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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Rebbes
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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…
Place
Kiryas Joel (New York)
Kiryas Joel is a village in Orange County, New York, founded by Satmar Chassidim in the 1970s at the behest of the Satmar Rebbe,…
Customs & life
Dance in Hasidic Life
For Chassidim, dance is a way of serving Hashem with joy. This article explains its foundation in Chassidus, the dancing at the…
Customs & life
Rebbe Stories: The Tradition of Tales of the Tzaddikim
For many years, Hasidic stories of the tzaddikim were passed down by word of mouth, at tishen and melaveh malkahs. The first…
Customs & life
The Tish (Rebbe's Tisch)
A tish is the joyous gathering of Hasidim at their Rebbe's table, with niggunim, divrei Torah and shirayim.
Customs & life
Kvitel
A kvitel is a note with a request that a Hasid gives to his Rebbe to receive a blessing.
Customs & life
Shirayim
The chassidic custom of partaking of food the Rebbe has tasted.
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Rebbe stories — part 1
Funny, special and unforgettable moments from Rabbonim and the Chassidish world — made with respect.
פֿאָרווערטס (ייִדיש) — יואל מאַטוועיעוו
How an old Yiddish tale may have influenced Rebbe Nachman ↗
A Yiddish scholar suggests (as his own hypothesis) that the Old Yiddish tale 'Brie ve-Zimre' may be one source behind Rebbe…
פֿאָרווערטס (ייִדיש) — הרב אליעזר שם טוב
"Here I'm the boss" — a Chabad story about obsessive thoughts ↗
A Hasidic tale: the founder of Chabad sends a Hasid troubled by obsessive thoughts to an old woodcutter, and the lesson is about…
פֿאָרווערטס (ייִדיש) — בלאג „עולם החסידות“
The 'living dead Hasidim' — on Breslov ↗
Explains why Breslov Hasidim were nicknamed 'dead Hasidim' — after Rebbe Nachman's passing the movement never appointed another…
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…
Personality
The Divrei Chaim of Sanz: A Life Portrait
Rabbi Chaim Halberstam, the Sanzer Rav, was one of the greatest gaonim and poskim of his generation and the root of a whole…
Personality
The Chiddushei HaRim: The First Gerrer Rebbe
Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter, the "Chiddushei HaRim," founded Ger Chassidus in the town of Ger near Warsaw. A portrait of a gaon and…
Encyclopedia
Among Chassidim (Derher Podcast)
Among Chassidim is a podcast by A Chassidisher Derher, hosted by Rabbi Yossi Kamman, bringing heartfelt conversations about the…
Composer
The Yanuka (Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Bari)
The Yanuka, Rabbi Shlomo Yehuda Bari, is a revered figure whose heartfelt niggunim inspire and uplift listeners worldwide.