A Hasidic dynasty or Chassidic dynasty is a dynasty led by Hasidic Jewish spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:
- Each leader of the dynasty is referred to as an ADMOR (abbreviation for Adoneinu Moreinu Verabeinu – "our master, our teacher, and our rabbi"), or simply as Rebbe (or "the Rebbe"), and at times called the "Rav" ("rabbi"), and sometimes referred to in English as a "Grand Rabbi";
- The dynasty continues beyond the initial leader's lifetime by succession (usually by a family descendant);
- The dynasty is usually named after a key town in Eastern Europe where the founder may have been born or lived, and sometimes, such as in the case of the Bostoner Chassidim, where the group began to grow and flourish or where a significantly influential Jewish teacher founds a court or yeshiva where students go to learn from, or consult with, that Rebbe;
- The dynasty has (or once had) followers who, through time, continue following successive leaders (rebbes), or may even continue as a group without a leader by following the precepts of a deceased leader.
Distinguished from a dynasty, a Hasidic group or Chassidic group has the following characteristics:
- It was founded by a leader who did not appoint or leave a successor;
- It may be named after a key town in Eastern Europe where the founder may have been born or lived, or where the group began to grow and flourish, or it may be named after the founder himself;
- It has followers who continue as a group under the direction of rabbis who expound and interpret the precepts of the deceased founder.
Dynasties with larger following
Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a large following include:
| Name | Current (or last) Rebbe | Founder | Presently headquartered In | City / Town of origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belz (Machnovka-Belz) | Yissachar Dov Rokeach Yehoshua Rokeach | Sholom Rokeach (1781–1855) | Jerusalem, Israel | Belz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary / Poland (now in Ukraine) |
| Bobov (Bobov-45) | Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam Mordechai Dovid Unger (b. 1954) | Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov (1847–1905) | Borough Park, Brooklyn | Bobowa and Sanz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now in Poland) |
| Chabad Lubavitch | Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994) | Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812) | Crown Heights, Brooklyn | Lyubavichi, Russia |
| Ger | Yaakov Aryeh Alter (b. 1939); Shaul Alter (Kehilas Pnei Menachem) | Yitzchak Meir Alter (1799–1866) | Jerusalem, Israel | Góra Kalwaria, Russian Empire (now in Poland) |
| Karlin-Stolin | Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet | Aaron ben Jacob of Karlin (1736–1772) | Givat Zeev, Jerusalem, Israel | Karlin, Belarus |
| Sanz-Klausenburg | Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam; Shmuel Dovid Halberstam | Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1796–1876) | Kiryat Sanz, Netanya, Israel; Borough Park, Brooklyn | Kolozsvár, Hungary (now Cluj Napoca, Romania), and Sanz, Galicia (now in Poland) |
| Satmar | Aaron Teitelbaum (b. 1947); Zalman Leib Teitelbaum (b. 1952) | Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979) | Kiryas Joel, New York; Williamsburg, Brooklyn | Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare, Romania) |
| Skver | David Twersky (b. 1940) | Yitzchak Twersky | New Square, New York | Skvira, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) |
| Vizhnitz | Yisroel Hager; Menachem Mendel Hager; Yisroel Hager; Menachem Mendel Hager; Yitzchak Yohanan Hager; Eliezer Ze'ev Hager; David Hager; Aharon Hager; Baruch Shimshon Hager | Menachem Mendel Hager | Bnei Brak, Israel; Kaser, New York; Kiamesha Lake, New York; Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Jerusalem; London; Montreal; Beit Shemesh | Vyzhnytsia, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine) |
Dynasties with smaller following
Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a small following include:
| Name | Current (or last) Rebbe | Founder | Presently headquartered In | Town of origin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aleksander | Yisroel Tzvi Yair Danziger Yosef Yitzchak Meir Singer | Yechiel Dancyger (1828–1894) | Bnei Brak, Israel Borough Park, Brooklyn | Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland |
| Amshinov | Menachem Kalish; Osher Chaim Kalish; | Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878) | Borough Park, Brooklyn; Beit Shemesh, Israel; Jerusalem, Israel | Mszczonów, Poland |
| Ashlag | Avraham Mordechai Gottlieb; Simcha Avraham Ashlag; Moshe Hayyim Brandwein | Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag (1885–1954) | Bnei Brak, Israel | Warsaw, Poland |
| Biala | Avraham Yerachmiel Rabinowicz; Yaakov Menachem Rabinowicz; Aaron Rabinowicz | Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz (died 1905) | Jerusalem, Israel; Bnei Brak, Israel; Borough Park, Brooklyn | Biała Podlaska, Poland |
| Boston | Moshe Shimon Horowitz; Mayer Alter Horowitz; | Pinchas David Horowitz (1876–1941) | Brookline, Massachusetts; Jerusalem, Israel | Boston |
| Boyan | Nachum Dov Brayer | Yitzchok Friedman (1850–1917) | Jerusalem, Israel | Boiany, Bukovina (now in Ukraine) |
| Chernobyl | Menachem Nachum Twerski Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Twersky Yeshaya Twerski | Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl (1730–1797) | Bnei Brak, Israel; Ashdod, Israel; Borough Park, Brooklyn; Lawrence, NY | Chernobyl, Ukraine |
| Dushinsky | Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky | Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948) | Jerusalem, Israel | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Machnovka | Yehoshua Rokeach | Yosef Meir Twersky of Machnovka | Bnei Brak, Israel | Machnovka, Ukraine |
| Melitz | Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz | Yaakov Horowitz of Melitz (son of Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz) | Ashdod, Israel | Mielec, Galicia (now in Poland) |
| Modzitz | Chaim Shaul Taub | Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir (1755–1856) | Bnei Brak, Israel | Dęblin, Poland |
| Munkacz | Moshe Leib Rabinovich | Shlomo Spira ("Shem Shlomo") of Munkacz | Borough Park, Brooklyn | Munkács, Hungary (now in Ukraine) |
| Nadvorna | several | Mordechai Leifer (1835–1894) | Bnei Brak, Israel London | Nadvirna, Galicia (now in Ukraine) |
| Nikolsburg-Monsey | Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits | Shmuel Shmelke HaLevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg (1726–1778) | Monsey, New York | Nikolsburg, Moravia |
| Novominsk | Yoshua Perlow (Borough Park, Brooklyn) Yisroel Perlow (Lakewood) | Yaakov Perlow I (1843–1902) | Borough Park, Brooklyn | Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland |
| Pinsk-Karlin | Aryeh Rosenfeld | Aharon the Great of Karlin (1736–1772) | Jerusalem, Israel | Karlin, Belarus |
| Pupa | Yaakov Yechezkia Greenwald II (b. 1948) | Moshe Greenwald | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | Pápa, Hungary |
| Rachmastrivka | Yitzchak Twerski; David Twerski | Yochanan Twerski of Rachmastrivka | Borough Park, Brooklyn; Jerusalem, Israel | Rachmastrivka, Ukraine |
| Radzin or Izhbitza – Radzin | Shlomo Yosef Englard | Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izhbitza | Bnei Brak, Israel | Izbica, Poland; Radzyń Podlaski, Poland |
| Rebar | Several | Jerusalem, Israel | Jerusalem Israel | |
| Sadigura | Yisrael Moshe Friedman Ztl August 2020 Mordechai Shulem Yosef Friedman Yitzchak yehoushoua Heschel Friedman | Avrohom Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura (1820–1883) | Bnei Brak, Israel | Sadagóra, Bukovina (now in Ukraine) |
| Slonim | Shmuel Brozovosky; Avrohom Weinberg | Avraham of Slonim | Jerusalem, Israel; Bnei Brak, Israel | Slonim, Belarus |
| Shomer Emunim Toldos Aharon Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok | Avrohom Chaim Roth; Dovid Kohn; Shmuel Yaakov Kohn | Aharon Roth ("Reb Ahrele") (1894–1947) | Kiryat Shomrei Emunim, Jerusalem Mea Shearim, Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Israel |
| Skolye | Refoel Goldstein Avrohom Moshe Rabinowitz | Borough Park, Brooklyn | Skole, Galicia, Ukraine | |
| Skulen | Yeshaya Yakov Portugal; Efraim Yehuda Portugal; Meir Portugal; Zvi Noach Portugal; Shmiel Mordche Portugal | Eliezer Zusia Portugal (1898–1982) | Borough Park, Brooklyn; Williamsburg; Monsey; Lakewood; Jerusalem | Sculeni, Bessarabia (now in Moldova) |
| Spinka | Yisrael Chaim Weiss; Meir Eleazer Weiss; Avraham Yitchak Kahana; Abraham Abish Horowitz; Yitzchak Isaac Horowitz; Nuta Horowitz | Joseph Meir Weiss (1838–1909) | Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Jerusalem, Israel; Bnei Brak, Israel | Szaplonca, Hungary (now Săpânţa, Romania) |
| Tosh | Elimelech Segal-Lowy | Meshulam Feish Segal-Lowy I | Kiryas Tosh Boisbriand, Quebec | Nyírtass, Hungary |
| Vien | Asher Anshel Katz | Klonumos Richter | Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York | Vienna, Austria |
| Zvhil | Avraham Goldman; Shlomo Goldman; Yitzhak Aharon Korff (of Zvhil – Mezhbizh) | Moshe of Zvhil (died 1831) | Jerusalem, Israel; Union City, New Jersey; Boston, Massachusetts | Zvyahel, Volhynia (now Zviahel, Ukraine) |
Hasidic groups (non-dynastic)
| Name | Founder | Headquartered in | Place of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breslov | Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810) | Jerusalem, Israel | Bratslav, Ukraine |
| Malachim | Chaim Avraham Dov Ber Levine haCohen (1860–1938) | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | Brooklyn, New York |
| Peshischa | Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz "The Yid Hakudosh" (1766–1813) | Przysucha, Poland | |
| Rybnitza | Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz (d. 1995) | Rîbnița, Moldova / Transnistria |
Other dynasties
Many of these dynasties have presently few or no devotees, due to most of the Hasidic groups being destroyed during the Holocaust, 1939–1945. Other communities are flourishing, and have growing Hasidic sects. There are many dynasties whose followers number around five to fifteen people, and are not listed here.
A
- Alesk (from Olesko, Ukraine)
- Amdur (from Indura, Belarus)
- Anipoli (from Annopol, Ukraine)
- Apta / Zinkov / Mezhbizh (from Opatów, Poland)
B
- Beitsh (from Biecz, Poland)
- Bender (from Bender, Moldova)
- Berditchev (Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740–1810) from Berdychiv, Ukraine)
- Bergsass Current Rebbe: Aaron Pollak, Founder: Abraham Alter Pollak (died 2007), Headquartered in: El'ad, Israel (from Beregszász, Hungary (now Ukraine))
- Bertch (from Bircza, Poland)
- Białystok (from Białystok)
- Bialobrzeg (from Białobrzegi, Poland)
- Bluzhev (from Błażowa, Poland)
- Bikovsk (from Bikofsk)
- Bohush (from Buhuși, Romania)
- Bonia
- Botoshan (from Botoşani, Romania)
- Brod (from Brody, Ukraine) (several)
- Brezahn (from Berezhany, Ukraine)
- Brizdovitz (from Berezdivtsi, Ukraine)
- Bucharest (from București, Romania) (several)
- Burshtin (from Burshtyn, Ukraine)
C
- Chabad-Avrutsh (from Ovruch, Ukraine)
- Chabad-Bobroisk (from Bobrujsk, Belarus)
- Chabad-Kapust
- Chabad-Liadi
- Chabad-Nezhin
- Chabad-Strashelye
- Chernovitz (from Chernivtsi) (several)
- Campevas, (from São Paulo, Brazil)
- Czortkow (from Chortkiv)
- Chust (from Khust) (several)
- Cleveland
- Cracow (from Kraków)
D
- Deish (hasidic dynasty) (from Dés, Hungary) (today Romania)
- Deyzh (from Dés, Hungary) (today Romania)
- Dinov (from Dynów, Poland)
- Dombrova (from Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Poland)
- Drubitsh (from Drohobych, Poland) (several)
- Dzirka (from Györke, Hungary) (today Ďurkov, Slovakia)
- Dzikov (from Tarnobrzeg, Poland)
E
- Erlau (from Eger/Erlau, Hungary)
- Etched (from Nagyecsed, Hungary)
F
- Faltishan (from Fălticeni, Romania)
G
- Galovitch (from Tulchyn, Ukraine)
- Gorlitz (from Gorlice, Poland)
- Gostynin (from Gostynin, Poland)
- Gvodzitz (from Hvizdets)
- Gribov (from Grybów, Poland)
H
- Hornsteipel (from Hornostaypil', Ukraine)
- Huvniv (from Hivniv, Ukraine)
- Husiatyn ( from Husiatyn, Ukraine)
K
- Kaliv (from Nagykálló, Hungary)
- Kaminke (the unrelated Ukrainian Kaminke dynasty from Kamianka, Ukraine and Galician Kaminke dynasty from Kamianka-Buzka, Ukraine)
- Kaminetz
- Kunskvola (from Końskowola, Poland)
- Karlin-Stolin (Hasidic dynasty)
- Kashau (from Kassa, Hungary)
- Kerestir (from Bodrogkeresztúr, Hungary)
- Khentshin (from Chęciny, Poland)
- Kretshnif (from Crăciunești, Romania)
- Kielce (from Kielce, Poland)
- Koidanov (from Koidanava, Belarus)
- Kolbasov (Végaszó, Hungary)
- Komarno (from Komarno, Ukraine)
- Kopyczynitz (from Kopychyntsi, Ukraine)
- Korets (from Korets, Ukraine)
- Koson (from Mezőkaszony, Hungary)
- Kosov (from Kosiv, Ukraine)
- Kotsk (from Kock, Poland)
- Kozlov
- Kozhnitz (from Kozienice, Poland)
- Krasna
- Krula (from Nagykároly, Hungary)
- Kshanov (from Chrzanów, Poland)
- Kuzmir (from Kazimierz Dolny, near Warsaw) (several)
L
- Łańcut (from Łańcut, Poland)
- Lashkovitz (from Ulashkivtsi, Ukraine)
- Lelov (from Lelów, Poland)
- Lechovitch (from Lyakhavichy, Belarus)
- Linitz (from Linitz)
- Liske (from Olaszliszka, Hungary)
- Lizhensk (from Leżajsk, Poland)
- Leva (from Leova, Moldova)
- Liozna (from Liozna, Belarus)
- Lublin (from Lublin, Poland) (several)
- Lutsk (from Lutsk, Ukraine) (several)
M
- Margareten (from Margitta, Hungary) (today Marghita, Romania)
- Mattersdorf (from Mattersburg, Austria)
- Mezhbizh (from Medzhybizh), Ukraine; Also see Apter Rov
- Mishkoltz (from Miskolc, Hungary) (several)
- Mogelnitz (from Mogielnica, Poland)
- Manestrishtze (from Monastyryshche, Ukraine)
N
- Narol (from Narol, Galicia/Austria-Hungary, now in Poland)
- Neshchiz (from Nesukhoyezhe, Ukraine)
O
- Ostrof
- Ozherov (from Ożarów, Poland)
P
- Pabianice (from Pabianice, Poland)
- Pashkan (from Paşcani, Romania)
- Piasetzne (from Piaseczno, Poland)
- Pietrokov (from Piotrków Trybunalski, Poland)
- Pilts (from Pilica, Poland)
- Pilzno (named for Pilzno, Poland)
- Pintchiv (from Pińczów, Poland)
- Pittsburgh (from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
- Porisov (from Parysów, Poland)
- Premishlan (from Peremyshliany, Ukraine)
- Pshemishl (from Przemyśl, Poland)
- Pshevorsk (from Przeworsk, Poland)
R
- Radomsk (from Radomsko, Poland)
- Radoshitz (from Radoszyce, Poland)
- Radowitz (from Rădăuţi, Romania)
- Radvil (from Radyvyliv, Ukraine)
- Radzymin (from Radzymin, Poland)
- Ratzfert (from Újfehértó, Hungary)
- Ribatitch (from Rybotycze, Poland)
- Rimenov (from Rymanów, Poland)
- Roman (from Roman, Romania)
- Ropshitz (from Ropczyce, Poland)
- Ruzhin (from Ruzhyn, Ukraine)
- Rzeszów (Rzeszów, Galicia, Poland)
S
- Sambur (from Sambir, Ukraine) (several)
- Shinov
- Sasregen (from Szászrégen, Hungary) (today Reghin, Romania)
- Sassov (from Sasiv, Ukraine)
- Savran (from Savran, Ukraine)
- Seret (from Siret, Romania)
- Shedlitz (from Siedlce, Poland)
- Shotz (from Suceava, Romania)
- Shidlovtza (from Szydłowiec, Poland)
- Shineva (from Sieniawa, Poland)
- Shpikov (from Shpykiv, Ukraine)
- Shtefanesht (from Ştefăneşti, Romania)
- Siget (from Máramarossziget, Hungary) (today Sighetu-Marmaţiei, Romania) (parent of, now sharing leadership with, the Satmar dynasty above)
- Sochatchov (from Sochaczew, Poland)
- Sokolov (from Sokołów Podlaski, Poland – there was a branch of the Ropshitz dynasty in Sokołów Małopolski, Poland, as well)
- Stanislov (from Stanyslaviv, Ukraine) (several)
- Stepan (from Stepan, Ukraine)
- Stitshin (from Szczucin, Poland)
- Stretin (from Stratin, Ukraine)
- Strikov (from Stryków, Poland)
- Strizhov (from Strzyżów, Poland)
- Stropkov (from Sztropkó, Hungary (now in Stropkov, Slovakia))
- Sudilkov (from Sudylkiv, Ukraine)
- Sulitza (from Sulița, Romania) (there was also a branch of the Shotz dynasty in Sulitza)
T
- Tetsh (from Técső, Hungary (now Tyachiv), Ukraine)
- Temeshvar (from Temesvár, Hungary) (today Timișoara, Romania)
- Tolna (from Talne, Ukraine)
- Toldos Tzvi (a branch of the Spinka)
- Trisk (from Turiisk, Ukraine)
- Thullnner (from Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary – headquarters destroyed and successors scattered around the world after June 1944)
- Tseshenov (from Cieszanów, Poland)
- Tshakova (from Szczakowa, Poland)
- Teplick (Hasidic dynasty)
U
- Ujhel (from Újhely, Hungary)
- Ungvar (from Ungvár, Hungary)
- Ushpitzin (from Oświęcim, Poland)
V
- Vasloi (from Vaslui, Romania)
- Vien (from Wien/Vienna)
- Volova (from Mizhhirya, Ukraine)
- Vorka from Warka, Poland
- Vulkan (from Zsilyvajdejvulkán, Hungary (today Vulcan, Hunedoara, Romania)
- Vialopola (hasidic dynasty)
- Verdan (hasidic dynasty)
Y
- Yeruslav (from Jarosław, Poland) (several)
Z
- Zablitov (from Zabolotiv, Ukraine)
- Zbarz (from Zbarazh, Ukraine) (several)
- Zenta (break-off from Satmar) (from Zenta, Hungary) (today Senta, Serbia)
- Zhmigrod (from Nowy Żmigród, Poland)
- Zhitomir (from Zhytomyr, Ukraine)
- Zidichov (from Zhydachiv, Ukraine)
- Zinkov
- Zlatipol (from Zlatopol)
- Zlotchov (from Zolochiv)
- Zolozitz (from Zaliztsi)
- Zychlin
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