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Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)

Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)

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Dombrov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger (c. 1770-1846). Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska
Dabrowa Tarnowska
Dąbrowa Tarnowska is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about 20 kilometers north of Tarnów. It is the capital of Dąbrowa County. Population is 11,280 . Dąbrowa Tarnowska has a rail station on the minor line which joins Tarnow and Szczucin. It is home to a sports club Dabrovia...

, a town in present-day Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger was the son of Tsvi Hersh, a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk was an Orthodox rabbi and one of the great Hassidic rebbes of the past. He was also known as a tzaddik who devoted his life to studying and teaching the Torah, as well as encouraging people to repent and return to God. He was an ascetic, who believed in staying away...

 and Rabbi Avrohom Yehosua Heshil of Apt. He studied under the Kozhnitzer Magid.
  • Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger of Dombrov
    • Grand Rabbi Yosef of Dombrov—son of R' Morechai Dovid
      • Grand Rabbi Yisroel Elimelech Unger of Zhabno
        Zabno
        Żabno is a town and municipality on the river Dunajec in southern Poland, 15 km north of Tarnów. Since Poland's administrative reorganization in 1999, Żabno has been a part of Tarnów powiat which belongs to Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Before administrative reorganization in 1999 it belonged...

        —son of R' Yosef
        • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger of Tsanz
          Nowy Sacz
          Nowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...

          —son of R' Yisroel Elimelech, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Reinman of Narol
          Narol (Hasidic dynasty)
          Narol is a dynasty of Hasidic rebbes originally based in the village of Narol, W. Galicia .The Naroler dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yaakov Reinman Narol is a dynasty of Hasidic rebbes originally based in the village of Narol, W. Galicia (now Poland).The Naroler dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yaakov...

          • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Unger, Dombrover Rebbe in America—son of R' Ben Zion
            • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger, present Dombrover Rebbe of Boro Park
            • Grand Rabbi Mordechai David Unger
              Mordechai David Unger
              Mordechai Dovid Unger , disputed Grand Rabbi of the Bobov Hasidic movement, was born in 1954 to Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Unger of Dombrov. He is a son-in-law of the late Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam of Bobov, the fourth Bobover Rebbe...

               of Bobov 45th Street

      • Grand Rebbe Myer Rubin of Glogov-Dombrova, son in law of Grand Rebbe Yosef of Dombrova
        • Grand Rabbi Chaim Yechiel Rubin of Dombrova, son of Rebbe Myer of Glogov-Dombrova
          • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Berish Rubin of Dombrova.
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Dombrov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger (c. 1770-1846). Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska
Dabrowa Tarnowska
Dąbrowa Tarnowska is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about 20 kilometers north of Tarnów. It is the capital of Dąbrowa County. Population is 11,280 . Dąbrowa Tarnowska has a rail station on the minor line which joins Tarnow and Szczucin. It is home to a sports club Dabrovia...

, a town in present-day Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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Lineage


Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger was the son of Tsvi Hersh, a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk was an Orthodox rabbi and one of the great Hassidic rebbes of the past. He was also known as a tzaddik who devoted his life to studying and teaching the Torah, as well as encouraging people to repent and return to God. He was an ascetic, who believed in staying away...

 and Rabbi Avrohom Yehosua Heshil of Apt. He studied under the Kozhnitzer Magid.

Lineage of the Unger Family

  • Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger of Dombrov
    • Grand Rabbi Yosef of Dombrov—son of R' Morechai Dovid
      • Grand Rabbi Yisroel Elimelech Unger of Zhabno
        Zabno
        Żabno is a town and municipality on the river Dunajec in southern Poland, 15 km north of Tarnów. Since Poland's administrative reorganization in 1999, Żabno has been a part of Tarnów powiat which belongs to Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Before administrative reorganization in 1999 it belonged...

        —son of R' Yosef
        • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger of Tsanz
          Nowy Sacz
          Nowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...

          —son of R' Yisroel Elimelech, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Reinman of Narol
          Narol (Hasidic dynasty)
          Narol is a dynasty of Hasidic rebbes originally based in the village of Narol, W. Galicia .The Naroler dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yaakov Reinman Narol is a dynasty of Hasidic rebbes originally based in the village of Narol, W. Galicia (now Poland).The Naroler dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yaakov...

          • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Unger, Dombrover Rebbe in America—son of R' Ben Zion
            • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger, present Dombrover Rebbe of Boro Park
            • Grand Rabbi Mordechai David Unger
              Mordechai David Unger
              Mordechai Dovid Unger , disputed Grand Rabbi of the Bobov Hasidic movement, was born in 1954 to Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Unger of Dombrov. He is a son-in-law of the late Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam of Bobov, the fourth Bobover Rebbe...

               of Bobov 45th Street

Lineage of the Rubin Family

      • Grand Rebbe Myer Rubin of Glogov-Dombrova, son in law of Grand Rebbe Yosef of Dombrova
        • Grand Rabbi Chaim Yechiel Rubin of Dombrova, son of Rebbe Myer of Glogov-Dombrova
          • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Berish Rubin of Dombrova. Rebbe in Berlin, and later in Washington Heights, New York.
            • Grand Rabbi Esriel Rubin of Dombrova, son in law of Rebbe Yisachar Ber Shapiro of Kechneye, Nadvorna
              Nadvorna
              Nadvorna may refer to:*Nadvirna is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in southwestern Ukraine.*Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism....

               Dynasty
              • Grand Rabbi Naftoli Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey, son of Rabbi Esriel of Dombrova


The Grand Rabbi of Satmar is a descendant of the Dombrov dynasty.

Synagogues

  • Washington Heights
    Washington Heights, Manhattan
    Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

     section of Manhattan
    Manhattan
    Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located primarily on Manhattan Island at the mouth of the Hudson River.New York County, which has the same boundaries as the Borough of Manhattan , is the most densely populated county in the United States, with a 2008 population of 1,634,795...

     - Grand Rabbi Yissachar Berish Rubin the Dombrover Rebbe of Berlin
    Berlin
    Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. With a population of 3.4 million within its city limits, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city and the eighth most populous urban area in the European Union...

    .

  • Monsey, New York
    Monsey, New York
    Monsey is a hamlet , in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the state of New Jersey; east of Suffern; south of Airmont and west of Nanuet...

     - Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Rubin of Dombrov-Monsey of Beis Hamedrash Beis Yisochor Dov Berish Dombrov

  • Borough Park, Brooklyn
    Borough Park, Brooklyn
    Borough Park , is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City in the United States....

    - Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Ungar of Dombrova - Brooklyn