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List of Hasidic dynasties and groups

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Note: A Hasidic dynasty usually has some or all of the following characteristics:
  1. It was founded by an 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 selected member or 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 had (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.


List of Hasidic dynasties:


Larger dynasties

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

Name Current (or last) 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)
Chabad Lubavitch Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994) Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812) Crown Heights, Brooklyn Lyubavichi, Russia
Ger Yaakov Aryeh Alter Yitzchak Meir Alter (1799-1866) Jerusalem, Israel Góra Kalwaria, Poland
Klausenberg Tzvi Elimemlech Halberstam;
Shmuel Dovid Halberstam 		Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1796-1876) Boro Park, Brooklyn;
Netanya, Israel 		Klausenburg Hungary (now Cluj-Napoca in Romania) and Sanz, Austria (now in Poland)
Satmar Aaron Teitelbaum;
Zalman Leib Teitelbaum 		Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhel (1759-1841) Kiryas Joel, New York;
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 		Satu Mare, Hungary (now in Romania)
Skver David Twersky Yitzchak Twersky New Square, New York Skvira, Ukraine
Vizhnitz Moshe Yehoshua Hager;
Mordechai Hager 		Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov Bnei Brak, Israel;
Kaser, New York 		Vyzhnytsia, Ukraine

Breslov is a large chasidic movement which does not fit neatly into this list. Its first and only rebbe was Rabbi Nachman of Breslov[1] (1772-1810). It originated in Bratslav, Russia (now in Ukraine); its present-day headquarters are in Jerusalem.

Smaller dynasties

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

Name Current (or last) Rebbe Founder Headquartered In City/Town of Origin
Aleksander Yoseph Yitschok Myer Singer;
Yisroel Danziger 		Yechiel Dancyger (1828-1894) Borough Park, Brooklyn;
Bnei Brak, Israel 		Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
Amshinov Yosef Kalish;
Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky 		Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878), Borough Park, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem, Israel 		Mszczonów, Poland
Ashlag Simcha Avraham Ashlag Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag (1885-1954) Bnei Brak, Israel
Biala Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz (d. 1905) Biała Podlaska, Poland
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
Karlin, or Karlin-Stolin Baruch Yakov Meir Shochet Aharon the Great of Karlin (1736-1772) Jerusalem, Israel; Givat Zeev, Israel Karlin, Belarus
Machnovka Yehoshua Rokeach Yosef Meir Twersky of Machnovka Bnei Brak, Israel
Melitz Ashdod, Israel Mielec, Galicia
Modzitz Chaim Shaul Taub Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir (1755-1856) Bnei Brak, Israel Dęblin, Poland
Munkacz Moshe Leib Rabinovitch Chaim Elazar Spira Borough Park, Brooklyn Munkács
Nadvorna Bnei Brak,Israel Nadvirna, Galicia
Novominsk Yakov Perlow Borough Park, Brooklyn Mińsk Mazowiecki
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
Sadigura Avraham Yakov Friedman Avraham Yakov Friedman of Sadigura (1820-1883) Bnei Brak, Israel Sadagóra, Bukovina
Shomer Emunim
Toldos Aharon
Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok 		Avrohom Chaim Roth;
Dovid Kohn;
Shmuel Yaakov Kohn 		Aharon Roth ("Reb Ahrele") Jerusalem Jerusalem
Slonim Shmuel Brozovosky;
Avrohom Weinberg 		Avraham of Slonim Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel 		Slonim, Belarus
Skolye Tank Rebbe Tank Rebbe Borough Park,Brooklyn Skole, Ukraine
Skulen Yisroel Avrohom Portugal Eliezer Zusia Portugal Borough Park, Brooklyn ??, Bessarabia
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, Slovakia
Zvhil Avraham Goldman;
Shlomo Goldman 		Moshe of Zvhil Jerusalem, Israel;
Union City, New Jersey 		Zvyahel, Volhynia

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.

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Spiritual Legacy from Besht

The following chart shows the development of Hasidic thought throughout the Jewish world, starting from Besht. It helps to understand how all the Chasidic dynasties are related.

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 Mezhbizh* (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)

Bibliography

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

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Notes

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