chabad anti zionism

 this post seems to be complaining about chabad anti zionism but applaud the antizionsm

Hiddush - Chabad Hassidism is anti-Zionist

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attended a conference last Thursday of Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries to the former Soviet Union, where he announced: “You are on the mountaintop and the People of Israel stands at the bottom of the mountain and salutes you, and I am the first to salute you.” Netanyahu participated in the conference of Chabad emissaries and Jewish community leaders in the former Soviet states, which was held at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds.

The Knesset on Monday held an event to salute Chabad. Among the initiators of the event at the Knesset was the World Likud chairman, MK Danny Danon, who called it “a great privilege.” Danon said at the conference that, “we are all emissaries of Chabad.” Two weeks ago Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar attended a gathering in Caesarea of directors of Chabad institutions, where he declared that, “Chabad is the link that connects and binds the people.”

A document that the organization Hiddush – For Freedom of Religion and Equality sent to Knesset members exposes at length the anti-Zionist nature of Lubavitch Hassidism. Senior members of Chabad describe the Lubavitcher Rebbe as one of the great combatants against Zionism. They define Zionism as idolatry and worship of stars and constellations, and there are also those who have written about the need to degrade Zionism, as one spits at a church.

The head of Hiddush – Freedom of Religion for Israel calls on the government “to stop the campaign of debasement before the anti-Zionist Chabad Hassidic sect and to order the severing of all contact between the state’s institutions, the Israel Defense Forces, and the education system and Chabad-Lubavitch, and to suspend state funding for Chabad activity.” According to Regev, “Chabad is entitled to its belief and views. But the honor of the state and the honor of Zionism dictate that whoever demeans its ceremonies and treats Zionism as rebellion, idolatry, and bitter exile, shall not enjoy state funding and shall not be invited to its forums.”

According to Regev, “it is absurd to watch Chabad rabbis who hold an anti- Zionist and anti-democratic viewpoint being appointed chief rabbis of cities, and, with funding from taxpayers, spreading their poisonous credo. It is also important to know that Chabad-Lubavitch is one of the main fighters

stop the campaign of debasement

against IDF conversions and opening of the conversion gates to new immigrants. We are talking about a battle over Israel’s soul as a sovereign, Jewish, and democratic country.”

The Hiddush document details statements by the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson himself, who, among other things, termed the establishment of the state a “crime” and “bitter exile, double-fold darkness.” It also cites statements by prominent Chabad rabbis about the sect’s positions and the Rebbe’s orders, which guide Chabad in its actions. The rabbi of Kiryat Motzkin, David Meir Drukman, writes that the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s opinion was “absolute opposition to the Zionist idea.” Rabbi Sholom Dovber Wolpo says that, “the Rebbe was opposed to all the celebrations of Independence Day.” The rabbi of the Chabad community in Neve Yaakov, Tuvia Blau, says that the Lubavitcher Rebbe was “the greatest of battlers against Zionism.” A series of articles on Chabad websites contain, among others, the following examples of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s position regarding Zionism:

• Rabbi Schneerson refused to use the words “state of Israel.”
• The Lubavitcher Rebbe erased Independence Day from a calendar he received. Chabad’s calendars ordinarily leave out Independence Day and the Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen soldiers.
• The Rebbe ordered at least two columnists to publish articles and books against Zionism and the state of Israel.

Ahead of last Independence Day, 11 senior rabbis from Chabad issued a ban forbidding one of their own members, Shimon Rosenberg, from lighting a torch at the official Independence Day ceremony claiming that, “this action is contrary to the opinion of Chabad rabbis.” In the end Rosenberg obtained permission to participate so as to prevent a public scandal, but declared that he was lighting the torch "for the glory of the state of Land of Israel," so as not to speak the traditional words, “For the glory of the State of Israel.” The opening salvo in the camapaign against the torch lighting was an article by Rabbi David Meir Drukman, in which he brands the torch lighting “lighting foreign fire.” He terms the Independence Day celebtrations “a shameful absurdity.” About the possibility that the torch would be lit in Chabad’s name, he writes that, “there is no greater insult than this.”

The anti-Zionist statements by Chabbad can be regularly heard or read outside the context of the torch-lighting ceremony as well. Chabad spokesman Menachem Brod said during a panel discussion at Hemed yeshiva in 2008 that, “the state of Israel was conceived and born in iniquity.” Rabbi Tuvia Blau wrote that, “we forget that the state of Israel is an exile like all exiles….” He has also written about the duty and mitzva of “degrading the Zionist idolotry.”

rav gifter

 rav gifter approached a bochur, did you speak negatively against the lub. rebbe? yes, go to ny take off shoes and ask him for mechilah and tell rebbe i said this, rebbe smiled and said, 'now a great concealment on chassidus has been removed.' 

ra gifter had questions on lub, why not join moetzes, why yod tes the holiday of holidays, serveral lub. who learned in telz, motty gerger, boruch rubinstine, matis canter - late 50s, 60s, telz policy no beards only ry, , one of these students had, wwas send to telz by rebbe, he wanted to go to chabad, rebbe told him 2x to go to telz, fire in dorm at telz so no room in dorm, told rebbe no place, rebbe said stay where he was which wsa chofetz chiam balt and next zman after rebuilt to go to telz, bochurim gave him hard time, not adminsitration he said, made fun, badgered, not nice, wrote to rebbe, maybe take off beard, rebbe certainly should not, 13 months there, 64-65, good yeshiva, learned well, good relationshiop with ry and rabbis, mixed relat. telz and lub. r gifter by and large was accepting of lubavitch until late 70s early 80s when rav shach became gadol hador in litvish and had accusations again lubavitch, and r gifter became very vocal opponent, was always vocal, leading supporter of rav schack which meant opposing lub and rebbe, not convinced that was real real slef

Chabad History With Rabbi Dalfin – Telz and Lubavitch Part III, Rabbi Gifter • CrownHeights.info – Chabad News, Crown Heights News, Lubavitch NewsCrownHeights.info – Chabad News, Crown Heights News, Lubavitch News

traditionally at telz if you came with a beard, didn't have to cut it

brisk studies the what, telz the why

tzamach tzedeck said you can trim your beard but not cut or look like woman

Rav Miller, Rav Heinemann and Rav Belsky on the Burning Issues in the Charaeidi Community”

 In an article entitled “Rav Miller, Rav Heinemann and Rav Belsky on the Burning Issues in the Charaeidi Community” which was published last week, the author of the article, M. Yaffe presented a very biased and slanted question to the Rabbis, each of which responded in their own way, yet Rav Belsky chose to use the opportunity to viciously attack Chabad.

It is interesting to note that this Rav Belsky actively fought against Tanya Shiurim in his yeshiva, Torah Vodaath while other noted Roshai Yeshivas in the Litvish world, such as Rav Pam, supported it. Comments such as these, filled with so much Sinas Yisroel, bring into question Rav Belskys authority as a Posek and “Rav Hamchsir” for such a largh kashrus organization, such as the OU.

Read the question and the Rabbis answer in the Extended Article.

How should the chareidi community react to phenomena such as Chabad and the wide publicity it engenders with its Mashiaeh campaigns periodically splashed across the non-Jewish radio and TV media?

Rav Miller: There is both positive and negative in Chabad. Chabad in Toronto and worldwide are active in being mekarev Bnei Yisrael. There is lots of good in their organizations.

As far as the Mashichist group, there is much opposition within Chabad itself. After the outcry of rabbanim against this phenomenon, the issue has toned down greatly. The situation may be different privately among themselves, but at least they stopped publicizing it openly. The belief that Mashiach is in the embodiment of a deceased person is definitely assur and our mosdos must convey this issur to students as part of their education. However, we must convey the message that they are our brothers and we should feel sorry for them and not hate them, chas v’shalom.

I would not say the Mashichistirn are pasul, but rather they’re very mistaken in an important point of Yiddishkeit. Perhaps. I won’t accept such a person as a Rav (you can’t be a Rav if you’re deluded) or to work as a shochet, but I won’t say their shechitah is prohibited. Even avodah zarah b’shogeig does not pasul a shochet. It’s enough they know that other chareidim vehemently oppose these beliefs (and the non-observant think they’re crazy). It will eventually die out and b’ezras Hashem those mistaken will do teshuvah.

Rav Heinemann: I’m not against Chabad per se. I think they’ve done quite a few good things, but I’m not among those who believe that the Rebbe was Mashiaeh. But you don’t have to be Mashiach to be a gadol b’Yisrael. Moshe Rabbeinu wasn’t Mashiaeh despite being the leader of Klal Yisrael. It’s a distortion to say the Rebbe is Mashiach and anything which is not the truth, we can not agree to, even though Chabad in general does many good things. The best strategy concerning how to deal with a Chabad media campaign is just to ignore it. If you go against it, you strengthen it.

Rav Belsky: I disagree. Chabad used 10 he about disseminating Chassidic teachings which the Baal HaTanya wrote, saying his Divrei Torah, etc. In America, Chabad started out with Shlichim going out and bringing the masses back to Judaism. These are goals which we share and do not contest.

But present-day Chabad has nothing to do with the above. Present-day Chabad has become a personal cult centered on the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe. Everything they do from beginning to end, revolves around this. They constantly project his image, talk about him and how great he was, how smart he was, how he was a better strategist than all the generals, that he was Mashiach. etc. This is the way people talk about a cult figure. There’s no room in Yiddeshkeit for a personality cult in which an individual is deified and glorified. Whether he was great or wasn’t great is immaterial. There have been many great people in Judaism. The personality cult of glorifying an individual person, giving him unique titles, elevating the shape other building he was active in. etc., has no place in Yiddishkeit.

Mishpacha Magazine Publishes Attack on Chabad from Rosh Yeshiva of Torah Vodaath & Senior Posek for the OU’s Kashrus Division, Rav Yisroel Belsky • CrownHeights.info – Chabad News, Crown Heights News, Lubavitch NewsCrownHeights.info – Chabad News, Crown Heights News, Lubavitch News

Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh Weinreb Responds: “I can say this. Rav Belsky is one of the poskim for OU Kashrus. He is not a spokesman for the OU as a whole, which is far more than just Kashrus, although we are most famous for outstanding Kashrus services. The only persons who can speak for the OU are myself as executive vice president and senior professional official, and Mr. Stephen Savitsky, our lay president.
I assure you that I have the utmost respect for Chabad, study Tanya almost daily, receive and use periodicals from your publishing houses, just wrote a letter of commendation on for Rabbi Gutnick on the English Haggadah she’ll Pesach, and admire Chabad’s unparalleled work in outreach, education, and even politics. Another Chabad activist whom you can talk to about me is Rabbi Levi Shemtov in Washington, DC. I am concerned with the meshichist elements that our out there, and have seen examples of treatment of the Rebbe zt”l which are similar to cult hero worship. I think that those activities diminish the Rebbe’s reputation in the eyes of many, and that is most unfortunate, because he was an adam gadol me’od, whose words, written and otherwise recorded, have a lot to teach us. I myself had several conversations with him which influenced the course of my life and which I vividly remember to this day. I have also witnessed the work of various Chabad emissaries in many of the cities I have visited across the world and know of the great work that they do. What more can I say?

diff groups

 Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz preached an elitist, rationalistic Hasidism that centered on Talmudic study and formed a counterpoint to the miracle-centered Hasidism of Lublin.

Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz of Peshischa (Yiddish: יעקב יצחק ראבינאוויטש פון פשיסחא; c. 1766 – October 13, 1813) also known as the Yid Hakudosh (lit. 'the Holy Jew') or the Yehudi was the founder and first Grand Rabbi of the Peshischa movement of Hasidic philosophy, and an important figure of Polish Hasidism. The leading disciple of Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin, the Yehudi preached an "elitist" approach to Hasidism, in which he parred traditional Talmudic learning with the highly spiritual Kavanah of Hasidism. He encouraged individuality of thought, which brought his movement into conflict with the Hasidic establishment. Nevertheless, several of his teachings would go on to influence large percentages of modern Hasidism. Following his death in 1813, he was succeeded by his main disciple Simcha Bunim of Peshischa, who increased his movement's influence tenfold. The Yehudi is the patriarch of the Porisov and Biala Hasidic dynasties.^[1]

He spent several years teaching in the local yeshivot and married Braindel Koppel, the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper Jacob Koppel of Opatów. Following this, he became a disciple of David of Lelov who convinced the Yehudi to travel to the Hasidic court of Yaakov Yitzchak Horowitz (the Seer) in Lublin. During his time in Lublin, the Yehudi soon becoming the leading disciple of the Seer, who affectionally called him the "Yehudi" so that he would not be called by his rebbe's name. As the Seer became preoccupied with the responsibilities of mass movement he began directing newly-arrived young scholars visiting Lublin into the care of the Yehudi. However, over time, the Yehudi began to greatly resent the atmosphere in Lublin. In the court of the Seer, the rebbe served as the impetus of God and worked within a mystical and kabbalistic framework. The Yehudi began to detest the all-encompassing role in which the Seer played within his follower's lives, and so he founded his own religious movement based in Przysucha (Peshischa). Several of the Seer's most distinguished disciples followed the Yehudi to Przysucha, such as Simcha Bunim of Peshischa and Menahem Mendel of Kotsk. This break from the Seer was dramatically recounted in Martin Buber's "Gog Und Magog".^[3][4]

The Yehudi removed himself from earthly desires, such as sex or eating, believing that it was his specific path to self-cleansing. This stood in staunch contrast with the materialistic nature of the Seer, who believed that self-cleansing was done through miracles tied to the rebbe. The Yehudi believed that the main role of the rebbe was to guide his disciples in their struggle for spiritual depth, and not to serve as a miracle-worker. This teaching appealed to the followers of Peshischa, who were an elite and highly educated group of young Hasidim who were willing to sacrifice their material well-being as well as their inner peace in the name of self-cleansing.^[3]

The Yehudi believed that one of the main paths to self-cleansing was the parring of traditional Talmudic learning with the deeply spiritual Kavanah of Hasidism. Unlike his Hasidic contemporaries, the Yehudi believed that Learning Talmud became central to the worship of God stating that "learning Talmud and Tosafot purifies the mind and makes one ready for praying" ^[8] Ultimately the Yehudi believed that critical search for truth was crucial to enlightenment, and that process of enlightenment could only be done by an individual rather than through a rebbe. After his death in 1813, the Yehudi was succeeded by his main disciple Simcha Bunim of Peshischa who brought the movement its highest point and kickstarted a counter-revolutionary

movement that challenged the Hasidic norm.

• Yerachmiel Rabinowicz (Biala Hasidism)
• Joshua Asher Rabinowicz (Porisov Hasidism)
• Shmuel Abba Zychlinski (Zychlin Hasidism)
• Yaakov Aryeh Guterman (Radzymin Hasidism)
• Menachem Mendel Morgensztern (Kotzk Hasidism)
• Avrohom Bornsztain (Sochatchov Hasidism)
• Mordechai Yosef Leiner (Izhbitza Hasidism)
• Yitzchak Meir Alter (Ger Hasidism)
• Yehuda Leib Eiger (Lublin Hasidism)
• Israel Yitzhak Kalish (Vurka Hasidism)
• Yaakov Dovid Kalish (Amshinov Hasidism)
• Shraga Fayvel Dancyger (Aleksander Hasidism)
• Aaron Zvi Landau (Strikov Hasidism)

Identifying features of Ger[edit]

The men are distinguished by their dark Hasidic garb, and by their pants tucked into their socks, called hoyzn-zokn (not to be confused with the breeches, called halber-hoyzn, worn by men in some other Hasidic groups).

Slonim is a historical offspring of the Hasidic groups of Lechovitch [Lachowicze] and Kobrin, where some elements of the ideal of kedushah may have been fostered, though probably with different emphases and to a lesser degree than in present-day Slonim. 

Sexual Abstinence of Married Men Roils Hasidic Sects - Tablet Magazine

In Gur, the Sabbath is the day when a second monthly sexual intercourse is allowed, while in Slonim it is forbidden, as if the crude physical act of intercourse would defile the spirituality of the holy day. 

Rabbi Menachem Porush

 JEM interview with Rabbi Menachem Porush - YouTube

Rayatz gets Shazar and Ben Carrion to recognize Yiddish schools. Brisker Rav had asked Rayatz to do this. Afterwards, the Lithuanians were very impressed, saw what chabad could do. 

Rabbi Hutner And The Rebbe

 Rabbi Hutner And The Rebbe - The 5 Towns Jewish Times (5tjt.com)

Reviewed by Yochanan Gordon

Excerpts:

Similarly, after the release of the Sefer HaLikkutim of the Tzemach Tzedek, the Rebbe instructed that a set be sent to Rabbi Hutner, with which he sent the following letter: “Knowing master’s great interest in the works of Kabbalah and chassidus, I have sent the newly published Sefer HaLikkutim with explanations of the Tzemach Tzedek in alphabetical order …”

After receiving the set and reading the letter, Rabbi Hutner responded: “Thanks for the set of Sefer HaLikuttim. I was taken aback by the term “interest” the Rebbe employed to classify my attachment to chassidus. In fact, a huge part of my soul is rooted in Chabad chassidus, without which I’d be incomplete.”

The correspondence between Rabbi Hutner and the Rebbe, as expounded upon at length throughout the book, is detailed and longwinded, covering many areas of Torah, both the revealed and hidden aspects. In certain instances, Rabbi Hutner poses questions to the Rebbe that occurred to him while learning ma’amarim of the Rebbe Rashab, which seemed contradictory to his knowledge of this material up until that point.

According to Marvin Schick, “Rabbi Hutner’s persona was based on influences of Slabodka, Rav Kook, Rabbi Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg, Chabad, and Radzin, with whose rebbeim Rabbi Hutner spent a significant amount of time learning b’chavrusa.”

Rabbi Hutner and the Rebbe remained friends their entire lives. What seems to stand in contradistinction to this friendship are the many negative things that Rabbi Hutner said about the Rebbe and Chabad. Furthermore, as the book supports, Rabbi Hutner discouraged his students from attending the Rebbe’s farbrengens and, as is mentioned, scheduled his own Chanukah ma’amar six days earlier in order that students should not leave the yeshiva to attend the Rebbe’s yud-tes Kislev farbrengen.

This leads to the end of Rabbi Hutner’s life, an account that is addressed more than once with differing testimonies, when Rabbi Hutner was heard saying that the Lubavitcher Rebbe was the tzaddik ha’dor, according to one account, and in the words of another, the Rosh Yeshiva affirmed his great friendship, stating that they could speak about nearly anything, as only friends can.

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From Hillel Goldberg’s Between Berlin and Slobodka published 1989

[Page 79]

From Rabbi Schneerson’s arrival in America in 1941 until he became the Lubavitcher Rebbe in 1950, he and Rabbi Hutner maintained an intimate havruta, or fixed time for joint study. Decades later, when Rabbi Hutner lay on his deathbed, the Lubavitcher Rebbe had his physician phone from the United States to Israel regularly to inquire about Rabbi Hutner’s condition. But all this could not obscure a clear breach. Rabbi Hutner relentless1y sustained a biting critique of the Lubavitcher movement on a number of grounds. 41

All three prodigies who met in Berlin in 1929-Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Isaac Hutner, Menahem Schneerson-sustained a self-image so powerful and a certitude so unqualified that there could be no room for even delicate criticism among them as they each developed mutually exclusive kingdoms, so to speak: modern, secular-talmudic philosophic synthesis for Rabbi Soloveitchik; a worldwide Hasidic Inovement for the Lubavitcher Rebbe; and an elite, talmudic-pietistic training center for Rabbi Hutner. In their divergence, the larger problem they embody is the elusiveness of an affirmative definition of modern Orthodox Judaism. There was no disagreement, however, on what it was not. Rabbi Hutner demonstrated this most poignantly, going beyond biting disagreement, to definitive rebuke, in his attitude toward Abraham Joshua Heschel.

[page 187.]

41. Rabbi Hutner’s opposition to Lubavitch came to expression with colorful asperity. For example (interview with Saul [pseudonym], January, 1985, Jerusalem):

I was a student at Mesivta Chaim Berlin for only half a year, and had not spoken to Rabbi Hutner in about twenty years. I phoned him in New York, saying only “hello,” to which he responded, “Hello, Saul, how are you?” He knew my voice! He had this habit of making appointments at strange times, so we met at 2:10 p. m., Sunday afternoon. I told him that I had come to New York to pick up my children from a summer camp—a Lubavitch camp. Whereupon he suddenly turned his whole body around in his chair, his back facing me, and just sat there in blazing anger, glaring into space for what seemed to be an eternity. He must have been silent for two minutes. I was dumbfounded. Then he said, “Saul, you come to see me once in twenty years, and all you can tell me is that you send your children to a Lubavitch camp? There aren’t enough other camps? He said that my children would return home saying that the Lubavitcher Rebbe was the Messiah, that Lubavitch would ruin my children.

Rabbi Hutner was opposed to the personality cult built up around the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and to the public projection of both the Rebbe and the Lubavitch movement, by the movement, through public media-print and broadcast journalism, books, film, and the like.

dalfin:

 the rebbe was interested in breslov, rayatz 

the square and sovroner chassidim attacked rav noson but the accusations false or gedarim, rav  dovid of tolnos also uncle of rav nachman

Rebbe Learned Breslov Seforim Don't Humiliate Breslov Breslov isn't Chabad - YouTube

breslov into tikunim and hisbododus (talking to Hashem in isolation) Chabad does hisbononus - contemplating ideas of chassidus, 

talking about korbonos in daily behaivor - rav nachman was - so rebbe cites that in relevant place

if you don't take the  position of rebbe what will be with my father's chassidim, chaya mushka said to him

first time dalfin saw her was from a window in 1980 never bvefore even though grew up in lubavitch, she was very private

you can beenfit from breslov with doing the tikunim etc we have valid approach and so do they

have ot let people breathe, that's what the rebbetzin did

---rayataz the one who strengethnes  your emunah is the moshe rabbeinu of the generation

rav maniolitz in his yeshiva rav berman said i have no problem with you learning chabad or chassidus as long as its not during regular seder, rav kahn would stay till 10 pm to give them tanya shiur

rebbe: tanya chapter is source that need a rebbe

aseh lchaf rav is a teacher, rabbi, not a rebbe who can tell you to move to china

rav yaakov kam. wore a gartel at his shul in toronot, which was chassidic and also a torah v'daas as rav shraga wanted that

rav shmuel kam. studies tanya and had a good relationship with the shliach over there in phil rav shem tov

rav ruderman kept a copy of tanya in his pocket all his life

grew up chabad, 1911 went to rebbe rashab for one month, heard maamer, and would repeat it, why are you reading it, he said it has large letters, baal hatanya is a tzadick, it's a segulah to have it with me

rebbe wasn't pursing a degree at u berlin, he wanted to be an engineer and needed some courses, rav hutner was interested in haskala, rav sol pursued a phd in philo

rav hutner said 'he was a real good friend of mine' at end of his life, testified by a ry who was there, 47-50 came to ramash apt to study maharal and chassidus

rashab wrote gemara with penimus not yiras shemayim bochurim asked chofetz chaim to oppose, he said naftli trop his student saw chabad students with beards (cc couldn't get his students to wear beards) learning gem with fire, i will not oppose him, rav chaim ozer said i'll go with rav chaim sol, he said let me read it, said, rashab is right

Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz

 Once in New York, Levine became the rabbi of Congregation Nusach Ari in the Bronx. Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, head of Mesivta Torah Vodaas, studied the Tanya with Levine and encouraged his mesivta students to visit him so they could see this luminary.

List of Hasidic

 

List of Hasidic dynasties

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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:

• Each leader of the dynasty is often known as an ADMOR^[2] (abbreviation for ADoneinu MOreinu Rabeinu - "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, or where the group began to grow and flourish;
• 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.

A Hasidic 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.

Contents

• 1Dynasties with larger following
• 2Dynasties with smaller following
• 3Other dynasties
  • 3.1A
  • 3.2B
  • 3.3C
  • 3.4D
  • 3.5E
  • 3.6F
  • 3.7G
  • 3.8H
  • 3.9K
  • 3.10L
  • 3.11M
  • 3.12N
  • 3.13O
  • 3.14P
  • 3.15R
  • 3.16S
  • 3.17T
  • 3.18U
  • 3.19V
  • 3.20Y
  • 3.21Z
• 4Hasidic groups (non-dynastic)
• 5See also
• 6References

Dynasties with larger following[edit]

Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a large following include:

Name	Current (or last) Rebbe	Founder	Headquartered In	City / Town of Origin
Belz	Yissachar Dov 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 (b. 1957)	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, West Bank; Jerusalem, Israel	Karlin, Belarus
Sanz-Klausenburg	Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam; Shmuel Dovid Halberstam	Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1796–1876)	Borough Park, Brooklyn; Kiryat Sanz, Netanya, Israel	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; 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[edit]

Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a small following include:

Skolya

Name	Current (or last) Rebbe	Founder	Headquartered In	City / 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	Yosef Kalish; Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky	Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878)	Borough Park, Brooklyn; 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; Boro Park, Brooklyn, Lawrence, NY	Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dorog	Yisroel Moshe Rosenfeld	Shmuel Frenkel-Komarda of Dorog	Bnei Brak, Israel	Hajdúdorog, Hungary
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	Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits	Shmuel Shmelke ben Hirsh Halevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg (1726–1778),	Monsey, New York	Nikolsburg, Moravia
Novominsk	Yoshua Perlow (Borough Park) 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	Boro 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	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
Avrohm 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; Williamsburg; Monsey; Lakewood; Jerusalem	Sculeni, Bessarabia (now in Moldova)
Spinka	several	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)

Other dynasties[edit]

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[edit]

• Alesk (from Olesko, Ukraine)
• Amdur (from Indura, Belarus)
• Anipoli (from Annopol, Ukraine)
• Apt / Zinkov / Mezhbizh (from Opatów, Poland)

B[edit]

• 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 Bucureşti, Romania) (several)
• Burshtin (from Burshtyn, Ukraine)

C[edit]

• Chabad-Avrutsh (from Ovruch, Ukraine)
• Chabad-Bobroisk (from Bobrujsk, Belarus)
• Chabad-Kapust
• Chabad-Liadi
• Chabad-Nezhin
• Chabad-Strashelye
• Chernovitz (from Chernivtsi) (several)
• Czortkow (from Chortkiv)
• Chust (from Khust) (several)
• Cleveland
• Cracow (from Kraków)

D[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Erlau (from Eger/Erlau, Hungary)
• Etched (from Nagyecsed, Hungary)

F[edit]

• Faltishan (from Fălticeni, Romania)

G[edit]

• Gorlitz (from Gorlice, Poland)
• Gostynin (from Gostynin, Poland)
• Gvodzitz (from Hvizdets)
• Gribov (from Grybów, Poland)

H[edit]

• Hornsteipel (from Hornostaypil', near Chernobyl)
• Huvniv (from Hivniv, Ukraine)
• Husiatyn

K[edit]

• 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)
• Karlihaz
• Kashau (from Kassa, Hungary)
• Kerestir (from Bodrogkeresztúr, Hungary)
• Khentshin (from Chęciny, Poland)
• Kielce (from Kielce, Poland)
• Koidanov (from Koidanava, Belarus)
• Kolbasov (Kolbaszó, 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Narol (from Narol, Galicia/Austria-Hungary, now in Poland)
• Neshchiz (from Nesukhoyezhe, Ukraine)

O[edit]

• Ostrof
• Ozherov (from Ożarów, Poland)

P[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Radomsk (from Radomsko, Poland)
• Radoshitz (from Radoszyce, Poland)
• Radvil (from Radyvyliv, Ukraine)
• 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[edit]

• Sambur (from Sambir, Ukraine) (several)
• Sadigura (from Sadhora, Ukraine)
• Sanz (from Nowy Sącz, Poland)
• Sasregen (from Szászrégen, Hungary) (today Reghin, Romania)
• Sassov (from Sasiv, Ukraine)
• Savran
• 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 (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 Suliţa, Romania) (there was also a branch of the Shotz dynasty in Sulitza)

T[edit]

• Tetsh (from Técső, Hungary (now Tyachiv, Ukraine)
• Temeshvar (from Temesvár, Hungary) (today Timișoara, Romania)
• Tolna (from Talne, Ukraine)
• Toldos Tzvi
• Trisk (from Turiisk, Ukraine)
• Tseshenov (from Cieszanów, Poland)
• Tshakova (from Szczakowa, Poland)

U[edit]

• Ujhel (from Újhely, Hungary)
• Ungvar (from Ungvár, Hungary)
• Ushpitzin (from Oświęcim, Poland)

V[edit]

• Vasloi (from Vaslui, Romania)
• Vien (from Wien/Vienna)
• Volova (from Mizhhirya, Ukraine)
• Vorka from Warka, Poland
• Vulkan (from Zsilyvajdejvulkán, Hungary (today Vulcan, Hunedoara, Romania)

Y[edit]

• Yeruslav (from Jarosław, Poland) (several)

Z[edit]

• Zablitov (from Zabolotiv, Ukraine)
• Zbarz (from Zbarazh, Ukraine) (several)
• Zenta (break-off from Satmar) (from Zenta, Hungary) (today Senta, Serbia)
• Zhmigrid (from Nowy Żmigród, Poland)
• Zhitomir (from Zhytomyr)
• Zidichov
• Zinkov
• Zlatipol (from Zlatopol)
• Zlotchov (from Zolochiv)
• Zolozitz (from Zaliztsi)
• Zychlin

Hasidic groups (non-dynastic)[edit]

Name	Founder	Headquartered In	City / Town of Origin
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	Rybnitsa, Moldova / Transnistria
Vien		Williamsburg, Brooklyn	Vienna, Austria

See also[edit]

• Rabbinic dynasties

References[edit]

• Rabinowicz, Tzvi M. The Encyclopedia of Hasidism ISBN 1-56821-123-6 Jason Aronson, Inc., 1996.
• Alfasi, Yitschak. החסידות מדור לדור Hachasidut miDor leDor (2 vols)

1. ^ "Hasidism". World Book. 9. 2012. p. 82.
2. ^ Ettinger, Yair (Jan 1, 2013). "Hasidic leader Yaakov Friedman, the Admor of Sadigura, dies at 84". Haaretz. Retrieved Oct 14, 2013.

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