List of Hasidic dynasties and groups explained

See main article: Hasidic Judaism. A Hasidic dynasty or Chassidic dynasty is a dynasty led by Hasidic Jewish spiritual leaders known as rebbes,[1] and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:

Distinguished from a dynasty, a Hasidic group or Chassidic group has the following characteristics:

Dynasties with larger following

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

NameCurrent (or last) RebbeFounderPresently headquartered InCity / Town of origin
BelzYissachar Dov RokeachSholom Rokeach (1781–1855)Jerusalem, IsraelBelz, 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, BrooklynBobowa and Sanz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now in Poland)
Chabad LubavitchMenachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994)Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812)Crown Heights, BrooklynLyubavichi, Russia
GerYaakov Aryeh Alter (b. 1939)Yitzchak Meir Alter (1799–1866)Jerusalem, IsraelGóra Kalwaria, Russian Empire (now in Poland)
Karlin-StolinBaruch Meir Yaakov ShochetAaron ben Jacob of Karlin (1736–1772)Givat Zeev,
Jerusalem, Israel		Karlin, Belarus
Sanz-KlausenburgTzvi 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)
SatmarAaron Teitelbaum (b. 1947);
Zalman Leib Teitelbaum (b. 1952)		Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979)Kiryas Joel, New York;
Williamsburg, Brooklyn		Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare, Romania)
SkverDavid Twersky (b. 1940)Yitzchak TwerskyNew Square, New YorkSkvira, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine)
VizhnitzYisroel Hager

Menachem Mendel Hager

  • Yisroel Hager;
    Menachem Mendel Hager;
    Yitzchak Yohanan Hager;
    Eliezer Ze'ev Hager;
    David Hager;
    Aharon Hager;
    Baruch Shimshon 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

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

    NameCurrent (or last) RebbeFounderPresently headquartered InTown of origin
    AleksanderYisroel Tzvi Yair Danziger
    Yosef Yitzchak Meir Singer    		Yechiel Dancyger (1828–1894)Bnei Brak, Israel
    Borough Park, Brooklyn    		Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
    AmshinovMenachem Kalish

    Osher Chaim Kalish;
    Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky
    		Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878)Borough Park, Brooklyn;
    Beit Shemesh, Israel;
    Jerusalem, Israel    		Mszczonów, Poland
    AshlagSimcha Avraham AshlagYehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag (1885–1954)Bnei Brak, IsraelWarsaw, Poland
    Banei AzseveralCleveland, OhioTigrei, Ethiopia
    BialaAvraham Yerachmiel Rabinowicz;
    Yaakov Menachem Rabinowicz;
    Aaron Rabinowicz    		Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz (died 1905)Jerusalem, Israel;
    Bnei Brak, Israel;
    Borough Park, Brooklyn    		Biała Podlaska, Poland
    BostonPinchas David Horowitz;
    Mayer Alter Horowitz;
    Naftali Yehuda Horowitz;
    Chaim Avrohom Horowitz    		Pinchas David Horowitz (1876–1941)Brookline, Massachusetts

    Jerusalem, Israel
    		Boston
    BoyanNachum Dov BrayerYitzchok Friedman (1850–1917)Jerusalem, IsraelBoiany, Bukovina (now in Ukraine)
    ChernobylseveralMenachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl (1730–1797)Bnei Brak, Israel;
    Ashdod, Israel;
    Borough Park, Brooklyn; Lawrence, NY    		Chernobyl, Ukraine
    DushinskyYosef Tzvi DushinskyYosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948)Jerusalem, IsraelJerusalem, Israel
    MachnovkaYehoshua RokeachYosef Meir Twersky of MachnovkaBnei Brak, IsraelMachnovka, Ukraine
    Melitz Naftali Asher Yeshayahu MoscowitzYaakov Horowitz of Melitz
    (son of Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz)    		Ashdod, IsraelMielec, Galicia (now in Poland)
    ModzitzChaim Shaul TaubYechezkel Taub of Kuzmir (1755–1856)Bnei Brak, IsraelDęblin, Poland
    Munkacz Moshe Leib RabinovichShlomo Spira ("Shem Shlomo") of MunkaczBorough Park, BrooklynMunkács, Hungary (now in Ukraine)
    NadvornaseveralMordechai Leifer (1835–1894)Bnei Brak, IsraelNadvirna, Galicia (now in Ukraine)
    Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Shmuel Shmelke HaLevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg (1726–1778)Monsey, New YorkNikolsburg, Moravia
    NovominskYoshua Perlow (Borough Park, Brooklyn)
    Yisroel Perlow (Lakewood)    		Yaakov Perlow I (1843–1902)Borough Park, BrooklynMińsk Mazowiecki, Poland
    Pinsk-KarlinAryeh RosenfeldAharon the Great of Karlin (1736–1772)Jerusalem, IsraelKarlin, Belarus
    PupaYaakov Yechezkia Greenwald II (b. 1948)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
    Sadigura Tzvi Yisrael Moshe Friedman Ztl August 2020Yitzchak yehoushoua Heschel FriedmanAvrohom Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura (1820–1883)Bnei Brak, IsraelSadagóra, Bukovina (now in Ukraine)
    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 ("Reb Ahrele") (1894–1947)Kiryat Shomrei Emunim, Jerusalem
    Mea Shearim, Jerusalem    		Jerusalem, Israel
    Skolye Avrohom Moshe RabinowitzBorough Park, BrooklynSkole, 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; JerusalemSculeni, Bessarabia (now in Moldova)
    SpinkaRabbi 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)
    ToshElimelech Segal-LowyMeshulam Feish Segal-Lowy IKiryas Tosh
    Boisbriand, Quebec    		Nyírtass, Hungary
    ZvhilAvraham 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)

    NameFounderHeadquartered inPlace of origin
    BreslovNachman of Breslov (1772–1810)Jerusalem, IsraelBratslav, Ukraine
    MalachimChaim Avraham Dov Ber Levine haCohen (1860–1938)Williamsburg, BrooklynBrooklyn, New York
    PeshischaYaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz "The Yid Hakudosh" (1766–1813)Przysucha, Poland
    RybnitzaChaim Zanvl Abramowitz (d. 1995)Monsey, New YorkRîbnița, Moldova / Transnistria
    VienWilliamsburg, BrooklynVienna, Austria

    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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    Notes and References

    1. Encyclopedia: 2012. Hasidism. World Book. 9. 82.
    2. News: Hasidic leader Yaakov Friedman, the Admor of Sadigura, dies at 84. Yair. Ettinger. Haaretz. Jan 1, 2013. Oct 14, 2013.

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