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Boston is a Hasidic
Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism is a type of Orthodox Judaism or Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective chasidic / hasidic applies....
 sect, named after Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
. The senior of the Bostoner Rebbe
Rebbe

Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
s is currently Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 Levi Yitzchok Horowitz
Levi Yitzchak Horowitz

Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz is a Hasidic Judaism Rebbe#Hasidic_rebbes....
. His community is headquartered in the town of Brookline
Brookline, Massachusetts

Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston, Massachusetts and Newton, Massachusetts....
 and their central synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
, Beis Pinchos, is on Beacon Street
Beacon Street

Beacon Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts and several of its western suburbs. Beacon Street in Boston, Brookline, Massachusetts, Brighton, Massachusetts, and Newton, Massachusetts is not to be confused with the Beacon Street in nearby Somerville, Massachusetts....
. He spends his time year round in the Har Nof
Har Nof

Har Nof is a neighborhood on a hillside on the western boundary of Jerusalem, Israel, with a population of 20,000 residents, primarily Orthodox Jews....
 section of Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, where he established a community of hasidim
Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism is a type of Orthodox Judaism or Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective chasidic / hasidic applies....
 who are mostly from the original Boston community.

d Rabbi Pinchas Duvid Horowitz, the first Bostoner Rebbe, a scion of the Rebbe Reb Shmelke of Nikolsburg and the Lelov
Lelov (Hasidic dynasty)

Lelov is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties which traces its origins to Rabbi Dovid of Lel?w, Poland.The Lelover dynasty migrated from Poland to Jerusalem when Rabbi Dovid's son, Rabbi Moshe Biderman , moved there in the last year of his life....
 dynasty, first arrived in Boston in 1915 from the Land of Israel
Land of Israel

For other uses, see Israel The Land of Israel is the region which, according to the Hebrew Bible, was promised by God to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and to the Israelites, descendants of Jacob, Abraham's grandson....
 via Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
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Boston is a Hasidic
Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism is a type of Orthodox Judaism or Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective chasidic / hasidic applies....
 sect, named after Boston, Massachusetts
Boston, Massachusetts

Boston is the State capital and largest city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the economic and cultural center of the region, and is sometimes regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England." Boston city proper had a 2007 est...
. The senior of the Bostoner Rebbe
Rebbe

Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
s is currently Rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 Levi Yitzchok Horowitz
Levi Yitzchak Horowitz

Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz is a Hasidic Judaism Rebbe#Hasidic_rebbes....
. His community is headquartered in the town of Brookline
Brookline, Massachusetts

Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston, Massachusetts and Newton, Massachusetts....
 and their central synagogue
Synagogue

A synagogue is a Jewish house of prayer.Synagogues usually have a large hall for prayer , smaller rooms for study and sometimes a social hall and offices....
, Beis Pinchos, is on Beacon Street
Beacon Street

Beacon Street is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts and several of its western suburbs. Beacon Street in Boston, Brookline, Massachusetts, Brighton, Massachusetts, and Newton, Massachusetts is not to be confused with the Beacon Street in nearby Somerville, Massachusetts....
. He spends his time year round in the Har Nof
Har Nof

Har Nof is a neighborhood on a hillside on the western boundary of Jerusalem, Israel, with a population of 20,000 residents, primarily Orthodox Jews....
 section of Jerusalem
Jerusalem

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and its List of Israeli cities in both population and area, with a population of 747,600 residents over an area of if Positions on Jerusalem East Jerusalem is included....
, Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
, where he established a community of hasidim
Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism is a type of Orthodox Judaism or Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective chasidic / hasidic applies....
 who are mostly from the original Boston community.

Origins

Grand Rabbi Pinchas Duvid Horowitz, the first Bostoner Rebbe, a scion of the Rebbe Reb Shmelke of Nikolsburg and the Lelov
Lelov (Hasidic dynasty)

Lelov is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties which traces its origins to Rabbi Dovid of Lel?w, Poland.The Lelover dynasty migrated from Poland to Jerusalem when Rabbi Dovid's son, Rabbi Moshe Biderman , moved there in the last year of his life....
 dynasty, first arrived in Boston in 1915 from the Land of Israel
Land of Israel

For other uses, see Israel The Land of Israel is the region which, according to the Hebrew Bible, was promised by God to the descendants of Abraham through his son Isaac and to the Israelites, descendants of Jacob, Abraham's grandson....
 via Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
. Shortly after his arrival, Rabbi Pinchas David was accepted as Rebbe by the Jewish community of Boston. In 1939, the Bostoner Rebbe moved to Brooklyn
Brooklyn

Brooklyn is one of the five Borough of New York City, located at the western end of Long Island. An independent city until its consolidation with New York in 1898, Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough, with 2.5 million residents, and second largest in area....
, and opened the Bostoner Beis Medrash of Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, and Bushwick, Brooklyn....
. After his death in 1941, his son Rav Moshe succeeded him. In 1943, Rav Levi Yitzchok became another Bostoner Rebbe and built the New England Chassidic Center.

Reb Moshe later founded the Bostoner Bais Medrash of Crown Heights
Crown Heights

Crown Heights can refer to:* Crown Heights, Brooklyn* Crown Heights, New York, a hamlet on the west side of the Poughkeepsie , New York...
 and the Bostoner Bais Medrash of Borough Park. In 1985, upon the passing of Reb Moshe, his sons Reb Avrohom Horowitz and Reb Pinchas Dovid succeeded their father. In 2006 the Bostoner Rebbe of Borough Park moved to Beit Shemesh in Israel to lead his sizeable community in that growing city. Reb Avrohom's younger brother Reb Pinchas Dovid, moved to Flatbush In 1989 and founded Yeshiva Darchei Noam and brought Bostoner Chassidus to his new Bais Medrash in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.

The Bostoner Rebbe of Brookline MA, Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz, became very popular and because of his seniority is commonly considered "The Bostoner Rebbe"

There are also Bostoner communities in the Borough Park and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn, Lawrence
Lawrence, Nassau County, New York

Lawrence is a Administrative divisions of New York#Village in Nassau County, New York, New York in the United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 6,522....
, Monsey
Monsey, New York

Monsey is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Hamlet , in the Ramapo, New York, Rockland County, New York, New York, United States located north of the state of New Jersey; east of Suffern, New York; south of Airmont, New York and west of Nanuet, New York....
, Highland Park/Edison, New Jersey and Beitar Illit in Israel.

Lineage of the Boston dynasty

  • Grand Rabbi Pinchos Duvid Horowitz (1876-1941) first Bostoner Rebbe
    • Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchok Horowitz
      Levi Yitzchak Horowitz

      Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz is a Hasidic Judaism Rebbe#Hasidic_rebbes....
      , the Bostoner Rebbe in Brookline and Har Nof – son of Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz
      • Rabbi Pinchas Duvid Horowitz, Chuster Ruv – son of Grand Rabbi Leivi Yitzchok
        • Rabbi Moshe Shimon Horowitz, Bostoner Ruv of Betar Illit
          Betar Illit

          Beitar Illit is an Israeli settlement and List of cities in Israel west of Gush Etzion in northern Judea region of the West Bank.Located south of Jerusalem, Beitar Illit was established in 1985 and initially settled by a small group of young families from the Religious Zionism yeshiva of Machon Meir, including that of Rabbi Reuven Hass ....
           - eldest son of the Chuster Ruv
        • Rabbi Yisroel Aharon Horowitz - son of the Chuster Ruv and son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzchok Arie Weiss, Horodonka Rebbe of Manchester
          Manchester

          Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. Manchester was granted City status in the United Kingdom in 1853....
          , England
        • Reb Shia'le Horowitz, Bostoner Ruv of Monsey - son of the Chuster Ruv
        • Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Horowitz, Bostoner Ruv of Highland Park
          Highland Park

          Highland Park may refer to:...
           - son of the Chuster Ruv
      • Rabbi Naftuli Horowitz
        Naftali Yehuda Horowitz

        Rabbi Naftali Yehuda Horowitz is an United States chassidic Rabbi, son of Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, the Bostoner Rebbe, a scion of the Boston ....
        , Bostoner Ruv – son of Grand Rabbi Leivi Yitzchok
      • Rabbi Moshe Chaim Geldzahler of Har Nof, Bostoner Dayan – son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Leivi Yitzchok
      • Rabbi Yosef Frankel Vyelipoler Rov of Flatbush, New York – son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Leivi Yitzchok
      • Mayer Alter Horowitz, of Har Nof
        Har Nof

        Har Nof is a neighborhood on a hillside on the western boundary of Jerusalem, Israel, with a population of 20,000 residents, primarily Orthodox Jews....
         – son of Grand Rabbi Leivi Yitzchok


    • Grand Rabbi Moshe Horowitz (d. 1985) Bostoner Rebbe of New York
      New York City

      The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
       – son of Rabbi Pinchas Duvid Horowitz.
      • Grand Rabbi Chaim Avrohom Horowitz, present Bostoner Rebbe of Borough Park and Ramat Beit Shemesh – son of Grand Rabbi Moshe
        • Rabbi Yankel Horowitz of Lawrence, NY – son of Grand Rabbi Chaim Avrohom
        • Rabbi Yisroel Yona Horowitz of Boro Park – son of Grand Rabbi Chaim Avrohom
      • Grand Rabbi Pinchas Duvid Horowitz, present Bostoner Rebbe of Flatbush – son of Grand Rabbi Moshe Horowitz
        • Rabbi Mordechai Horowitz R"M of Darchei Noam - son of Grand Rabbi Pinchos Dovid of Flatbush
        • Rabbi Chaim Avrohom Horowitz of Monsey – son of Grand Rabbi Pinchos Duvid of Flatbush