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Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...

dynasties known as Cleveland and both are considered to be a part of the Nadvorna dynasty

Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvorna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna...

History of the Clevelander New York dynasty

The Cleveland Hasidic dynasty currently located in Williamsburg, New York, was founded by Grand Rabbi Meir Leifer, who died in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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, California in 1941. The first Clevelander Rebbe was the author of Oros Hameirim, Likitei Amorim, and Hakufes Nadvorne. He was a scion of the Nadvorna Hasidic dynasty

Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvorna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna...

. He also was a disciple of Rabbi Moshe Greenwald

Moshe Greenwald

Moshe Greenwald , also spelled Grunwald, was the Rav of Chust, Hungary and progenitor of the Puppa Hasidic dynasty through his five sons. He was also the author of Arugas Habosem, a book of responsa covering a wide breadth of halakhic issues.He was the eldest son of Rabbi Amram Greenwald , one of...

of Chust

Khust

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, author of Arugas Habosem. He founded the current synagogue

Synagogue

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in Williamsburg in 1934 after he moved there from Cleveland, Ohio, making it currently the oldest Hasidic dynasty in Wiliamsburg. Reb Meir came to USA in 1922, and settled in Cleveland where he was the first rabbi of Congregation Bnei Yaakov Anshei Marmorish (currently known as the Green Road Synagogue Beis Ha Knesseth Shearis Hapleita Bnei Yaakov Kehilas Marmorsh) and later he founded the congregations Shomrei Shabbos
Shomer Shabbat
A shomer Shabbat or shomer Shabbos is a person who observes the mitzvot associated with Judaism's Shabbat...

, and Shomer Hadass Yisroel. Prior to living in the USA, Reb Meir lived in Budapest

Budapest

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, Hungary, where he led a large following.

Reb Meir was succeeded by his son-in-law, Grand Rabbi Usher Mordechai Rosenbaum, author of Sifsei Riem, and Amoirois Tehoirois. In 1962 Reb Usher Mordechai founded the Clevelander yeshiva under the name of Yeshivas Bnei Mordechai. In 1981 the yeshiva was renamed Yeshivas Bnei Yisachar Ber. Reb Usher Mordechai also founded a kollel

Kollel

A kollel is an institute for full-time, advanced study of the Talmud and rabbinic literature. Like a yeshiva, a kollel features shiurim and learning sedarim ; unlike a yeshiva, the student body of a kollel are all married men...

under the name of Kollel Yad Issumer. Reb Usher Mordechai died in 1991; he was succeeded by his son, the present Clevelander Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Rosenbaum.

European lineage

Grand Rabbi Meir the Great of Premishlan (1703–1773), disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
- Grand Rabbi Uren Arye Leib of Premishlan (died 1813) disciple of Rabbi Yechiel Michl of Zlotshov; son of Rabbi Meir the Great,
  - Grand Rabbi Isaac of Kalish, son of Rabbi Uren Arye Leib of Premishlan
    - Grand Rabbi Yisachar Dov "Bertchi" Leifer of Nadvorna (died 1848), author of Sisrei Torah, son of Rabbi Isaac of Kalish; disciple of Rabbi Isaac of Radvill; son-in-law of Rabbi Avrohom Leib Bloch of Nadvorna
      - Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer
        Mordechai of Nadvorna
        Rabbi Mordechai Leifer was the son of Rabbi Yesochor Bertche Leifer , author of Sisrei Torah, and a great-great-grandson of Rabbi Meir "The Great" of Premishlan....
        
        of Nadvorna (1835–1894), author of Maamar Mordechai, son of Rabbi Bertchi
        
        Grand Rabbi Yisachar Bertchi Leifer of Nadvorna-Satmar (died 1906), Author of Likitei Yissachar, son of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna

The Clevelander New York lineage

Grand Rabbi Meyer Leifer of Cleveland , son of Rabbi Yisachar Bertchi of Nadvorna-Satmar, Author of Oros Hameirim, son in law of Rabbi Alter Zev Horowitz of Stryzov
- Grand Rabbi Usher Mordechai Rosenbaum, author of The Sifsei Riem, son-in-law of Rabbi Meyer Leifer of Cleveland, and son of Rabbi Yisachar Ber of Stroznhitz
  - Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Rosenbaum is the present Clevelander Rebbe of New York.

History of the Clevelander Ra'anana Dynasty

The other is currently located in Ra'anana

Ra'anana

Ra'anana is a city in the heart of the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel with a population of 68,300, . Ra'anana is bordered by Kfar Sava on the east and Herzliya on the southwest...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

led by Grand Rabbi Isaac Rosenbaum, Clevelander Rebbe, also a scion of the Nadvorna Hasidic dynasty

Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism. The dynasty derives its name from the town of Nadvorna, known in Ukrainian as Nadvirna...

Origins of Clevelander Ra'anana Dynasty

Grand Rabbi Meir the Great of Premishlan (1703–1773), disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
- Grand Rabbi Uren Arye Leib of Premishlan (died 1813) disciple of Rabbi Yechiel Michl of Zlotshov; son of Rabbi Meir the Great,
  - Grand Rabbi Isaac of Kalish, son of Rabbi Uren Arye Leib of Premishlan
    - Grand Rabbi Yisachar Dov "Bertchi" Leifer of Nadvorna (died 1848), author of Sisrei Torah, son of Rabbi Isaac of Kalish; disciple of Rabbi Isaac of Radvill; son-in-law of Rabbi Avrohom Leib Bloch of Nadvorna
      - Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer
        Mordechai of Nadvorna
        Rabbi Mordechai Leifer was the son of Rabbi Yesochor Bertche Leifer , author of Sisrei Torah, and a great-great-grandson of Rabbi Meir "The Great" of Premishlan....
        
        of Nadvorna (1835–1894), author of Maamar Mordechai, son of Rabbi Bertchi
        
        Grand Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Kretshniff (died 1908), son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer (changed last name to Rosenbaum), son in law of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tirer of Drohey
        
        Grand Rabbi Issamar Rosenbaum of Nadvorna Known as "Ha’admor Hazaken MiNadvorna" (1886–1973), son of Rabbi Meir of Kretshniff, son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Isaiah Rubin of Kolbosov
        
        Grand Rabbi Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Stroznhitz, author of Divrei Yisachar (d. 1980), son of Rabbi Issamar Rosenbaum of Nadvorna, son-in-law of Rabbi Yisachar Bertchi Leifer of Nadvorna-Satmar

Grand Rabbi Isaac Rosenbaum, of Cleveland Ra'anana
Ra'anana
Ra'anana is a city in the heart of the southern Sharon Plain of the Central District of Israel with a population of 68,300, . Ra'anana is bordered by Kfar Sava on the east and Herzliya on the southwest...

the son Rabbi Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Stroznhitz

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