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Rebbe (pronounced ['r?b?] in English) which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
 word 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?....
. It mostly refers to the leader of 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....
 Jewish movement. In accordance with Yiddish pronunciation norms, the stress is on the first syllable and the final vowel is sometimes reduced to a schwa
Schwa

In linguistics, specifically phonetics and phonology, schwa can mean the following:*An stress and tone neutral vowel sound in any language, often but not necessarily a mid-central vowel....
.

y rebbe has three meanings:
  1. The leader of a chasidus
    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....
     (hasidic movement) is called a rebbe.






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    Rebbe (pronounced ['r?b?] in English) which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew
    Hebrew language

    Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
     word 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?....
    . It mostly refers to the leader of 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....
     Jewish movement. In accordance with Yiddish pronunciation norms, the stress is on the first syllable and the final vowel is sometimes reduced to a schwa
    Schwa

    In linguistics, specifically phonetics and phonology, schwa can mean the following:*An stress and tone neutral vowel sound in any language, often but not necessarily a mid-central vowel....
    .

    Usage

    Today rebbe has three meanings:
    1. The leader of a chasidus
      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....
       (hasidic movement) is called a rebbe. His followers would address him as "the Rebbe" or refer to him when speaking to others as "the rebbe" or "my rebbe". He would be referred to by others as the rebbe of a particular chasidus. It is this definition that is the focus of this article. In Hebrew, a chasidic rebbe is often referred to as an admor, which is an abbreviation for Adoneinu, Moreinu, veRabbenu ("Our master, our teacher, and our rabbi"). In writing, this title is placed before the name of the chasidus, as in "Admor of Belz"; while the title rebbe comes after the name of the chasidus when used as an adjective, as in "Amshinever Rebbe".
    2. A person's main rosh yeshiva
      Rosh yeshiva

      Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the Dean of a Yeshiva . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh ? meaning head, and yeshiva ? a school of religious Jewish education....
       or mentor, who teaches (or taught) him/her Torah or gives guidance, would be referred to as "my       rebbe".
    3. Yeshiva
      Yeshiva

      Yeshiva or yeshivah , or metivta or mesivta ) also frequently referred to as a Beth midrash, Talmudical Academy, Rabbinical Academy or Rabbinical School is an institution unique to classical Judaism for Torah study, the study of Talmud, Rabbinic literature and History of responsa....
       students or       cheider (elementary school) students, when talking to their teacher, would address him with the honorific
      Honorifics in Judaism

      There are a number of honorifics in Judaism that vary depending on the status of and the relationship to the person to whom one is referring....
             rebbe. They would also refer to him when speaking to their classmates as "the rebbe" or when speaking to others as "my rebbe".


    In the     yeshivish
    Yeshivish

    Yeshivish refers to dialects spoken by those who are have attended a Yeshiva. Yeshivish is the primary vehicle of spoken communication in many Yeshivas...
     world, when not referring to a hasidic rebbe, the word may be pronounced "rebbee".

    Terminology and origin


    The Hebrew letters for     rebbe, resh-bet-yud, according to some interpretations, form an acronym for "    rosh bnei yisroel", meaning "the spiritual head of the Children of Israel". More than just a 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?....
    , a     rebbe by definition needs to be a Tzaddik; and if his influence is felt even outside of his own circles then he would also be considered a manhig Yisroel, (one of the spiritual leaders of his generation).

    The Sages of the Mishnah
    Mishnah

    The Mishnah or Mishna is a major work of Rabbinic literature, and the first major redaction into written form of Jewish oral traditions, called the Oral Torah....
     known as the     tannaim
    Tannaim

    The Tannaim were the Rabbinic sages whose views are recorded in the Mishnah, from approximately 70-200 CE. The period of the Tannaim, also referred to as the Mishnaic period, lasted about 130 years....
    , from the 1st and 2nd centuries of the common era, were known by the title Rabbi, for example Rabbi Akiva and Rabbi Shimon bar Yochoy
    Simeon bar Yohai

    Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai, Shimon son of Yohai, Simon son of Yohai or Rashbi , was a famous rabbi who lived in the era of the Tannaim in the area of what is today Israel during the Roman Empire period, after the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE....
    . Rabbi Yehudah haNasi
    Judah haNasi

    Rabbi Judah haNasi, , also known as "Rabbi" and "Rabeinu HaKadosh" , was a key leader of the Jewish community of Judea toward the end of the 2nd century CE, during the occupation by the Roman Empire....
    , the leader of Jewry, was simply called     Rabbi, meaning "the Rebbe".

    The Sages of the Talmud
    Talmud

    The Talmud is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Halakha, Jewish ethics, customs, and history. It is a central text of mainstream Judaism....
     known as the     Amoraim from the 3rd, 4th and early 5th centuries, those born in 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....
    , were called     Rabbi; but those born in the diaspora
    Diaspora

    The term diaspora refers to the movement of any population sharing common ethnicity identity who were either forced to leave or voluntarily left their Settler territory, and became residents in areas often far removed from the former....
     were known by the title     Rav
    Rav

    Rav is the Hebrew word for rabbi. For a more nuanced discussion see semicha. The term is also frequently used by Orthodox Jews to refer to one's own rabbi....
    .

    Rabbiofzidichov

    Distinctions between rebbe and rav

    A rebbe is distinct from a 'rav
    Rav

    Rav is the Hebrew word for rabbi. For a more nuanced discussion see semicha. The term is also frequently used by Orthodox Jews to refer to one's own rabbi....
    ' or 'rov' (a word usually translated as rabbi, who is a leader of an Orthodox Jewish community, either hasidic or non-hasidic) in that a significant function of a rav is to answer questions of     halacha (Jewish law). It is not uncommon for a hasidic Jew
    Jew

    A Jew is a member of the Jewish people, an ethnoreligious group that traces its ancestry to the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East....
     to have a rebbe as a spiritual guide and to go to a (another) rav for a ruling on an issue of religious law.

    Chasidim use the term to denote someone that they perceive not only as the religious leader of their congregation, but as their spiritual adviser and mentor. A rebbe is someone whose views and advice are accepted not only on issues of religious dogma and practice, but in all arenas of life, including political and social issues.

    There may be non-    chasidim who use the concept of a (non-hasidic) rebbe in this context and would also use this term. Example: "I will ask my rebbe, Rabbi so-and-so, for advice about this personal matter."

    Among chasidim, a rebbe is referred to in Hebrew as "    Admor", and a rav is often referred to as "Av Beis Din", the leader of a beth din
    Beth din

    A beth din, beit din or beis din is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Land of Israel....
    , even if he does not lead any beth din. In some instances, such as Munkacs and Sanz, the two terms are sometimes interchangeable.

    Hasidic rebbes


    A     Rebbe is generally taken to mean a great leader of 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....
     dynasties
    List of Hasidic dynasties

    A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:#Each member of the dynasty is a spiritual leader, often known as an ADMOR #It continues beyond the initial leader's lifetime by succession ;...
    , also referred to as     Grand Rabbi in English or an ADMOR, a Hebrew
    Hebrew language

    Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
     abbreviation for     Adoneinu-Moreinu-veRabbeinu     ("our lord/master, teacher/guide and rabbi/teacher").

    Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov the founder of Hasidism is regarded by Hasidim as the first Hasidic rebbe.

    During his lifetime he was referred to mainly as "The Holy One" rather than as "Rebbe," and his disciples were "magidim" or "preachers", such as the Magid of Chernobyl or the Magid of Mezritsh.

    The first "rebbe" to be known as such was the Baal Shem Tov's grandson, Rabbi Boruch of Mezhbizh who was referred to as "The Rebbe" during his lifetime. After him, those who rose to positions of leadership and their successors began to be called rebbe. The title gradually came to suggest a higher spiritual status.

    Each Hasidic group refers to its leader as "The Rebbe."

    Outside of Hasidic circles the term "Grand Rabbi" has been used to refer to a rebbe. The practice became widespread in America in the early 1900s when Hasidic rebbes began to emigrate to the United States and a title in English was needed to distinguish them from other "rabbis".

    As an example, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
    Menachem Mendel Schneerson

    Menachem Mendel Schneerson In 1950, upon the death of his father-in-law, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, he assumed the leadership of Chabad Lubavitch....
    , the leader of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidim, was and even after his passing is still referred to as "The Rebbe" by Lubavitcher Hasidim and even by many non-Lubavitchers.

    Relationship of chasidim to their rebbe

    A chasidic rebbe is generally understood to be an exceptionally righteous person (called a "tzaddik"). According to Kabbalah
    Kabbalah

    Kabbalah is a discipline and school of thought discussing the mysticism aspect of Judaism. It is a set of esoteric teachings that are meant to explain the relationship between an infinite, eternal and essentially unknowable Creator deity with the finite and mortal universe of His creation....
     (and particularly the chasidic understanding of Kabbalah), the world is sustained on the "shoulders" of several exceptionally righteous people in a generation (tzaddikim). These people are understood to have perfected their personal service of God to such an extent that they become literally and physically aware of God. These righteous people's perception (of both spiritual and physical, not to mention temporal matters) transcends the apparent boundaries of existence, such that a Rebbe will appear to be able to "see the future," or at least have strong insight into the life and trials of another. Furthermore, a rebbe is said to be able to affect divine providence.

    As a result, chasidim in some chasidic circles seek their rebbe's advice for a variety of concerns: spiritual, physical, and even business concerns. Furthermore, many people seek the blessing (brocho) of a rebbe (and a chosid will specifically seek the blessing of his own rebbe) for anything from minor (and all the more so major) physical troubles, to grand spiritual concerns. Many famous and common stories of a rebbe's intervention involve women who successfully seek a rebbe's blessing for fertility so that they can conceive after having been barren for many years.

    Given a rebbe's physical awareness of God, and the Rebbe's transcendent perception of Godliness, many chasidim take special care to observe the specific and sometimes minute practices of their Rebbe. Even things that seem mundane may nonetheless be seen by chasidim as incredibly significant. For example, Lubavitcher chasidim frequently shape their fedoras to match the way that the Lubavitcher Rebbe shaped his hat-which was more flat than many others. Many Skverer chasidim (of the Skverer Rebbe in New Square) wear their peyos identical to those of the Skverer Rebbe. While chasidim do not always follow the specific practices of their rebbe, the rebbe is able to create practices that may be specific and unique to his chasidim. For example, Rabbi Aaron Roth (Reb Areleh, as he was called) the first rebbe of Shomer Emunim, told his chasidim to pause frequently while eating their meals in order to keep them from overindulging.

    A chosid will usually love his rebbe like a close family member, if not more so. But the degree and nature of this belief varies depending on the movement. In some movements the chasidim believe that their rebbe is the "tzadik hador" (greatest and holiest saint of the generation) and would regard any thought that detracts from his perfection and holiness as heresy. Other sects lessen this idealization to some degree or another. Since many rebbes are sons-in-law or students of other rebbes, it makes sense that they would view themselves as subordinate to those other rebbes. Nonetheless, their chasidim remain loyal to them because of their special loyalty, a family connection, or a belief that a specific tzaddik (though there may be others of greater spiritual stature) connects best with one's soul. For example, the Kosov
    Kosov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Kosov is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties founded by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosiv, a town in Galicia , presently in Ukraine....
    er Rebbe makes yearly pilgrimages to the Tosher
    Tosh (Hasidic dynasty)

    Tosh is a Hasidic dynasty originating in Nyirtass, Hungary. Today it is based in Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada, outside of Boisbriand, a suburb of Montreal....
     Rebbe. Nonetheless, his chasidim remain very loyal to him. The most well-known "rebbe of rebbes" was the Satmarer Rebbe, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum
    Joel Teitelbaum

    Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, , known as Reb Yoelish or the Satmar Rav , was a prominent Hungary Hasidic Judaism rebbe and Talmudic scholar....
    .

    Functions carried out by Rebbes

    There are some functions which are exclusively the domain of hasidic rebbes:
    • Reading kvitlekh
    • Leading a tish


    Others are not exclusive to hasidic rebbes, but are often an important part of their role:
    • Participating in family celebrations of the chasidim, such as weddings and brisn (circumcision ceremony)
    • Performing mitzvos etc. in the presence of their chasidim, such as kindling the Chanuka lights and drawing water to bake matzo
      Matzo

      Matza , in Ashkenazi Hebrew matzo or matzoh, and, in Yiddish language, matze) is a cracker-like flatbread made of white plain flour and water....
      s with
    • Leading the prayers on Shabbos, Holy Days and other special occasions
    • Delivering learned or inspirational discourses (in Chabad
      Chabad

      *Chabad is an acronym for Chochmah, Binah, and Da'at, the three levels of Sefirot related to cognition according to the Kabbalah.*Chabad-Strashelye, Strashelye is a branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism....
       Chassidus, this is one of the main roles of a Rebbe)


    Kvitlekh

    A rebbe has times when chasidim (and other petitioners) may come for a private audience. A kvitl (Yiddish for note, plural kvitlekh) is a note with the name of the petitioner and a short request for which the rebbe is asked to pray. The formula in which a person's name is written is one's own Hebrew name, the son/daughter of one's mother's Hebrew name, such as Shimon ben Rivkah (Simeon the son of Rebecca). Hasidim believe that rebbes read supernaturally "between the lines" of a kvitl, and in every hasidic movement there are numerous anecdotes relating how the rebbe saw things that were not written in the kvitl. In most hasidic groups, the kvitl is written by the rebbe's gabbe
    Gabbai

    A Gabbai In many synagogues the gabbai is not a permanent job like the one described above but rather a role in the Torah service. The gabbai stands next to the Torah reader, holding a version of the text with vowels and Cantillation markings , and follows along in order to correct the reader if he makes an error ....
     (secretary), however sometimes the petitioner writes it him or her self. Usually, but with some exceptions, a pidyon (redemption) of cash is customarily handed to the rebbe under the kvitl, however this is not obligatory. This is considered to be the conduit through which the blessing is given, and a redemption for the soul of the petitioner. ("A gift makes its receiver glad" is given as an explanation: a blessing only comes from a joyous heart.) It is also customary to tip the gabbe, although this too is not obligatory.

    Tish

    A rebbe conducts a tish
    Tish (Hasidic celebration)

    A tish is a Hasidic Judaism gathering of Hassidim around their Rebbe. It may consist of speeches on Torah subjects, singing Hassidic melodies known as niggunim and zemiroth , with refreshments being served....
     (: feert tish) - a (communal festive) meal with highly mystical overtones - on Shabbos
    Shabbat

    Shabbat or Shabbos , is the weekly day of rest in Judaism, symbolizing the seventh day in Genesis, after the six days of creation. Though it is commonly said to be the Saturday of each week, it is observed from sundown on Friday until the appearance of three stars in the sky on Saturday night....
     and other occasions. At a tish the rebbe distributes shirayim (lit. remainders) to the chasidim seated at or gathered round the table (Yiddish: ??? table). When a gathering similar to a Tish is lead by a Rabbi who is not a Rebbe, it is often referred to as a Botteh or Sheves Achim.

    Chasidic movements

    In 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....
    , some of the best known chasidic groups are those of Belz
    Belz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Belz is a Hasidic Judaism named for the town of Belz, a small town in Western Ukraine. The town has existed since at least the 10th century with the Jewish community being established during the 14th century....
    , Boston
    Boston (Hasidic dynasty)

    Boston is a Hasidic Judaism sect, named after Boston, Massachusetts. The senior of the Bostoner Rebbes is currently Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz....
    , Ger
    Ger (Hasidic dynasty)

    Ger, or Gur is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty originating from Ger, the Yiddish language name of G?ra Kalwaria, a small town in Poland.Prior to the Holocaust, Ger was the largest and most important Hasidic group in Poland....
    , Karlin
    Karlin (Hasidic Dynasty)

    Karlin-Stolin is the name of a hasidic dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Karlin was one of the first centres of chasidim to be set up in Lithuanian Jews ....
    , Kaliv, Nadvorna
    Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

    Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvirna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna....
    , Slonim
    Slonim (Hasidic dynasty)

    Slonim is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the town of Slonim, which is now in Belarus.Today, there are two Slonimer Rebbes, both in Israel. One in Jerusalem and the other in Bnei Brak....
    , Vizhnitz
    Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Vizhnitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Menachem Mendil Hager. Vizhnitz is the Yiddish name of Vyzhnytsia, a village in present-day Ukraine....
    , and Dushinsky
    Dushinsky (Hasidic dynasty)

    Dushinsky is one of the few List of Hasidic dynasties not named after the place where it originated; instead, it is named after the surname of the Rebbe....
    , each having their own Rebbe. Some of the larger or better known chasidic groups in the United States of America
    United States

    The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
     are Bobov
    Bobov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Bobov, is a Hasidic Judaism group within Haredi Judaism originating in Bobowa, Galicia in Southern Poland and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park in Brooklyn, New York....
    , Klausenburg
    Klausenburg (Hasidic dynasty)

    This article below discusses the Sanz-Klausenburger dynasty that began with Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam and presently the two movements in Israel and America....
    , Lubavitch, Munkatch, Puppa
    Puppa (Hasidic dynasty)

    Puppa is the name of a Hasidic dynasty within Judaism. The dynasty is named after the town of its origin , also known in Hungarian as P?pa. Before World War II, Puppa had an important yeshiva which produced many well-known Orthodox Judaism rabbis in Hungary....
    , Satmar
    Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)

    Satmar is a Hasidic movement of mostly Hungarian and Romanian Hasidic Jews who survived World War II. It was founded and led by the late Hungarian-born Grand Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum , who was the rabbi of the town of Szatm?rn?meti, Kingdom of Hungary up to World War II....
    , Skulen
    Skulen (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Skulen Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rav Eliezer Zusia Portugal. It is now headed by his son, R' Yisroel Avrohom Portugal. Name is originated from Sculeni , a town in Bessarabia where Rabbi Eliezer Zusye was born....
    , Skver
    Skver (Hasidic dynasty)

    Skver is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty founded by Rebbe Yitzchok Twerski in the city of Skver . Followers of the Rebbe#Chasidic rebbes of Skver are called Skverer hasidim....
    , Tshernobl
    Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)

    Chernobyl is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty that was founded by the "Meor Einayim," Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky. The dynasty is named after the Ukraine town of Chernobyl, where Rabbi Nachum served as the magid ....
    . A more complete list of chasidic groups can be found here.
    List of Hasidic dynasties

    A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:#Each member of the dynasty is a spiritual leader, often known as an ADMOR #It continues beyond the initial leader's lifetime by succession ;...


    Some chasidic rebbes have thousands of followers, or disciples, called chasidim, whilst others may number only a few hundred. Some only have a title, but do not have a following beyond their own family members and a few congregants in their 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....
    s.

    Rebbes are usually called by the Yiddish name of the geographic region in which they or their predecessors gained prominence: e.g., the first Bobover Rebbe lived in Bobowa (Poland), the first Skulener Rebbe lived in Skuleny (Transcarpathia), the first Munkatcher Rebbe in Munkacs, Ukraine
    Ukraine

    Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east; Belarus to the north; Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary to the west; Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and Sea of Azov to the south....
     and the first Bostoner Rebbe started to serve as a rebbe in Boston, MA, USA.

    Some chasidim, such as the Breslover
    Breslov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Breslov is a branch of Hasidic Judaism founded by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism. Its adherents strive to develop an intense, joyous relationship with Names of God in Judaism and receive guidance toward this goal from the teachings of Rebbe Nachman....
    , follow their deceased Rebbe, Rabbi Nachman of Breslav. Similarly, the Lubavitcher chasidim follow the last deceased Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
    Menachem Mendel Schneerson

    Menachem Mendel Schneerson In 1950, upon the death of his father-in-law, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, he assumed the leadership of Chabad Lubavitch....
    , who died childless, and his followers continue to follow and venerate him after his passing.

    Hundred of groups of chasidim and thousands of Rebbes, have been since the founding of Chasidus. Some have established dynasties, and some dynasties have come to an end, leaving their writings or legacy. Some have been renewed by their descendants or by a spiritual descendant. Some have no Chasidim only a Shul, and some don't have a Shul, but they do have chasidim. Some have neither chasidim nor a Shul, only a title.

    Links to rebbes of different dynasties


    Alexander
    Aleksander (Hasidic dynasty)

    Now nearly extinct, the Aleksander Hasidim were the second largest Hasidic Judaism group in pre-The Holocaust Poland.Between the world wars, Hasidic Jews from all over flocked to the small village of Alexander near L?dz, to spend the holiest days of the Jewish year in the presence of their spiritual leader, their Rebbe, Rabbi Yitzchak M...
     | Alesk
    Alesk (Hasidic dynasty)

    Alesk is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties founded by Rebbe#Hasidic rebbes Chanoch Henikh Dov Majer.Alesk is the Yiddish language name of Oles'ko, a town in present-day Ukraine....
     | Amshinov
    Amshinov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Amshinov is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty founded by Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Kalish. It is an offshoot of Vurka dynasty. It takes its name from the Yiddish language name of Mszczon?w, a town in Poland....
     | Anipoli
    Anipoli (Hasidic dynasty)

    Anipoli is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties founded by Rebbe#Hasidic rebbes Reb Zishe .Anipoli is the Yiddish language name of a town in Ukraine....
     | Apt | Avritch
    Ovruch

    Ovruch is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine. It is the Capital city of the Ovrutsky Raion . The current estimated population is around 17,000 ....
     | Ashlag
    Baruch Ashlag

    Rabbi Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag a Kabbalah, the firstborn and successor of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, author of "The Sulam" commentary on the Zohar....
     | Belz
    Belz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Belz is a Hasidic Judaism named for the town of Belz, a small town in Western Ukraine. The town has existed since at least the 10th century with the Jewish community being established during the 14th century....
     | Berditchev
    Berditchev (Hasidic dynasty)

    Berditchev Hasidic Judaism, also known in Yiddish language as Berditchiver Hasidim, originated in the town of Berdychiv, which over the years was under the control of Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine....
     | Beregsaz | Biala
    Biala (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Biala Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties originated from Poland. The Rebbe#Hasidic rebbe of Biala are descended from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowicz, known as the Yid Hakodosh ....
     | Bluzhov
    Blazowa

    Blazowa [] - town in Rzesz?w County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 2,121 inhabitants ....
     | Bobov | Bohush | Boston
    Boston (Hasidic dynasty)

    Boston is a Hasidic Judaism sect, named after Boston, Massachusetts. The senior of the Bostoner Rebbes is currently Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz....
     | Boyan
    Boyan (Hasidic dynasty)

    Boyan is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties, whose founder was a scion of the Ruzhin dynasty. The dynasty began with Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman of Boiany in the Ukraine known as the Pachad Yitzchok of Boyan....
     | Burshtin
    Burshtin (Hasidic dynasty)

    Burshtin is a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties presently headed by Grand Rabbi David Eichenstein, the Burshteiner Rebbe#Hasidic rebbes....
     | Chabad Lubavitch | Chentshin
    Osrov-Henzin (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Ozerov Hasidic dynasty is a Hasidic Judaism group that began in 1827 when Rabbi Yehudah Leib Epstein, Rabbi of Ozar?w in Poland since 1811, assumed leadership of his Hasidim ....
     | Chernobyl
    Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)

    Chernobyl is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty that was founded by the "Meor Einayim," Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky. The dynasty is named after the Ukraine town of Chernobyl, where Rabbi Nachum served as the magid ....
     | Chernovitz
    Chernivtsi

    Chernivtsi is the Capital of Chernivtsi Oblast in western Ukraine. The city lies in the historic Bukovina region of Ukraine and is situated on the Prut, a tributary of the Danube....
     | Cheshenov
    Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Sanz Hasidic Judaism dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sacz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipn?k nad Becvou , author of Boruch Taam....
     | Chortkov
    Chortkov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Chortkov is a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties that originated in Chortkiv, present-day Ukraine. It had a large following before the Second World War, but most of its adherents perished in the Holocaust....
     | Chust | Cleveland
    Cleveland (Hasidic dynasty)

    There are two Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties known as Cleveland and both are considered to be a part of the Nadvorna ....
     | Deyzh
    Dej

    Dej is a city in northwestern Romania, 60 km north of Cluj-Napoca, in Cluj County. It lies where the Somesul Mic River meets the river Somesul Mare River....
     | Dinov | Dombrov
    Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Dombrov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger . Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dabrowa Tarnowska, a town in present-day Poland....
     | Dorog | Drohobitch
    Drohobych

    Drohobych is a city located at the confluence of the Tysmenytsia River and Seret River, a tributary of the former, in the Lviv Oblast , in western Ukraine....
     | Dushinsky
    Dushinsky (Hasidic dynasty)

    Dushinsky is one of the few List of Hasidic dynasties not named after the place where it originated; instead, it is named after the surname of the Rebbe....
     | Dzikov
    Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Ropshitz is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty, or rabbinical family and group who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz . Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland known in Polish as Ropczyce....
     | Faltichan | Ger
    Ger (Hasidic dynasty)

    Ger, or Gur is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty originating from Ger, the Yiddish language name of G?ra Kalwaria, a small town in Poland.Prior to the Holocaust, Ger was the largest and most important Hasidic group in Poland....
     | Glogov
    Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Ropshitz is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty, or rabbinical family and group who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz . Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland known in Polish as Ropczyce....
     | Gorlitz
    Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Sanz Hasidic Judaism dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sacz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipn?k nad Becvou , author of Boruch Taam....
     | Grodzisk
    Grodzisk

    Grodzisk may refer to:* Grodzisk Mazowiecki, a town in eastern Poland* Grodzisk Wielkopolski, a town in western Poland*Grodzisk, Hajn?wka County in Podlaskie Voivodeship ...
     | Grybov
    Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Sanz Hasidic Judaism dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sacz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipn?k nad Becvou , author of Boruch Taam....
     | Hornsteipel
    Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)

    Chernobyl is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty that was founded by the "Meor Einayim," Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky. The dynasty is named after the Ukraine town of Chernobyl, where Rabbi Nachum served as the magid ....
     | Hornostaypil-Milwaukee
    Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)

    Chernobyl is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty that was founded by the "Meor Einayim," Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky. The dynasty is named after the Ukraine town of Chernobyl, where Rabbi Nachum served as the magid ....
     | Husiatyn | Izbitze
    Izbica

    Izbica is a village in Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Izbica. It lies approximately south of Krasnystaw and south-east of the regional capital Lublin....
     | Kalov | Kaminka | Kapust | Karlin-Stolin
    Karlin (Hasidic Dynasty)

    Karlin-Stolin is the name of a hasidic dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Karlin was one of the first centres of chasidim to be set up in Lithuanian Jews ....
     | Kashou
    Kashou (Hasidic dynasty)

    Kasho is a hasidic dynasty lead today by Grand Rabbi Eleizer Chaim Blum. Kasho institutions are presently located Williamsburg, Monsey, and Bedford Hills, New York....
     | Kerestir
    Kerestir (Hasidic dynasty)

    Kerestir is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yeshayah Steiner . Kerestir is the Yiddish name of Bodrogkeresztur, a town in Hungary....
     | Klausenberg | Kobrin
    Slonim (Hasidic dynasty)

    Slonim is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the town of Slonim, which is now in Belarus.Today, there are two Slonimer Rebbes, both in Israel. One in Jerusalem and the other in Bnei Brak....
     | Koidanov |Komarno | Kopyczynitz
    Kopychyntsi

    Kopychyntsi - Kopychentsi is a small town in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. It has a population of 7,036 ....
     | Korets | Koson | Kosov
    Kosov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Kosov is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties founded by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosiv, a town in Galicia , presently in Ukraine....
     | Kotsk
    Menachem Mendel of Kotzk

    Rabbi Menachem Mendel Morgensztern of Kock, better known as the Kotzker Rebbe was a Hasidic Judaism leader. Born to a non-Hasidic family in Goraj, Lublin Voivodeship near Lublin, Poland, he became attracted to Hasidim in his youth....
     | Kozhnitz
    Kozhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Kozhnitz is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties founded by Rebbe#Hasidic rebbes Yisroel Hopsztajn, known as the Kozhnitser Maggid....
     | Kozlov | Kretchenif | Krula
    Spinka (Hasidic dynasty)

    Spinka is the name of a Hasidic group within Orthodox Judaism. The group originated in a town called Sap?nta , Maramures, Romania, near the Hungary border....
     | Kshanov
    Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Sanz Hasidic Judaism dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sacz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipn?k nad Becvou , author of Boruch Taam....
     | Kutna | Kuzmir
    Kazimierz Dolny

    Kazimierz Dolny [] is a small town in eastern Poland, on the right bank of the Vistula river in Pulawy County, Lublin Voivodeship.It is a considerable tourist attraction as one of the most beautifully situated little towns in Poland....
     | Lantzhit
    Lancut

    Lancut [] is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 18,004 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship , it is the Capital of Lancut County....
     | Lechovitsh
    Slonim (Hasidic dynasty)

    Slonim is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the town of Slonim, which is now in Belarus.Today, there are two Slonimer Rebbes, both in Israel. One in Jerusalem and the other in Bnei Brak....
     | 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....
     | Liozna | Liske
    Liske (Hasidic dynasty)

    Liske is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Friedman. It takes its name from the Yiddish name for Olaszliszka, a village in Borsod-Aba?j-Zempl?n county, Hungary....
     | Lutsk
    Karlin (Hasidic Dynasty)

    Karlin-Stolin is the name of a hasidic dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Karlin was one of the first centres of chasidim to be set up in Lithuanian Jews ....
     | Machnovka | Makarov
    Makarov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Makarov is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty founded by the Rebbe Menachem Nochum Twerski of the Chernobyl . Makarov is the Yiddish language name of Makariv, a town in present-day Ukraine....
     | Makove | Manestrishtze | Mattersdorf
    Mattersdorf

    Mattersdorf may refer to:* Mattersburg, a town in Austria formerly known as Mattersdorf* Mattersdorf , a Jerusalem neighborhood* German name of Vratislavice, Czech Republic...
     | Melitz
    Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Ropshitz is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty, or rabbinical family and group who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz . Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland known in Polish as Ropczyce....
     | Mezhbizh | Milwaukee | Modzitz
    Modzitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Modzitz or Modzhitz is the name of a Hasidic Judaism group within Orthodox Judaism that derives its name from Modrzyce, one of the boroughs of the town of Deblin, Poland, located on the Vistula River....
     | Mogelnitz | Mosholu
    Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

    Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvirna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna....
     | Munkatch | Muzhay | Nadvorna
    Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

    Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvirna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna....
     | Narol
    Narol (Hasidic dynasty)

    Narol is a dynasty of Hasidic Judaism rebbes originally based in the village of Narol, W. Galicia .The Naroler dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yaakov Reinman , who served as rabbi of Radichow, Kozowa and Holishits before being appointed to the rabbinate of Narol....
     | Nassod | Nikolsburg
    Shmelke of Nikolsburg

    Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke ben Hirsh Halevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg was an Orthodox Judaism Rabbi and one of the great early Hasidic Judaism Rebbes. He was the oldest son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Chortkiv....
     | Nitra
    Nitra

    Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River valley. With a population of 85,000, it is the fourth largest city in Slovakia....
     | Novominsk
    Minsk Mazowiecki

    Minsk Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with 37 138 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Siedlce Voivodeship ....
     | Ostrof | Ozharov
    Osrov-Henzin (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Ozerov Hasidic dynasty is a Hasidic Judaism group that began in 1827 when Rabbi Yehudah Leib Epstein, Rabbi of Ozar?w in Poland since 1811, assumed leadership of his Hasidim ....
     | Pinsk-Karlin
    Karlin (Hasidic Dynasty)

    Karlin-Stolin is the name of a hasidic dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Karlin was one of the first centres of chasidim to be set up in Lithuanian Jews ....
     | Pittsburgh
    Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty)

    Pittsburgh, Israel is a Hasidic dynasty led by Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer of Pittsburgh and concentrated in Ashdod, a city on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Israel....
     | Porisov
    Porisov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Porisov is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties founded by Rebbe#Hasidic rebbes Yehoshua Osher Rabinowicz.Porisov is the Yiddish language name of Parys?w, a town in present-day Poland....
     | Premishlan | Pshemish
    Przemysl

    File:Przemysl - Panorama z Kopca Tatarskiego.jpgFile:Przemysl - Rynek.jpgPrzemysl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of 30.06.2008....
     | Pshevorsk
    Pshevorsk (Hasidic dynasty)

    Pshevorsk is a small Hasidic Judaism movement based in Antwerp, Belgium, led by the Leiser rabbinical dynasty, originating in the Polish town of Przeworsk....
     | Pshischa
    Przysucha

    Przysucha [] is a town in Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodeship, about 100 km southwest of Warsaw, it is the capital of Przysucha County....
     | Pupa
    Puppa (Hasidic dynasty)

    Puppa is the name of a Hasidic dynasty within Judaism. The dynasty is named after the town of its origin , also known in Hungarian as P?pa. Before World War II, Puppa had an important yeshiva which produced many well-known Orthodox Judaism rabbis in Hungary....
     | Rachev | Rachmastrivka
    Rachmastrivka (Hasidic dynasty)

    Rachmastrivka is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty named after a town in Ukraine. It is an offshoot of the Chernobyl dating back to the 19th century....
     | Radomsk
    Radomsko

    Radomsko [] is a town in central Poland with 50,618 inhabitants . It is situated in the L?dz Voivodeship , having previously been in Piotrk?w Voivodeship ....
     | Radoshitz
    Radoshitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Radoshitz is the name of a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties founded by Rebbe#Hasidic rebbes Yisochor Ber Baron .Radoshitz is the Yiddish language name of Radoszyce, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship, a town in present-day Poland....
     | Radzin
    Radzyn

    There are two cities in Poland known as Radzyn:* Radzyn Chelminski, in the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodship* Radzyn Podlaski, in the Lublin Voivodship...
     | Ratzfert | Rimanov
    Menachem Mendel of Rimanov

    Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Rimanov was a Hasidic Judaism Rebbe and author. Born in Neustadt, he was introduced to Hasidut at the age of 11 when he met Dovber of Mezeritch....
     | Rimnitz
    Rimnitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Grand Rabbi Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz , known as the Ribnitzer Rebbe, was considered a great Hasidic Judaism tzadik and miracle worker from Rybnitsa, in Transnistria, Moldova....
     | Rizhin | Ropshitz
    Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Ropshitz is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty, or rabbinical family and group who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz . Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland known in Polish as Ropczyce....
     | Sadigura
    Sadigura (Hasidic dynasty)

    Sadigura is a Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties, one of the branches of the Ruzhin dynasty.The dynasty began with Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman of Sadhora now located in Ukraine, who was a son of the Holy Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin , the founder of the Ruzhiner dynasty....
     | Sanz
    Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Sanz Hasidic Judaism dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sacz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipn?k nad Becvou , author of Boruch Taam....
     | Sasregen
    Sasregen (Hasidic dynasty)

    Sasregen is a Hasidic dynasty from Reghin , Transylvania, Romania. Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Rubin is the present Sasregener Rebbe in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, NY....
     | Sassov
    Sassov (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Sassov Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties began with Rabbi Moshe Leib Erblich of Sassov , a disciple of Rabbi Dovber of Mezeritch, the disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism....
     | Satmar | Savran
    Moshe Zvi of Savran

    Moshe Zvi Giterman of Savran , the Savraner Rebbe, was an influential Hasidic Rebbe in Ukraine whose following numbered in the thousands....
     | Seret
    Seret (Hasidic dynasty)

    Seret or Sereter Hasidim were a group of Hasidic Judaism Jew that existed in the town of Siret and the surrounding area in Bukovina during the late nineteenth century until World War II....
     | Shedlitz | Shenitza | Shepetivka
    Shepetivka

    Shepetivka is a city located on the Huska River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of Western Ukraine. The city's population is 48,212 . Shepetivka is a city of oblast subordinance, and the Capital of Shepetivskyi Raion ....
     | Shidlovtza | Shinova
    Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Sanz Hasidic Judaism dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sacz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipn?k nad Becvou , author of Boruch Taam....
     | Shomer Emunim
    Shomer Emunim (Hasidic dynasty)

    Shomer Emunim is a devout, insular Hasidic Judaism sect. It was founded in the 20th century by Rabbi Arele Roth. Based in Meah Shearim, Jerusalem, its dress code includes the traditional Jerusalemite white yarmulke and gold-coloured bekishe and requires married women to cover their hair without wearing wigs....
     | Shotz
    Shotz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Shotz is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the city of Suceava, Romania ....
     | Shpikov |Shtefanesht
    Shtefanesht (Hasidic dynasty)

    After the passing of Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhin in 1851, his fourth son, Menachem Nuchem Friedman, born in 1823, settled in the town of Stefanesti, Botosani, Romania, and subsequently founded the Shtefanesht Hasidic dynasty....
     | Skolye
    Skole

    Skole is a city in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. As of 2001, the population is 6,742....
     | Skula | Skulen
    Skulen (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Skulen Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rav Eliezer Zusia Portugal. It is now headed by his son, R' Yisroel Avrohom Portugal. Name is originated from Sculeni , a town in Bessarabia where Rabbi Eliezer Zusye was born....
     | Skver
    Skver (Hasidic dynasty)

    Skver is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty founded by Rebbe Yitzchok Twerski in the city of Skver . Followers of the Rebbe#Chasidic rebbes of Skver are called Skverer hasidim....
     | Slonim
    Slonim (Hasidic dynasty)

    Slonim is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the town of Slonim, which is now in Belarus.Today, there are two Slonimer Rebbes, both in Israel. One in Jerusalem and the other in Bnei Brak....
     | Sochatshov | Spinka
    Spinka (Hasidic dynasty)

    Spinka is the name of a Hasidic group within Orthodox Judaism. The group originated in a town called Sap?nta , Maramures, Romania, near the Hungary border....
     | Stanislav | Stitshin
    Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Ropshitz is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty, or rabbinical family and group who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz . Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland known in Polish as Ropczyce....
     | Strashelye
    Strashelye (Hasidic dynasty)

    Strashelye, is a branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism, named after the town Strashelye in the Mahilyow Voblast of present-day Belarus, where its leader lived....
     | Stretin | Strikov | Strizov
    Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Ropshitz is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty, or rabbinical family and group who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz . Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland known in Polish as Ropczyce....
     | Stropkov
    Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Sanz Hasidic Judaism dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sacz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipn?k nad Becvou , author of Boruch Taam....
     | Strozhnitz
    Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

    Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvirna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna....
     | Sudylkov | Sulitz
    Sulitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Sulitz is a Hasidic dynasty originating in Hungary. The present Rebbe of Sulitz is Rabbi Shmuel Shmelka Rubin. His synagogue is in Far Rockaway, Queens, NY....
     | Tshenstechov | Tshenstkovitz | Temishvar | Toldos Aharon | Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok | Tolno
    Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)

    Chernobyl is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty that was founded by the "Meor Einayim," Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky. The dynasty is named after the Ukraine town of Chernobyl, where Rabbi Nachum served as the magid ....
     | Toltchav | Tosh
    Tosh (Hasidic dynasty)

    Tosh is a Hasidic dynasty originating in Nyirtass, Hungary. Today it is based in Boisbriand, Quebec, Canada, outside of Boisbriand, a suburb of Montreal....
     | Trisk
    Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)

    Chernobyl is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty that was founded by the "Meor Einayim," Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky. The dynasty is named after the Ukraine town of Chernobyl, where Rabbi Nachum served as the magid ....
     | Tshokava
    Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Sanz Hasidic Judaism dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sacz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipn?k nad Becvou , author of Boruch Taam....
     | Vien
    Vienna

    Vienna is the Capital of Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million...
     | Vizhnits
    Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)

    Vizhnitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Menachem Mendil Hager. Vizhnitz is the Yiddish name of Vyzhnytsia, a village in present-day Ukraine....
     | Vurka
    Warka

    Warka [] is a town in central Poland, located on the left bank of Pilica river , with 11,035 inhabitants . It has been situated in Gr?jec County, in Masovian Voivodeship, since 1999; previously it was in Radom Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998....
     | Yeruslav | Zhvill
    Zhvill (Hasidic dynasty)

    Zvhil is the name of a Hasidic Judaism dynasty which originated with Rabbi Moshe of Zvhil, the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michl, the Magid of Zlotshev....
     | Zhvil-Mezhbuz | Zidichov
    Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Ziditshov is a Hasidic Judaism dynasty originating in town Ziditshov , in Galicia . It was founded by Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov. Today, the few who remain of the Ziditshov dynasty live in Brooklyn, New York, Monticello, NY, Chicago, Illinois, London UK, and in Israel....
     | Zidichov-Beregsaz
    Naftali Tzvi Labin of Zidichov

    Naftali Tzvi Labin of Zidichov is the current Zidichov rebbe. He was born in Zhydachiv, Galicia , which was then a province of the former Austria-Hungary, where this hasidic group was first founded by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov....
     | Zinkov | Zhmigrod
    Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

    The Sanz Hasidic Judaism dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sacz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipn?k nad Becvou , author of Boruch Taam....
     | Zlotchiv
    Zolochiv

    Zolochiv is a Urban-type settlement located in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the Capital city of the Zolochivsky Raion .Zolochiv was incorporated as a town on 15 September 1523 by the Poland king Sigismund I the Old....
     | Zychlin
    Zychlin (Hasidic dynasty)

    Zychlin originated in the town of Zychlin in Poland. The founder of the Zychlin Hasidic Judaism List of Hasidic dynasties Rabbi Shmuel Abba was born to Reb Zelig on the 19th of Kislev in the city of Luvitch....


    Rebbes with non-eponymous dynasties


    Bikovsk
    Bobov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Bobov, is a Hasidic Judaism group within Haredi Judaism originating in Bobowa, Galicia in Southern Poland and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park in Brooklyn, New York....
     • Bitshkev • Brizdovitz • Braud
    Brody

    Brody is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the Capital city of the Brodivskyi Raion , and is located in the valley of the upper Styr, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv....
     • Bucharest
    Bucharest

    Bucharest is the capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the D?mbovita River....
     • Dzirka
    Baruch Ashlag

    Rabbi Baruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag a Kabbalah, the firstborn and successor of Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag, author of "The Sulam" commentary on the Zohar....
     • Horodenka • Kolomea
    Kolomyia

    Kolomyia is a city located on the Prut River in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , in western Ukraine. Serving as the Capital city of the Kolomyisky Raion , the city is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast....
     • Lizhensk
    Elimelech of Lizhensk

    Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi and one of the great Hasidic Judaism 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....
     • Lublin
    Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin

    Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin, also Jacob Isaac of Lublin, or Y. Y. Horowitz , known as "The Chozeh of Lublin" , or simply as the "Chozeh", was a Hasidic Judaism rebbe from Poland....
     • Mezritch • Mishkenos HoRoim
    Mishkenos HoRoim (Hasidic dynasty)

    Mishkenos HoRoim is a small Hasidic Judaism group located in Meah Shearim, Jerusalem. It is known as a very isolated and fervently religious group, known for its virulent anti-Zionism, even by Haredi Judaism standards....
     • Piasetzne • Shpola
    Shpola

    Shpola is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Shpoliansky Raion , and is situated at ....
     • Zutchke
    Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

    Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvirna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna....


    Hasidic groups without a living rebbe


    Breslov
    Breslov (Hasidic dynasty)

    Breslov is a branch of Hasidic Judaism founded by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov a great-grandson of the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism. Its adherents strive to develop an intense, joyous relationship with Names of God in Judaism and receive guidance toward this goal from the teachings of Rebbe Nachman....
     • Chabad Lubavitch • Malochim

    See also

    • Hasidic philosophy
      Hasidic philosophy

      Hasidic Philosophy or Hasidus are the teachings, interpretations of Judaism, and philosophy underlying the modern Hasidic movement.The word derives from the Hebrew "hesed" , and the appellation "hasid" has a history in Judaism for a person who has sincere motives in serving God and helping others....


    External links

    • chabad.org