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Slonim is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the town of Slonim
Slonim

Slonim is a city in Belarus in the Hrodna voblast and Slonim Rayon, located at the junction of the Shchara and Isa Rivers, 143 km southeast of Hrodna ....
, which is now in Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
. Today, there are two Slonimer 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, both 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....
. One in 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....
 and the other in Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak

File:Location_bneibrak.pngFile:800px-Ponivez1.jpegBnei Brak is a city located on Israel's central Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, just east of Tel Aviv, in the Gush Dan and Tel Aviv District....
. Colloquially, the Jerusalem side is called the "White" side and the Bnei Brak side is called the "Black" side, a reference to their political leanings, white meaning more liberal and black meaning more conservative in Haredi parlance. These names can also be attributed to the fact that when Slonim chasidim split into separate factions, the leader of one, Rabbi Sholom Noach Berezovski, had a white beard and the leader of the other, Rabbi Avraham Weinberg, had a black beard.

They are distinguished by different Hebrew spellings, the Jerusalem sect being known as ?????? and the Bnei Brak sect being known as ??????.






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Slonim is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the town of Slonim
Slonim

Slonim is a city in Belarus in the Hrodna voblast and Slonim Rayon, located at the junction of the Shchara and Isa Rivers, 143 km southeast of Hrodna ....
, which is now in Belarus
Belarus

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north....
. Today, there are two Slonimer 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, both 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....
. One in 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....
 and the other in Bnei Brak
Bnei Brak

File:Location_bneibrak.pngFile:800px-Ponivez1.jpegBnei Brak is a city located on Israel's central Mediterranean Israeli coastal plain, just east of Tel Aviv, in the Gush Dan and Tel Aviv District....
. Colloquially, the Jerusalem side is called the "White" side and the Bnei Brak side is called the "Black" side, a reference to their political leanings, white meaning more liberal and black meaning more conservative in Haredi parlance. These names can also be attributed to the fact that when Slonim chasidim split into separate factions, the leader of one, Rabbi Sholom Noach Berezovski, had a white beard and the leader of the other, Rabbi Avraham Weinberg, had a black beard.

They are distinguished by different Hebrew spellings, the Jerusalem sect being known as ?????? and the Bnei Brak sect being known as ??????. They are two distinct groups today and have many differences between them.

The first Rebbe of Slonim was the author of Yesod HaAvodah.

Outline of Slonimer Dynasty


Spiritual legacy


  • Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism
  • Rabbi Dov Ber
    Dovber of Mezeritch

    Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, the founder of Hasidic Judaism, and largely seen as his successor. Rabbi Dov Ber is regarded as the first proponent and exponent of Hasidism and one of its most important propagators....
    , the Maggid (Preacher) of Mezritch, disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
  • Rabbi Aaron Hagodol of Karlin, disciple
    DISCiPLE

    The DISCiPLE was a floppy disk Electrical connector for the Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum home computer. Designed by Miles Gordon Technology, it was marketed by Rockfort Products and launched in 1986....
     of the Maggid
  • Rabbi Shlomo of 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 ....
    , disciple of the Maggid and of Rabbi Aaron Hagodol of Karlin
  • Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitch, disciple of Grand Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin
  • Rabbi Noah of Lechovitch, son of Rabbi Mordechai
  • Rabbi Moshe of Kobrin, disciple of Rabbi Noah of Lechovitch


Slonimer Rebbes

  • Rabbi Avraham of Slonim, author of Yesod HaAvodah, disciple of Rabbi Noah of Lechovitch and Rabbi Moshe of Kobrin
    • Rabbi Shmuel Weinberg of Slonim, author of Divrei Shmuel, grandson of the Yesod HaAvodah
      • Rabbi Yissachar Leib Weinberg of Slonim, son of the Divrei Shmuel
        • Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Weinberg of Slonim-Tel Aviv, son of Rabbi Yissachar Leib
      • Rebbe Avraham Weinberg of Slonim (1804-11 Cheshvan 1883), author of Beis Avraham, son of Grand Rabbi Shmuel
        • Rebbe Shlomo David Yehoshua Weinberg of Slonim, son of the Beis Avraham


  • Rebbe Mordechai Chaim Slonim of Tiberias, grandson of the Yesod HaAvodah 's brother, disciple of the Beis Avraham, successor of Rabbi Shlomo David Yehoshua


  • Rabbi Matisyohu of Slonim, grandson of the Yesod HaAvodah
  • Rabbi Noah Weinberg of Slonim and Tiberias, grandson of the Yesod HaAvodah, brother of the Divrei Shmuel, a menahel of Yeshiva Or-Torah of Tiberias
    • Rebbe Avraham Weinberg of Tiberias and Jerusalem, author of Birkas Avraham, son of Rabbi Noah, disciple and nephew of the Divrei Shmuel, successor of Rabbi Mordechai Chaim
      • Rebbe Sholom Noach Berezovsky
        Sholom Noach Berezovsky

        Rabbi Sholom Noach Berezovsky served as Slonim Rebbe from 1981 until his death. He is widely known for his teachings which he published as a series of books entitled Nesivos Sholom....
         of Slonim, author of Nesivos Shalom, son-in-law of the Birkas Avraham
        • Rebbe Shmuel Berezovski, author of Darchei Noam, present Slonimer Rebbe of Jerusalem, son of the Nesivos Shalom
  • Rebbe Avraham Weinberg, present Slanimer Rebbe of Bnei Brak, son of Reb Michel Aron, great-grandson of Yesod HaAvodah


Main Hassidic Works of Slonim

In addition to those works revered by all Hassidim, the Slonimer Hassidim particularly revere the following books: Yesod HaAvodah, Divrei Shmuel, Beis Avraham, Birkas Avraham. The Slonimer Rebbes of Jerusalem have authored two tremendously popular Hassidic works, Nesivos Shalom, by the previous Slonimer Rebbe of Jerusalem, and Darchei Noam, by the present Slonimer Rebbe of Jerusalem. Nesivos Shalom is extremely popular even outside of Hassidic circles. The version of the siddur (Prayer Book) used by the Slonimer Hassidim is called "Siddur Magen Avraham", or "Siddur Ohr Hayashar".

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A good scholarly assessment of the history of Slonimer Hasidism, with a focus on the Slonimer educational system of Yeshivot is Aharon (Allan) Nadler, in Immanuel Etkes, "Yeshivot u-Vatei Midrashot" (Jerusalem, Merkaz Shazar, 2006). The article is in Hebrew.