Sambur (Hasidic dynasty)

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Sambur, or Sambor, is the name of two distinct Hasidic dynasties: one founded by Rebbe Moshe Eichenstein of Sambir, Ukraine, a brother of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov. [1] The other was founded by Rabbi Uri Jolles, of the same town. [1] The Sambor dynasty continues in the Bronx and Buenos Aires. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Rabinowicz, Tzvi (1996). The Encyclopedia of Hasidism. Jason Aronson. pp. 107, 552–553. ISBN   978-1-56821-123-7.
  2. Hundert, Gershon David (2008). The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Yale University Press. p. 865. ISBN   978-0-300-11903-9.