Skolya (Hasidic dynasty) explained

Skolya is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Skole (Yiddish: Skolye) in Eastern Galicia (currently in Ukraine), where the founder of this dynasty lived and led his court.

List of rabbis

• Rabbi Yitzchok of Drohobych (d. March 11, 1752^[1]), disciple of the Baal Shem Tov.
  • Rabbi Yekhiel Michel Rabinowitz of Zlotshev (c.1721 – 1786^[2]), known as the Zlotshiver Maggid.
    • Rabbi Yosef Rabinowitz of Yampol (d. January 9, 1812^[3]), son of Rabbi Yekhiel Mikhl of Zlotshev
      • Rebbe Yitzchok Rabinowitz of Yampil (son-in-law of Reb Boruch of Mezhbizh), son of Rabbi Yosef of Yampol; succeeded his father-in-law as Rebbe in Mezhbizh).
        • Rebbe Boruch Rabinovich of Yampil,^[4] son of Reb Yitschak Drubitsher.
          • Rebbe Eliezer Chaim Rabinowitz of Yampola (1845–1916^[5]) (the first Hasidic rebbe in America and founder of the Skolya dynasty) – son of Rebbe Boruch Rabinovich of Iași.
            • Rebbe Boruch Pinchas Rabinowitz of Skolya (Skole) (1874–1920^[6]), buried in Vienna, son of Rebbe Eliezer Chaim of Yampola
              • Rebbe Aaron Moshe Leifer of Chust, son-in-law of Boruch Pinchas Rabinowitz of Skolya
                • Rebbe Shmuel Shmelke Leifer of Chust (son of Rabbi Aaron Moshe), Rosh Yeshiva of Toras Chessed^[7]
              • Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok Eizek Rabinowitz of Skolya (1896–1979^[8]), buried in Jerusalem on the Mount of Olives – son of the Rebbe Boruch Pinchas of Skolya.
                • R. Eliezer Chaim Rabinowitz, eldest son of Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok Eizek of Skolya
                • R. Meir Rabinovich (September 1, 1918- August 14, 2006^[9] – ?), second son of Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok Eizek of Skolya
                  • Rebbe Refael Goldstein, Skolya Rebbe on 18th Ave in BP, the son-in-law Meir Rabinovich and grandchild through marriage of Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok.
                • R. Yosef Boruch Pinchus Rabinowitz,^[10] son of Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok Eizek of Skolya
                  • Rebbe Avraham Moshe Rabinowitz, current Skolya Rebbe and author of about 20 spiritual books, placed by the old Skolya rebba to take over after him, son of R. Boruch Rabinowitz^[11] and eldest grandson of Rebbe Dovid Yitzchok
            • Rebbe Shmuel Avrohom^[12] of Mezhbizh (1883–) – son of Rebbe Eliezer Chaim of Yampola. Rebbe Shmuel Avrohom was known as the Mezhbizher Gutter Yid.

External links

• http://skolya.org/
• The Skolya Rebbe’s Torah
• Torah thought by the "Skolye Rebbe", R. Avraham Moshe Rabinowitz

Notes and References

1. Web site: Rabbi Yitzchok Rabinowitz of Kalyus . Geni.com.
2. Web site: R' Yechiel Michel, The Maggid of Zlochov . Geni.com.
3. Web site: Rabbi Yosef Rabinowitz of Yampol . Geni.com.
4. Web site: R' Baruch Rabinowitz, Admur Jasy and then of Yampol . Geni.com.
5. Web site: R' Eliezer Haim Rabinowitz, Admur Yampol . Geni.com.
6. Web site: R' Baruch Pinchas Rabinowitz, Admur Skole . Geni.com.
7. Web site: The Chuster Rov, Rav Shmuel Shmelke Leifer zt"l Matzav.com . Matzav.com . 20 February 2023.
8. Web site: Grand Rabbi David Yitzhak Eizik Rabinowitz, Skolye Rebbe . Geni.com.
9. Web site: R' Meir Rabinowitz . Geni.com.
10. Web site: Yosef Boruch Pinchos Rabinowitz . Geni.com.
11. Web site: R' Israel Mordecai Rabinowitz . Geni.com.
12. Web site: R' Samuel Abraham Rabinowitz, Admur Meziboz-Sedilikow-New York . Geni.com.