Chaim Avrohom Horowitz

Chaim Avrohom Horowitz in 1985 became Bostoner Rebbe, Grand Rabbi of the Boston Jewish Hasidic sect, established in 1915 by his grandfather Grand Rabbi Pinchas Duvid Horowitz, and named after his city, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. After the death of Rabbi Pinchas Duvid Horowitz in 1941 his eldest son, Rabbi Moshe Horowitz, 1909-1985, ^[1] held the position of Bostoner Rebbe in New York until his death in 1985, following Chasidic tradition.

As the eldest son of Grand Rabbi Moshe Horowitz, Rabbi Chaim Avraham Horowitz succeeded his father as the Bostoner Rebbe of New York.^[2] He later founded the Bostoner community in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, where he presently resides.^[3] He composes contemporary Chasidic music;^[4] many of his compositions were performed by leading Jewish music artists of the day.^[5] Andy Statman^[6] credits him with being a major influence in his musical career, having performed several of the Bostoner Rebbe's compositions on his recordings and in concert.

In 1954 Rabbi Chaim Avraham Horowitz married Miriam Adler, daughter of Rebbe Elazar Adler of the Zvhil dynasty, who gave birth to their son Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak "Yankel" Horowitz in 1956. He was raised in his maternal grandparent’s home in the West Hollywood section of Los Angeles, and now serves as rabbi of the Bostoner Shul in Lawrence, NY. Rabbi Chaim Avraham Horowitz married the daughter of Rabbi Yonah Hass in his second marriage. They have one son, Rabbi Yisrael Yona Horowitz, and seven daughters.

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