Hornsteipl is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel Twerski. Hornsteipl is the Yiddish name of Hornostaypil

Hornostaypil

Hornostaypil is a village in the Kiev Oblast located on the Teteriv River and the Kiev Reservoir.Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky was from Hornostaypil.-See also:* Hornsteipl...

, a town in present-day Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

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It is a branch of the Chernobyl

Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty)

Chernobyl is a Hasidic dynasty that was founded by Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky, known by the name of his work as the "Meor Einayim Chernobyl is a Hasidic dynasty that was founded by Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky, known by the name of his work as the "Meor Einayim Chernobyl is a...

 and Anipoli dynasties dating back to the 19th century.

Lineage of the Hornsteipl dynasty

Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel Twerski, founder of the Hornsteipl dynsasty, was the third son of the Chernobler Maggid

Maggid

Maggid , sometimes spelled as magid, is a traditional Eastern European Jewish religious itinerant preacher, skilled as a narrator of Torah and religious stories. A preacher of the more scholarly sort was called a "darshan", and usually occupied the official position of rabbi...

, Rebbe Mordechai Twersky

Mordechai Twersky

Rabbi Mordechai Twersky, known as the Maggid of Chernobyl, was the son of Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky of Chernobyl and the second rebbe of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty...

. Rebbe Mordechai's father, Rebbe Menachem Nahum Twersky of Chernobyl (author of Meor Einayim), was a - disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.The main base of Hornsteipl Hasidim is in Milwaukee, with branches in Jerusalem and Flatbush.

Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel had four daughters and no sons.

• Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel Twerski of Cherkas (1794–1876) – son of the Magid of Chernobyl
  • • Rebbe Mordchai Dov Twerski of Hornsteipl (1839–1903), author of "Emek Shaalo" – grandson of the Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel Twerski and great-great-grandson of Rebbe Zishe of Anipoli.
      • Rebbe Chaim Moshe Tsvi Twerski of Hornsteipl-Rachmastrivka (1866–1933) - son of the Rebbe Mordchai Dov.
      • Rebbe BenTsion Yehudo Leib Twerski of Hornsteipl-USA (1867–1951) – son of Rebbe Mordchai Dov.
        • Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel Twerski of Hornsteipl-Milwaukee (1900–1973) - son of Rebbe Benzion Yehudo Leib - son-in-law of Rebbe Benzion Halberstam of Bobov.
          • Rebbe Benzion Chaim Shlomo Meshulom Zishe Twerski of Hornsteipl-Denver (1923–1981) - son of Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel of Milwaukee
            • Rebbe Mordechai Twerski of Hornsteipl-Flatbush - son of Rebbe Shlomo of Denver
            • Rebbe Shalom Shachna Friedman of Hornsteipl-Jerusalem - son-in-law of Rebbe Shlomo of Denver
          • Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski
            Abraham J. Twerski
            Abraham Joshua Twerski is an American Hasidic rabbi, a scion of the Chernobil Hasidic dynasty, and a psychiatrist specializing in substance abuse...
            
            , M.D., son of Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel of Milwaukee
          • Rabbi Aaron Twerski
            Aaron Twerski
            Professor Aaron D. Twerski is a professor at Brooklyn Law School, as well as a former Dean and professor of tort law at Hofstra University School of Law. He is a prolific scholar who served as co-reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of Torts Third: Products Liability, receiving...
            
            , son of Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel of Milwaukee
          • Rebbe Yechiel Michel Twerski of Hornsteipl-Milwaukee (b. 1939) - son of Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel of Milwaukee
        • Rabbi Chaim Aharon Twerski – son of Rebbe Benzion Yehuda Leib - son-in-law of Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel Dovid Hager of Strozhnits
          Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)
          Vizhnitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Menachem Mendel Hager. Vizhnitz is the Yiddish name of Vyzhnytsia, a village in present-day Ukraine.Followers of the rebbes of Vizhnitz are called Vizhnitzer chasidim....