Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)
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Dombrov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger (c. 1770-1846). Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska
Dabrowa Tarnowska
Dąbrowa Tarnowska is a town in Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, about north of Tarnów. It is the capital of Dąbrowa County. Before reorganization Dąbrowa Tarnowska was part of Tarnów Voivodeship . Population is 11'402...

, a town in present-day Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

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Lineage

Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger was the son of Tsvi Hersh, a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech of Lizhensk
Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk , a Rabbi and one of the great founding Rebbes of the Hasidic movement, was known after his hometown, Leżajsk near Rzeszów in Poland...

 and Rabbi Avrohom Yehosua Heshil of Apt. He studied under the Kozhnitzer Magid.

Lineage of the Unger Family

  • Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger of Dombrov
    • Grand Rabbi Yosef of Dombrov—son of R' Morechai Dovid
      • Grand Rabbi Yisroel Elimelech Unger of Zhabno
        Zabno
        Żabno is a town and municipality on the river Dunajec in southern Poland, 15 km north of Tarnów. Since Poland's administrative reorganization in 1999, Żabno has been a part of Tarnów powiat which belongs to Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Before administrative reorganization in 1999 it belonged...

        —son of R' Yosef
        • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger of Tsanz
          Nowy Sacz
          Nowy Sącz is a town in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship in southern Poland. It is the district capital of Nowy Sącz County, but is not included within the powiat.-Names:...

          —son of R' Yisroel Elimelech, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Reinman of Narol
          Narol (Hasidic dynasty)
          Narol is a dynasty of Hasidic rebbes originally based in the village of Narol, W. Galicia .The Naroler dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yaakov Reinman Narol is a dynasty of Hasidic rebbes originally based in the village of Narol, W. Galicia (now Poland).The Naroler dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yaakov...

          • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Unger, Dombrover Rebbe in America—son of R' Ben Zion
            • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger, present Dombrover Rebbe of Boro Park
            • Grand Rabbi Mordechai David Unger of Bobov 45th Street

Lineage of the Rubin Family

      • Grand Rebbe Myer Rubin of Glogov-Dombrova, son in law of Grand Rebbe Yosef of Dombrova
        • Grand Rabbi Chaim Yechiel Rubin of Dombrova, son of Rebbe Myer of Glogov-Dombrova
          • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Berish Rubin of Dombrova. Rebbe in Berlin, and later in Washington Heights, New York.
            • Grand Rabbi Esriel Rubin of Dombrova, son in law of Rebbe Yisachar Ber Shapiro of Kechneye, Nadvorna
              Nadvorna
              Nadvorna may refer to:*Nadvirna is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in southwestern Ukraine.*Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within Orthodox Judaism....

               Dynasty
              • Grand Rabbi Naftoli Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey
                Monsey, New York
                Monsey is a hamlet , in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the state of New Jersey; east of Suffern; south of Airmont and west of Nanuet...

                , son of Rabbi Esriel of Dombrova


The Grand Rabbi of Satmar
Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)
Satmar is a Hasidic movement comprising mostly Hungarian and Romanian Hasidic Jewish Holocaust survivors and their descendants. It was founded and led by the late Hungarian-born Grand Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum , who was the rabbi of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary...

 is a descendant of the Dombrov dynasty.

Synagogues

  • Washington Heights
    Washington Heights, Manhattan
    Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the highest point on Manhattan island by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War, to defend the area from the...

     section of Manhattan
    Manhattan
    Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

     - Grand Rabbi Yissachar Berish Rubin the Dombrover Rebbe of Berlin
    Berlin
    Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

    .

  • Monsey, New York
    Monsey, New York
    Monsey is a hamlet , in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the state of New Jersey; east of Suffern; south of Airmont and west of Nanuet...

     - Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey
    Monsey, New York
    Monsey is a hamlet , in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of the state of New Jersey; east of Suffern; south of Airmont and west of Nanuet...

     of Beis Hamedrash Beis Yisocher Berish of Dombrova

  • Borough Park, Brooklyn
    Borough Park, Brooklyn
    Borough Park , is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City in the United States....

    - Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Ungar of Dombrova - Brooklyn
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