List of Hasidic dynasties and groups


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, or simply as Rebbe, and at times called the "Rav", and sometimes referred to in English as a "Grand Rabbi";
  • The dynasty continues beyond the initial leader's lifetime by succession ;
  • 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 followers who, through time, continue following successive leaders, 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 with a large following include:
NameCurrent RebbeFounderPresently headquartered InCity / Town of origin
Belz
Yissachar Dov Rokeach
Yehoshua Rokeach		Sholom Rokeach Jerusalem, IsraelBelz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary / Poland
Bobov
Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam
Mordechai Dovid Unger 		Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov Borough Park, BrooklynBobowa and Sanz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Chabad LubavitchMenachem Mendel Schneerson Schneur Zalman of Liadi Crown Heights, BrooklynLyubavichi, [Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast|Lyubavichi], Russia
GerYaakov Aryeh Alter ;
Shaul Alter ''		Yitzchak Meir Alter Jerusalem, IsraelGóra Kalwaria, Russian Empire
Karlin-StolinBaruch Meir Yaakov ShochetAaron ben Jacob of Karlin Givat Zeev,
Jerusalem, Israel		Karlin, Belarus
Sanz-KlausenburgTzvi Elimelech Halberstam;
Shmuel Dovid Halberstam		Chaim Halberstam of Sanz Kiryat Sanz, Netanya, Israel;
Borough Park, Brooklyn		Kolozsvár, Hungary, and Sanz, Galicia
SatmarAaron Teitelbaum ;
Zalman Leib Teitelbaum 		Joel Teitelbaum Kiryas Joel, New York;
Williamsburg, Brooklyn		Szatmárnémeti, Hungary
SkverDavid Twersky Yitzchak TwerskyNew Square, New YorkSkvira, Russian Empire
VizhnitzYisroel 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 HagerBnei Brak, Israel;
Kaser, New York;
Kiamesha Lake, New York;
Williamsburg, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem;
London;
Montreal;
Beit Shemesh		Vyzhnytsia, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary

Dynasties with smaller following

Hasidic dynasties with a small following include:
NameCurrent RebbeFounderPresently headquartered InTown of origin
AleksanderYisroel Tzvi Yair Danziger
Yosef Yitzchak Meir Singer		Yechiel Dancyger Bnei Brak, Israel
Borough Park, Brooklyn		Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
AmshinovMenachem Kalish;
Osher Chaim Kalish;
Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky		Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov Borough Park, Brooklyn;
Beit Shemesh, Israel;
Jerusalem, Israel		Mszczonów, Poland
AshlagAvraham Mordechai Gottlieb;
Simcha Avraham Ashlag;
Moshe Hayyim Brandwein		Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag Bnei Brak, IsraelWarsaw, Poland
BialaAvraham Yerachmiel Rabinowicz;
Yaakov Menachem Rabinowicz;
Aaron Rabinowicz		Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel;
Borough Park, Brooklyn		Biała Podlaska, Poland
BostonMoshe Shimon Horowitz;
Mayer Alter Horowitz;
Naftali Yehuda Horowitz;Chaim Avrohom Horowitz		Pinchas David Horowitz Brookline, Massachusetts;
Jerusalem, Israel		Boston
BoyanNachum Dov BrayerYitzchok Friedman Jerusalem, IsraelBoiany, Bukovina
ChernobylMenachem Nachum Twerski
Avraham Yehoshua Heshel Twersky
Yeshaya Twerski		Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl Bnei Brak, Israel;
Ashdod, Israel;
Borough Park, Brooklyn; Lawrence, [Nassau County, New York|Lawrence, NY]		Chernobyl, Ukraine
DushinskyDushinsky (third Dushinsky rebbe)|Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky]Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Jerusalem, IsraelJerusalem, Israel
MachnovkaYehoshua RokeachYosef Meir Twersky of MachnovkaBnei Brak, IsraelMachnovka, Ukraine
Melitz Naftali Asher Yeshayahu MoscowitzYaakov Horowitz of Melitz
Ashdod, IsraelMielec, Galicia
ModzitzChaim Shaul TaubYechezkel Taub of Kuzmir Bnei Brak, IsraelDęblin, Poland
Munkacz Moshe Leib RabinovichShlomo Spira of MunkaczBorough Park, BrooklynMunkács, Hungary
NadvornaseveralMordechai Leifer Bnei Brak, Israel
London		Nadvirna, Galicia
Nikolsburg-MonseyYosef Yechiel Mechel LebovitsShmuel Shmelke HaLevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg Monsey, New YorkNikolsburg, Moravia
NovominskYoshua Perlow
Yisroel Perlow 		Yaakov Perlow I Borough Park, BrooklynMińsk Mazowiecki, Poland
Pinsk-KarlinAryeh RosenfeldAharon the Great of Karlin Jerusalem, IsraelKarlin, Belarus
PupaYaakov Yechezkia Greenwald II Moshe GreenwaldWilliamsburg, BrooklynPápa, Hungary
RachmastrivkaYitzchak Twerski;
David Twerski		Yochanan Twerski of RachmastrivkaBorough Park, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem, Israel		Rachmastrivka, Ukraine
Radzin or Izhbitza – RadzinShlomo Yosef EnglardMordechai Yosef Leiner of IzhbitzaBnei Brak, IsraelIzbica, Poland;
Radzyń Podlaski, Poland
RebarSeveralJerusalem, IsraelJerusalem Israel
Sadigura Yisrael Moshe Friedman Ztl August 2020
Mordechai Shulem Yosef Friedman
Yitzchak yehoushoua Heschel Friedman		Sadigura rebbe)|Avrohom Yaakov Friedman] of Sadigura Bnei Brak, IsraelSadagóra, Bukovina
Slonim Shmuel Brozovosky;
Avrohom Weinberg		Avraham of SlonimJerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel		Slonim, Belarus
Shomer Emunim
Toldos Aharon
Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok		Avrohom Chaim Roth;
Dovid Kohn;
Shmuel Yaakov Kohn		Aharon Roth Kiryat Shomrei Emunim, Jerusalem
Mea Shearim, Jerusalem		Jerusalem, Israel
Skolye Refoel Goldstein
Avrohom Moshe Rabinowitz		Borough Park, BrooklynSkole, Galicia, Ukraine
Skulen Yeshaya Yakov Portugal;
Efraim Yehuda Portugal;
Meir Portugal;
Zvi Noach Portugal;
Shmiel Mordche Portugal		Eliezer Zusia Portugal Borough Park, Brooklyn; Williamsburg; Monsey; Lakewood; JerusalemSculeni, Bessarabia
SpinkaYisrael Chaim Weiss;
Meir Eleazer Weiss;
Avraham Yitchak Kahana;
Abraham Abish Horowitz;
Yitzchak Isaac Horowitz;
Nuta Horowitz		Joseph Meir Weiss Williamsburg, Brooklyn;
Jerusalem, Israel;
Bnei Brak, Israel		Szaplonca, Hungary
ToshElimelech Segal-LowyMeshulam Feish Segal-Lowy IKiryas Tosh
Boisbriand, Quebec		Nyírtass, Hungary
VienAsher Anshel KatzKlonumos RichterWilliamsburg, [Brooklyn, New York]Vienna, Austria
ZvhilAvraham Goldman;
Shlomo Goldman;
Yitzhak Aharon Korff 		Moshe of Zvhil Jerusalem, Israel;
Union City, New Jersey;
Boston, Massachusetts		Zvyahel, Volhynia

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.

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