List of Hasidic dynasties and groups

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A Hasidic dynasty or Chassidic dynasty is a dynasty led by Hasidic Jewish spiritual leaders known as rebbes, [1] and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:

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Distinguished from a dynasty, a Hasidic group or Chassidic group has the following characteristics:

Dynasties with larger following

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

NameCurrent (or last) RebbeFounderPresently headquartered InCity / Town of origin
Belz Yissachar Dov Rokeach Sholom Rokeach (1781–1855) Jerusalem, Israel Belz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary / Poland (now in Ukraine)
Bobov

(Bobov-45)

 Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam

Mordechai Dovid Unger (b. 1954)

 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 (b. 1939) Yitzchak Meir Alter (1799–1866)Jerusalem, Israel Góra Kalwaria, Russian Empire (now in Poland)
Karlin-Stolin Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet Aaron ben Jacob of Karlin (1736–1772) Givat Zeev,
Jerusalem, Israel		 Karlin, Belarus
Sanz-Klausenburg Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam;
Shmuel Dovid Halberstam 		Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1796–1876) Kiryat Sanz, Netanya, Israel;
Borough Park, Brooklyn 		Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj Napoca, Romania), and Sanz, Galicia (now in Poland)
Satmar Aaron Teitelbaum (b. 1947);
Zalman Leib Teitelbaum (b. 1952)		 Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979) Kiryas Joel, New York;
Williamsburg, Brooklyn 		Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare, Romania)
Skver David Twersky (b. 1940)Yitzchak Twersky New Square, New York Skvira, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine)
Vizhnitz Yisroel Hager;
Menachem Mendel Hager;
Yisroel Hager;
Menachem Mendel Hager;
Yitzchak Yohanan Hager;
Eliezer Ze'ev Hager;
David Hager;
Aharon Hager;
Baruch Shimshon Hager		 Menachem Mendel Hager Bnei Brak, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel;
Kaser, New York;
Kiamesha Lake, New York;
Williamsburg, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem;
London;
Montreal;
Beit Shemesh 		Vyzhnytsia, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine)

Dynasties with smaller following

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

NameCurrent (or last) RebbeFounderPresently headquartered InTown of origin
Aleksander Yisroel Tzvi Yair Danziger

Yosef Yitzchak Meir Singer

 Yechiel Dancyger (1828–1894) Bnei Brak, Israel

Borough Park, Brooklyn

Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
Amshinov Menachem Kalish;
Osher Chaim Kalish;
Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky 		Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878) Borough Park, Brooklyn;
Beit Shemesh, Israel;
Jerusalem, Israel		 Mszczonów, Poland
Ashlag Simcha Avraham Ashlag Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag (1885–1954) Bnei Brak, Israel Warsaw, Poland
Biala Avraham Yerachmiel Rabinowicz;
Yaakov Menachem Rabinowicz;
Aaron Rabinowicz		 Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz (died 1905)Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel;
Borough Park, Brooklyn 		Biała Podlaska, Poland
Boston Pinchas David Horowitz;
Mayer Alter Horowitz;
Naftali Yehuda Horowitz;
Chaim Avrohom Horowitz 		Pinchas David Horowitz (1876–1941) Brookline, Massachusetts;
Jerusalem, Israel		 Boston
Boyan Nachum Dov Brayer Yitzchok Friedman (1850–1917)Jerusalem, Israel Boiany, Bukovina (now in Ukraine)
Chernobyl several Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl (1730–1797) Bnei Brak, Israel;
Ashdod, Israel;
Borough Park, Brooklyn; Lawrence, NY 		Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dushinsky Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948)Jerusalem, IsraelJerusalem, Israel
Machnovka Yehoshua Rokeach Yosef Meir Twersky of Machnovka Bnei Brak, Israel Machnovka, Ukraine
Melitz Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz Yaakov Horowitz of Melitz
(son of Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz)		 Ashdod, Israel Mielec, Galicia (now in Poland)
Modzitz Chaim Shaul Taub Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir (1755–1856) Bnei Brak, Israel Dęblin, Poland
Munkacz Moshe Leib Rabinovich Shlomo Spira ("Shem Shlomo") of Munkacz Borough Park, Brooklyn Munkács, Hungary (now in Ukraine)
Nadvorna several Mordechai Leifer (1835–1894) Bnei Brak, Israel Nadvirna, Galicia (now in Ukraine)
Nikolsburg-Monsey Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Shmuel Shmelke HaLevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg (1726–1778) Monsey, New York Nikolsburg, Moravia
Novominsk Yoshua Perlow (Borough Park, Brooklyn)
Yisroel Perlow (Lakewood)		Yaakov Perlow I (1843–1902) Borough Park, Brooklyn Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland
Pinsk-Karlin Aryeh Rosenfeld Aharon the Great of Karlin (1736–1772)Jerusalem, Israel Karlin, Belarus
Pupa Yaakov Yechezkia Greenwald II (b. 1948) Moshe Greenwald Williamsburg, Brooklyn Pápa, Hungary
Rachmastrivka Yitzchak Twerski;
David Twerski 		Yochanan Twerski of Rachmastrivka Borough Park, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem, Israel		 Rachmastrivka, Ukraine
Radzin or Izhbitza – Radzin Shlomo Yosef Englard Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izhbitza Bnei Brak, Israel Izbica, Poland;
Radzyń Podlaski, Poland
RebarSeveralJerusalem, IsraelJerusalem Israel
Sadigura Tzvi Yisrael Moshe Friedman Ztl August 2020

Yitzchak yehoushoua Heschel Friedman

 Avrohom Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura (1820–1883) Bnei Brak, Israel Sadagóra, Bukovina (now in Ukraine)
Slonim Shmuel Brozovosky;
Avrohom Weinberg 		Avraham of Slonim Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel		 Slonim, Belarus
Shomer Emunim
Toldos Aharon
Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok 		Avrohom Chaim Roth;
Dovid Kohn;
Shmuel Yaakov Kohn 		Aharon Roth ("Reb Ahrele") (1894–1947) Kiryat Shomrei Emunim, Jerusalem
Mea Shearim, Jerusalem		Jerusalem, Israel
Skolye Avrohom Moshe Rabinowitz Borough Park, Brooklyn Skole, Galicia, Ukraine
Skulen Yeshaya Yakov Portugal;
Efraim Yehuda Portugal  ;
Meir Portugal;
Zvi Noach Portugal;
Shmiel Mordche Portugal		 Eliezer Zusia Portugal (1898–1982) Borough Park, Brooklyn; Williamsburg; Monsey; Lakewood; Jerusalem Sculeni, Bessarabia (now in Moldova)
Spinka Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Weiss - Rabbi Meir Eleazer Weiss Rabbi Mordecai Dovid Kahana Gedulas Mordechai (1932-2011), Rabbi Avraham Yitchak Kahana Shlit"a Rabbi Abraham Abish Horowitz Shlit"a - (A.K.A. Abish Spinka) Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Horowitz (A.K.A. Isaac Spinka) - Nuta Horowitz Joseph Meir Weiss (1838–1909) Williamsburg, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel		 Szaplonca, Hungary (now Săpânţa, Romania)
Tosh Elimelech Segal-Lowy Meshulam Feish Segal-Lowy I Kiryas Tosh
Boisbriand, Quebec		 Nyírtass, Hungary
Zvhil Avraham Goldman;
Shlomo Goldman;
Yitzhak Aharon Korff (of Zvhil – Mezhbizh)		 Moshe of Zvhil (died 1831)Jerusalem, Israel;
Union City, New Jersey;
Boston, Massachusetts 		Zvyahel, Volhynia (now Zviahel, Ukraine)

Hasidic groups (non-dynastic)

NameFounderHeadquartered inPlace of origin
Breslov Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810) Jerusalem, Israel Bratslav, Ukraine
Malachim Chaim Avraham Dov Ber Levine haCohen (1860–1938) Williamsburg, Brooklyn Brooklyn, New York
Peshischa Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz "The Yid Hakudosh" (1766–1813) Przysucha, Poland
Rybnitza Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz (d. 1995) Rîbnița, Moldova / Transnistria
Vien Williamsburg, Brooklyn Vienna, Austria
Neturei Karta Amram Blau (1894–1974) and Aharon Katzenelbogen Jerusalem, Israel

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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References

  1. ↑ "Hasidism". World Book . Vol. 9. 2012. p. 82.
  2. ↑ Ettinger, Yair (Jan 1, 2013). "Hasidic leader Yaakov Friedman, the Admor of Sadigura, dies at 84". Haaretz . Retrieved Oct 14, 2013.
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