidic leader) Shmelke of Nikolsburg (Mikulov).

There currently exist three distinct branches of the Nikolsburg dynasty:

• Nikolsburg of Monsey, based in Monsey, New York, led by its Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits of Monsey, New York, a descendant of Rebbe Shmelke of Nikolsburg, for whom the dynasty and associated Hasidic community are named,
• Nikolsburg of Woodbourne, led by Rabbi Mordechai Jungreis of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Woodbourne, New York,
• Lelov-Nikolsburg, led by Rabbi Pinchas Yitzchak Biderman of Jerusalem, a branch of the Lelov Hasidic dynasty.

The largest of these is that of Monsey.

The term Nikolsburger Rebbe can refer either to the historic Rebbe Shmelke of Nikolsburg, or to the leader of any of the three current Nikolsburg dynasties above.

Institutions of Nikolsburg in Monsey

The community of the Nikolsburg dynasty in Monsey has a Yeshiva for young adults and boys, a girls' school named Bas Melech, a Kollel and a Beis Midrash (Study hall).

External links

• A full description of the dynasty, community and institutions can be found here Nikolsburg Website
• The current Rebbe singing one of his compositions at a tish in London
• Biography of the current Nikolsburger Rebbe from The Jewish Press
• The Rebbe celebrating Lag BaOmer