A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty led by Hasidic Jewish spiritual leaders known as rebbes,[1] and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:
A Hasidic group has the following characteristics:
Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a large following include:
Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a small following include:
Name | Current (or last) Rebbe | Founder | Headquartered In | City / Town of Origin |
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Aleksander | Yisroel Tzvi Yair Danziger Yosef Yitzchak Meir Singer |
Yechiel Dancyger (1828–1894) | Bnei Brak, Israel |
Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland |
Amshinov | Menachem Kalish; Osher Chaim Kalish; Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky |
Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878) | Borough Park, Brooklyn; Beit Shemesh, Israel; Jerusalem, Israel |
Mszczonów, Poland |
Ashlag | Simcha Avraham Ashlag | 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 | Pinchas David Horowitz; Mayer Alter Horowitz; Naftali Yehuda Horowitz; Chaim Avrohom 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 | several | 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 | 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 |
Sadigura | Tzvi Yisrael Moshe Friedman Ztl August 2020
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 | 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 | Rabbi Yisrael Chaim Weiss - Rabbi Meir Eleazer Weiss Rabbi Mordecai Dovid Kahana Gedulas Mordechai (1932-2011), Rabbi Avraham Yitchak Kahana Shlit"a Rabbi Abraham Abish Horowitz Shlit"a - (A.K.A. Abish Spinka) Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Horowitz (A.K.A. Isaac Spinka) - 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 |
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 Novohrad-Volynskyi, Ukraine) |
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.
Name | Founder | Headquartered in | Place of origin |
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Breslov | Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810) | Jerusalem, Israel | Bratslav, Ukraine |
Lev Tahor | Shlomo Helbrans | Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec. Guatemala City, Guatemala | Jerusalem, Israel |
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) | Monsey, New York | Rîbnița, Moldova / Transnistria |
Vien | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | Vienna, Austria |