Hasidic dynasty
Satmar
Satmar was founded in 1905 by Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum in the town of Szatmár (today Satu Mare, Romania). After the war the Rebbe…
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Dynasties
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Hasidic dynasty
Bobov
Bobov traces its origins to the Galician town of Bobowa and was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, a grandson of the Sanzer Rav.…
Hasidic dynasty
Belz
Belz was founded in the early 19th century by Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, the “Sar Shalom,” in the town of Belz in Galicia. After the…
Hasidic dynasty
Vizhnitz
Vizhnitz was founded in the mid-19th century by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager in the town of Vizhnitz in Bukovina (today in…
Hasidic dynasty
Ger
Ger was founded by Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, the “Chiddushei HaRim,” in the town of Ger (Góra Kalwaria) near Warsaw. Before the…
Hasidic dynasty
Skver
Skver is a branch of the House of Chernobyl, founded in the mid-19th century by Rabbi Yitzchok Twersky (Reb Itzikl) in the town…
Hasidic dynasty
Chabad-Lubavitch
Chabad was founded in 1775 by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya, in the town of Liozna in White Russia. The name…
Community
Borough Park (Brooklyn)
Borough Park is a neighborhood in southwestern Brooklyn, New York, and is counted among the largest Jewish neighborhoods in the…
Community
Monsey (New York)
Monsey is a hamlet in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, with a large and growing Charedi community. It is considered…
Hasidic dynasty
From 300 Survivors to a Worldwide Court: How Bobov Rose Again After the Holocaust
The story of the Bobover Rebbe R' Shlomo Halberstam (1908–2000), who started with a 16-boy yeshiva in Manhattan and rebuilt Bobov…
Hasidic dynasty
Pupa: From a Hungarian Yeshiva to a Williamsburg Community
The Pupa dynasty from the Arugas Habosem to the Vayechi Yosef, R' Yosef Greenwald (1903–1984), who lost his family in the…
Hasidic dynasty
Vizhnitz in America: The Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Monsey and His Court
The Vizhnitz dynasty from the Tzemach Tzaddik to R' Mordechai Hager (1922–2018), who came to America in 1948 and led…
װיקיפּעדיע (ייִדיש)
Belz (Yiddish Wikipedia) ↗
Yiddish Wikipedia's entry on the Belz dynasty, from its founder Rabbi Shalom Rokeach, a disciple of the Seer of Lublin, through…
װיקיפּעדיע (ייִדיש)
Satu Mare (Satmar), Romania (Yiddish Wikipedia) ↗
Yiddish Wikipedia on the Transylvanian city of Satmar and its rabbis, from Rabbi Yehuda Grunwald up to Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum, its…