Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

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Nadvorna Hasidic Dynasty
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Tish in Nadvorna
Total population
Over 10,000 families (2022)
Founder
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer
Regions with significant populations
Israel, Ukraine, United States, Europe
Religions
Hasidic Judaism
Languages
Hebrew, Yiddish
Current headquarters in Bnei Brak, Israel
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Graves of Nadvorna rebbes on the Mount of Olives
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Nadvorna Hasidim at the inauguration of a Torah scroll

Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty deriving its name from the town of Nadvorna, (Nadvirna), today in Ukraine.

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The most famous rebbe of the dynasty was Mordechai Leifer of Nadvorna (the son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) Leifer of Nadvorna), whose writings form the corpus of the group's Hasidic thought. [1] He was raised by his great-uncle, Rebbe Meir II of Premishlan.

Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) Leifer of Nadvorna was a son of Rabbi Yitzchak of Kalish. [1] Since many of the rebbes of the Nadvorna Dynasty (as in other rabbinic dynasties) married relatives, many of the rebbes in this list are sons-in-law of other rebbes on the list.

There are Nadvorna congregations in Israel, Brooklyn, London, [1] and Bloomingburg, among others.

The mode of dress of Nadvorna rebbes is unique in that they typically wear a white gartel over a colorful bekishe, and a white crocheted Jerusalem-style kippah under their shtreimel. [1]

Rebbes are known as "Admorim" (Hebrew אדמו"ר, which is the acronym for "אדוננו מורינו ורבינו", "Adoneinu Moreinu V'Rabeinu", "Our master, our teacher, and our rabbi").

Outline of the History of the Nadvorna Dynasty

Grand Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov , founder of Hasidism

Descendants of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna

  • Grand Rabbi Yitzchak Leifer of Stanislaw, son of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna
    • Grand Rabbi Chaim Leifer of Stanislaw (murdered together with his entire family in the Holocaust [5] ) son of Rabbi Yitzchak Leifer of Stanislaw, and son law of Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Kretshnif
      • Grand Rabbi Yisachar Berel Leifer of Stanislaw, son of Rabbi Chaim Leifer of Stanislaw, and son in law of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) Leifer of Nadvorna-Satmar
  • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) Leifer of Nadvorna-Satmar (died 1906), Author of Likkutei Yissachar, son of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna
    • Grand Rabbi Meir Leifer of Cleveland (died 1941), son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar, Author of Oros Hameirim, son in law of Rabbi Alter Zev Horowitz of Stryzov
    • Grand Rabbi Isamar Leifer of Bushtina (d. 1944), son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar, son in law of Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Freedman of Rachov
      • Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bushtina, son of Rabbi Isamar of Bushtina
        • Grand Rabbi Chaim Baruch Leifer of Bushtina in Canada, son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bushtina
        • Grand Rabbi Isamar Leifer of Bushtina, son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bushtina
        • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Ber Leifer of Bushtina Petah Tikva, son of Rebbe Mordechai Leifer of Bushtina
    • Grand Rabbi David Leifer of Bania (d. 1944), author of Ohev Chesed, son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar
      • Grand Rabbi Aaron Yechiel Leifer of Nadvorna-Safed, son of Rabbi David of Bania
        • Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yitzchok Leifer of Kalish in the neighborhood Har Nof in Jerusalem, son of Rabbi Aaron Yechiel Leifer of Nadvorna-Safed, son in law of Rabbi David Moshe Rosenbaum of Kretshnif
        • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Ber Pinchas Leifer of Nadvorna-Safed, son of Rabbi Aaron Yechiel
        • Grand Rabbi Chaim Alter David of Nadvorna-Haifa, son of Rabbi Aaron Yechiel
        • Grand Rabbi Moshe Meir Leifer of Yerushalayem, son of Rabbi Aaron Yechiel Leifer of Nadvorna-Safed
      • Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bania, son of Rabbi David Leifer of Bania
        • Grand Rabbi Dovid Leifer of Bania in Monroe, son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bania
        • Grand Rabbi Meir Menasha Leifer of Bania-Monsey, son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bania
      • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Ber Leifer of Nadvorna-Hermanshtat in Boro Park, son of Rabbi David Leifer of Bania
        • Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Nadvorna-Hermanshtat in Boro Park, son of Rabbi Yissachar Ber Leifer of Hermanshtat
        • Grand Rabbi Meir Leifer of Lishensk, son of Rabbi Yissachar Ber Leifer of Hermanshtat
    • Grand Rabbi Yosef Leifer of Pittsburg (1891–1966), author of Tzidkas Yosef, son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar
    • Grand Rabbi Aharon Moshe Leifer of Grusvardein (d. 1944), author of Vayakhel Moshe, son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar
      • Grand Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Verdan-Flatbush [6] author of Divrei Torah, son of Rabbi Aharon Moshe Leifer of Grusvardein, son in law of Rabbi Isaac Rosenbaum of Zutshka
        • Grand Rabbi Shea Katz of Magrov Flatbush, son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef of Verdan
    • Grand Rabbi Shalom Leifer of Brighton Beach, son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar
      • Grand Rabbi Shlomo Leifer of Nadvorna in Boro Park, son of Rabbi Shalom of Brighton Beach
        • Rabbi Berel Leifer, Nadvorna Rav of Lakewood, son of Rabbi Shlomo Leifer of Nadvorna
        • Rabbi Menashe Leifer, Nadvorna Rav of Williamsburg, son of Rabbi Shlomo Leifer of Nadvorna, son in law of Rabbi Yoseph Rosenbaum of Kalish
        • Grand Rabbi Avrohm Abish Shmidman of Krula-Flatbush, son of Rabbi Yitzchok Eizik Leifer, son of Rabbi Shalom Leifer of Brighton Beach
  • Grand Rabbi Meyer Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Kretshnif (1852 - June 29 [2] 1908) son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer (changed last name to Rosenbaum), son-in-law of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tirer of Dorohoi
  • Grand Rabbi Aaron Moshe Leifer of Zalon-Lantzut, son of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna, son in law of Rabbi Meir Reich of Reisha
    • Grand Rabbi Avraham Mendel Leifer of Kolymaya (fondly known as the Bucher Rebbe) (d. 1917), son of Rabbi Aaron Moshe Leifer of Zalon-Lantzut
  • Grand Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Leifer of Chust (b. 1857, d. 1929), youngest son and successor of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna, son in law of Rabbi Reuven Frankel of Melitz
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    Grand Rabbis Shmuel Shmelke Leifer of Chust (USA) and Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer of Pittsburgh (Ashdod)
    • Grand Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Leifer of Chust (d. 1934), son of Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov
      • Grand Rabbi Aharon Moshe Leifer of Chust (b. 1905, d. 1991), son of Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke
        • Grand Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Leifer of Chust, son of Rabbi Aharon Moshe of Chust (b. 1944, d. 2023)
        • Grand Rabbi Baruch Pinchos Leifer of Chust-Israel, son of Rabbi Aharon Moshe of Chust
        • Grand Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Leifer of Chust, son of Rabbi Aharon Moshe of Chust, Son in law of Rabbi Yosef of Verdan
    • Grand Rabbi Dovid Leifer of Chust, son of Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov, and son in law of Rabbi Pinchas of Kechneye
    • Grand Rabbi Yisachar Ber Leifer of Chust, son of Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Leifer of Chust, son in law of his brother Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Leifer of Chust
    • Grand Rabbi Reuven Leifer of Grosvardein, son of Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Leifer of Chust
    • Grand Rabbi Dovid Leifer of Grosvardein, son of Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Leifer of Chust, son in law of Rabbi Pinchas Shapiro of Kechneya
    • Rabbi Sholom Ginzberg, Rabbi of Strozhnitz , son in law of Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov of Chust
      • Rabbi Mordechai Ginzberg, son of Rabbi Sholom Ginzberg, Rabbi of Strozhnitz, author of Sefer Tiferes Mordechai.
      • Rabbi Yitzchok Pinchas Ginsberg (1898–1994), son of Rabbi Sholom Ginzberg, Rabbi of Strozhnitz - founder of the Kehillas Yitzchok synagogue and beit midrash in Los Angeles.
        • Rabbi Sholom Ginsberg, current rebbe of Kehillas Yitzchok in Los Angeles.
    • Grand Rabbi Chaim Shlomie Sega"l Lowy of Chust-Tosh, son-in-law of Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov
        • Grand Rabbi Meshulam Feish Ginsburg of Chust, grandson of Rabbi Chaim Shlomie Sega"l Lowy of Chust-Tosh
        • Grand Rabbi Yehuda Halevi Tyrnauer of congregation Shomrei Shabbos, Boro Park, grandson of Rabbi of Chust
  • Grand Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Nirdhas , son of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna, son in law of Rabbi Aryeh Leib Rubin of Ropshitz
    • Grand Rabbi Moshe Menachem of Debrecen, son of Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Nirdhas
    • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Leifer of Nadvorna-Debrecen, son of Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Nirdhas, son in law of Rabbi Aharon Moshe Zolynia-Lantzut
      • Grand Rabbi Yitzchak of Lapash, author of Tferes Maraham, and of Sefer Hadoros Hachadash son of Rabbi Yaakov Leifer of Nadvorna Debrecen
      • Grand Rabbi Yisachar Ber Leifer of Zolynia,(1920–2008) son Rabbi Yaakov Leifer of Debrecen, and son in law of Rabbi Issamar of Bushtina
        • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Leifer of Zolynia son of Rabbi Yisachar Ber Leifer of Zolynia, son in law of Rabbi Yozeph of Liska
        • Grand Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aharon Moshe of Nadvorna-England son of Rabbi Yisachar Ber Leifer of Zolynia
    • Grand Rabbi Yitzchak Leifer of Bronx, son of Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Nirdhas, son in law of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar
  • Grand Rabbi Avraham Yoseph Igra of Zolynia author of Toldos Avraham Yoseph, son in law of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna

Reb Yosef of Borsha

  • Grand Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Borsha , he knew the entire Zohar by heart, [7] son of Rabbi Bertche, son-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Kahane of Borsha
    • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) Leifer of Ungvar , son of Rabbi Yoseph
    • Grand Rabbi Yechiel Leifer of Mihalowitz, son of Rabbi Yoseph
      • Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Leifer of Nadvorna-Haifa (died 1961), son of Rabbi Yechiel
      • Grand Rabbi Aaron Aryeh Leifer of Nadvorna-Temashvar (died 1963), son of Rabbi Yechiel
        • Grand Rabbi Leifer of Nadvorna-Temashvar, son of Rabbi Aaron Aryeh
        • Grand Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Nadvorna-Petah Tikva (1921–2002) son of Rabbi Aaron Aryeh
          • Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Leifer, oldest son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva
          • Grand Rabbi Chaim Leifer, son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva
          • Grand Rabbi Binyamin Leifer, son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva
          • Grand Rabbi Yisachar Ber Leifer, son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva
          • Grand Rabbi Meir Leifer, son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva
          • Grand Rabbi Aaron Aryeh Leifer, son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva

Rabbi Meir of Kretshnif-Nadvorna

Descendants of Rabbi Meir

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The building of the Nadvorna Hassidic institutions, located in the center of Kiryat Nadvorna.

Kiryat Nadvorna

Kiryat Nadvorna is a neighborhood in southeastern Bnei Brak that serves as the world center of the Nadvorna Chassidus and the quarters of some of its Hasidim.

The Nadvorna Chassidic Center

The Nadvorna Chassidic Center is the official name of the Beit Midrash and the central synagogue and the institutions of Nadvorna Chassidut in Kiryat Nadvorna in Bnei Brak. One of the largest synagogues in Bnei Brak.

The Beit Midrash is visible from many places in the city. The Rebbe's house was built next to the Beit Midrash building. The synagogue is located between the Admor of Nadvorna, Chiddushei HaRim and Chazon Ish streets.

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Rabbi Nathan David Rosenbaum, Rebbe of Zutschka

Zutschka

Zutshka is a Hasidic court from the house of Nadvorna. The first Rebbe was Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Rosenbaum.

Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Rosenbaum

Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Rosenbaum (18 January 1896 - July 20, 2000) was the Admor of Zutshka.

Rabbi Natan David Rosenbaum

Rabbi Natan David Rosenbaum (May 15, 1945 - February 2, 2019). He was the Admor of Zutshka.

Other descendants

Descendants of Mordechai of Nadvorna who are not rebbes include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Queenann, Gavriel (Mar 1, 2012). "Nadvorna Rebbe Passes Away, Burial Today on Mt. of Olives". Arutz Sheva . Retrieved Jan 31, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Tannenbaum, Rabbi Gershon (July 11, 2007). "Kechina Rebbetzin Is Niftar At 105". The Jewish Press . Retrieved July 27, 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ Based on Sefer Milizei Aish Page 26 Item number 148 http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=29097&st=&pgnum=55
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Tannenbaum, Rabbi Gershon (March 23, 2011). "Tosher Chassunah". The Jewish Press. Archived from the original on September 15, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2011.
  5. 1 2 Tannenbaum, Rabbi Gershon (November 18, 2009). "Stanislover Rebbe, zt"l". The Jewish Press. Retrieved July 20, 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1845463/flatbush-petira-of-the-verdan-rebbe-zatzal-the-zkan-admorim.html
  7. ↑ Sefer Melitzei Aish Page 75b number 482 http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=29097&st=&pgnum=154
  8. ↑ Nachshoni, Kobi; Kelner, Yaron (22 May 2015). "Hasidic woman gives birth to first child at 65". Ynetnews. Retrieved 2015-05-22.
  9. ↑ Maruch Miller, Rochelle. "Award-Winning Marketing Guru Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg". 5 Towns Jewish Times. Retrieved 15 May 2014. There is even more to Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg than meets the eye; something about him that many find truly fascinating. "I am technically a Chassidic rebbe; this means that I have signed 'hachtara' letters from rebbes saying that I am expected to be the continuation of the dynasty of Nadvorna-Kechnia,"
  10. ↑ Hergig, Gur Aryeh (April 10, 2013). "Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg Galvanizes Global Audiences". Hamodia. In it he gives Reb Issamar his blessing to continue in his role as Kechnier Rebbe in addition to succeeding in business, as many of the previous Nadvorna Rebbes
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