A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty

Dynasty

A dynasty is a sequence of rulers considered members of the same family. Historians traditionally consider many sovereign states' history within a framework of successive dynasties, e.g., China, Ancient Egypt and the Persian Empire...

 of Hasidic spiritual leaders known as rebbe

Rebbe

Rebbe , which means master, teacher, or mentor, is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word Rabbi. It often refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement...

s, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:

1. Each member of the dynasty is a spiritual leader, often known as an ADMOR (abbreviation for ADoneinu MOreinu Rabeinu - "our master, our teacher and our rabbi") or simply as Rebbe
   Rebbe
   Rebbe , which means master, teacher, or mentor, is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word Rabbi. It often refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement...
   
   (or "the Rebbe") and at times called the "Ruv" ("the rabbi") and sometimes referred to in English as a "Grand Rabbi";
2. It continues beyond the initial leader's lifetime by succession (usually by a family descendant);
3. It is usually named after a key town in Eastern Europe where the founder may have been born or lived, or where the group began to grow and flourish;
4. It has (or once had) followers who, through time, continue following successive leaders (rebbes) or may even continue as a group without one leader by following the precepts of a deceased leader.

Larger dynasties

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

Name	Current (or last) Rebbe	Founder	Headquartered In	City/Town of Origin
Belz Belz (Hasidic dynasty) Belz is a Hasidic dynasty named for the town of Belz in Western Ukraine, near the Polish border. The town has existed since at least the 10th century, with the Jewish community being established during the 14th century. The town became home to Hasidic Judaism in the early 19th century...	Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II) Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II) Yissachar Dov Rokeach is the fifth and present Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Belz. He is the son of Rabbi Mordechai of Bilgoray, the grandson of the third Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, and the nephew of the fourth Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Aharon Rokeach, who raised him...	Sholom Rokeach (1781–1855)	Jerusalem, Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...	Belz Belz Belz , a small city in the Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, is located between the Solokiya river and the Rzeczyca stream.... , Galicia, Austria-Hungary / Poland (now in 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... )
Bobov	Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam; Mordechai Dovid Unger	Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov (1847–1905)	Borough Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...	Bobowa Bobowa Bobowa is a town in the Gorlice County, Poland. Administratively attached to the Lesser Polish Voivodeship, it is located 18 kilometres from Gorlice, at Biała Tarnowska River. It was formerly a village, being granted a town status since 1 January 2009...  and Sanz 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:... , Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now in Poland)
Chabad Lubavitch Chabad Chabad or Chabad-Lubavitch is a major branch of Hasidic Judaism.Chabad may also refer to:*Chabad-Strashelye, a defunct branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism*Chabad-Kapust or Kapust, a defunct branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism...	Menachem Mendel Schneerson Menachem Mendel Schneerson Menachem Mendel Schneerson , known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or just the Rebbe among his followers, was a prominent Hasidic rabbi who was the seventh and last Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He was fifth in a direct paternal line to the third Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Menachem Mendel...  (1902–1994)	Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812)	Crown Heights, Brooklyn Crown Heights, Brooklyn Crown Heights is a neighborhood in the central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The main thoroughfare through this neighborhood is Eastern Parkway, a tree-lined boulevard designed by Frederick Law Olmsted extending two miles east-west.Originally, the area was known as Crow Hill....	Lubavitch, Russia http://www.chabad.org/
Ger Ger (Hasidic dynasty) Ger, or Gur is a Hasidic dynasty originating from Ger, the Yiddish name of Góra Kalwaria, a small town in Poland....	Yaakov Aryeh Alter Yaakov Aryeh Alter Yaakov Aryeh Alter, , is the seventh and current Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he has held since 1996. He lives in Israel and has followers in Europe and the United States...  (b. 1939)	Yitzchak Meir Alter Yitzchak Meir Alter Yitzchak Meir Alter , is considered to be the first Rebbe of the Ger Hasidic dynasty, which he founded in the town of Góra Kalwaria , Poland. He was also known as the Chidushei HaRim for his Torah books...  (1799–1866)	Jerusalem, Israel	Góra Kalwaria Góra Kalwaria Góra Kalwaria is a town on the Vistula River in the Mazovian Voivodship, Poland, about 25 km southeast of Warsaw. It has a population of about 11,000 . The town has significance for both Catholic Christians and Hasidic Jews... , Russian Empire (now in Poland)
Karlin Karlin (Hasidic Dynasty) Karlin-Stolin is a Hasidic dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Karlin was one of the first centres of Hasidim to be set up in Lithuania.... , or Karlin-Stolin	Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet	Aharon the Great of Karlin (1736–1772)	Givat Zeev, Israel; Jerusalem, Israel	Karlin Karlin (Pinsk) Karlin is the name of a suburb of the city of Pinsk, Belarus. It was originally founded as an independent town in 1690 and was named after the village's founder, Jan Karol Dolski. By 1695 Dolski had built a church and a fortified manor on the spot... , Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
Sanz Klausenberg	Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam; Shmuel Dovid Halberstam Shmuel Dovid Halberstam Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Halberstam, , also known as the Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe of Borough Park, is the younger son and one of the successors of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, the previous Klausenberger Rebbe...	Chaim Halberstam Chaim Halberstam Chaim Halberstam of Sanz , known as the Divrei Chaim after his magnum opus on halakha, was a famous Hasidic Rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic dynasty....  of Sanz (1796–1876)	Boro Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated... ; Kiryat Sanz, Netanya Kiryat Sanz, Netanya Kiryat Sanz is a Haredi neighborhood located at the northwestern end of Netanya, Israel. Founded in 1956 by the previous Klausenburger Rebbe, Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, who established his court here in 1960, Kiryat Sanz is the world center for Sanz-Klausenburg Hasidism... , Israel	Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca , commonly known as Cluj, is the fourth most populous city in Romania and the seat of Cluj County in the northwestern part of the country. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest , Budapest and Belgrade... , Hungary (now in Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... ), and Sanz 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:... , Galicia (now in Poland)
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...	Aaron Teitelbaum Aaron Teitelbaum Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum is one of two Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the chief rabbi of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New York...  (b. 1947); Zalman Leib Teitelbaum (b. 1952)	Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhel Moshe Teitelbaum (Ujhel) Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum , also known as the Yismach Moshe, was the Rebbe of Ujhely in Hungary. According to Löw, he signed his name "Tamar", this being the equivalent of Teitelbaum, which is the Yiddish for "palm-tree"...  (1759–1841)	Kiryas Joel, New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... ; Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north, Bedford-Stuyvesant to the south, Bushwick to the east and the East River to the west. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 90th ...	Satu Mare, Hungary (now in Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea... )
Skver Skver (Hasidic dynasty) Skver is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yitzchok Twerski in the city of Skver . Followers of the rebbes of Skver are called Skverer hasidim....	David Twersky (b. 1940)	Yitzchak Twersky	New Square, New York New Square, New York New Square is an all-Hasidic village in the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Hillcrest; east of Viola; south of New Hempstead and west of New City...	Skvira, Russian Empire (now in 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... )
Vizhnitz 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....	Moshe Yehoshua Hager; Mordechai Hager	Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov (1830–1884)	Bnei Brak, Israel; Kaser, New York Kaser, New York Kaser is a village in the Town of Ramapo Rockland County, New York, United States located north of Monsey; east of Airmont; south of Viola and west of Spring Valley. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 3,316....	Vyzhnytsia Vyzhnytsia Vyzhnytsia is a town located on the Cheremosh River in the Chernivtsi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of Vyzhnytsia Raion.-Notable People from Vyzhnytsia:* Gerard Ciołek, architect* Menachem Mendel Hager, first Vizhnitser Rebbe... , Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now in 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... )

Smaller dynasties

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

Name	Current (or last) Rebbe	Founder	Headquartered In	City/Town of Origin
Aleksander Aleksander (Hasidic dynasty) The Aleksander chasidic movement flourished in Poland from 1880 until it was largely destroyed by Nazi Germany during World War II.Now nearly extinct, the Aleksander Hasidim were the second largest Hasidic group in pre-Holocaust Poland.Between the world wars, Hasidic Jews from all over flocked to...	Yisroel Tzvi Yair Danziger	Yechiel Dancyger (1828–1894)	Bnei Brak, Israel	Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
Ungvar	Menashe Klein Menashe Klein Rabbi Menashe Klein , also known as the Ungvarer Rebbe , was a Hasidic Rebbe and posek and author of 17 volumes of Mishneh Halachos and other 25 books...	Yossef Elimelech Khanh (1931)	Jerusalem, Israel	Ungvar, Hungary
Amshinov Amshinov (Hasidic dynasty) Amshinov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Yaakov Dovid Kalish. It is an offshoot of Vurka dynasty. It takes its name from the Yiddish name of Mszczonów, a town in Poland.-History:...	Yosef Kalish; Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky	Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878)	Borough Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated... ; Jerusalem, Israel	Mszczonów Mszczonów Mszczonów is a town in Żyrardów County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,310 inhabitants .The town had a Jewish community, and it was once the center of the Hasidic Amshinov dynasty... , Poland
Ashlag Ashlag (Hasidic dynasty) Ashlag is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yehuda Leib Haleivi Ashlag from Warsaw, Poland. Although Hasidic dynasties are most often named for their town of origin, this dynasty is known by the surname of its rebbes.- Lineage :...	Simcha Avraham Ashlag	Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag Yehuda Ashlag Rabbi Yehuda Ashlag or Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag also known as the Baal Ha-Sulam in reference to his magnum opus, was an orthodox rabbi and kabbalist born in Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, to a family of scholars connected to the Hasidic courts of Porisov and Belz...  (1885–1954)	Bnei Brak, Israel	Warsaw Warsaw Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most... , Poland
Berditchev Berditchev (Hasidic dynasty) Berditchev Hasidim, also known in Yiddish as Berditchiver Hasidim, originated in the town of Berdychiv, which over the years was under the control of Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Ukraine....		Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev , also known as the Berdichever, was a rabbi and Hasidic leader. He was the rabbi of Ryczywół, Żelechów, Pinsk and Berdychiv, for which he is best known...  (1740–1810)		Berdychiv Berdychiv Berdychiv is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Berdychiv Raion , the city itself is of direct oblast subordinance, and is located south of the oblast capital, Zhytomyr, at around .The current estimated population is around... , 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...
Bergsass	Aaron Pollak	Abraham Alter Pollak (died 2007)	Elad, Israel	Beregszász Berehove Berehove is a city located in the Zakarpattia Oblast in western Ukraine, near the border with Hungary.Serving as the administrative center of the Berehove Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast... , Hungary (now Ukraine)
Biala Biala (Hasidic dynasty) The Biala Hasidic dynasty originated from Poland. The Rebbes of Biala are descended from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowicz, known as the Yid Hakodosh .-Lineage:...	several	Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz (died 1905)	Borough Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...	Biała Podlaska, Poland
Boston Boston (Hasidic dynasty) Boston is a Hasidic sect, originally established in 1915 by Grand Rabbi Pinchas Duvid Horowitz. Following the custom of European Chassidic Courts, where the Rebbe was called after the name of his city, Bostoner Chassidus was named after Boston, Massachusetts...	Levi Yitzchak Horowitz Levi Yitzchak Horowitz Levi Yitzchak HeLevi Horowitz was a rabbi and the second Rebbe of the Boston Hasidic dynasty founded by his father, Rabbi Pinchas Horowitz...  (1921–2009); Chaim Avrohom Horowitz	Pinchas Dovid Horowitz (1876–1941)	Brookline, Massachusetts Brookline, Massachusetts Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States, which borders on the cities of Boston and Newton. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 58,732.-Etymology:... ; Jerusalem, Israel	Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
Boyan Boyan (Hasidic dynasty) Boyan is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Boiany in the Ukraine. The Hasidut is presently headquartered in Jerusalem, Israel, with communities in Beitar Ilit, Bnei Brak, London, Antwerp, Brooklyn, and Monsey, New York.-First Boyaner Rebbe:...	Nachum Dov Brayer Nachum Dov Brayer Nachum Dov Brayer is the present Rebbe of the Boyan Hasidic dynasty. He is the grandson of the former Boyaner Rebbe of New York, Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo Friedman, who died when he was 11 years old. On Hanukkah 1984, at the age of 25, he was coronated Boyaner Rebbe. He lives in...	Yitzchok Friedman Yitzchok Friedman Yitzchok Friedman was the founder and first Rebbe of the Boyan Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the Pachad Yitzchok .-Early life:...  (1850–1917)	Jerusalem, Israel	Boiany, Bukovina (now in 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... )
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...	several	Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl (1730–1797)	Bnei Brak, Israel; Ashdod, Israel; Boro Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...	Chernobyl Chernobyl Chernobyl or Chornobyl is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city had been the administrative centre of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932.... , 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...
Dorog Dorog Ethnic groups :*Magyars — 95.3%*Germans — 4.2%*Other — 0.5%Religions :*Roman Catholic — 57.4%*Calvinist — 8.9%*Lutheran — 0.8%*Other Christian — 2%*Atheist — 19.1%*No answer, unknown — 11.8%-Traffic and transport:...	Yisroel Moshe Rosenfeld	Shmuel Frenkel-Komarda of Dorog	Bnei Brak, Israel	Hajdudorog Hajdúdorog Hajdúdorog is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 9070 people .-Twinnings: Lubartów, Poland Odorheiu Secuiesc, Romania Podenzano, Italy... , Hungary
Dushinsky Dushinsky (Hasidic dynasty) Dushinsky is one of the few Hasidic dynasties not named after the place where it originated; instead, it is named after the surname of the Rebbe. It is a relatively new dynasty, as are many of the dynasties originating in Hungary. However, the Dushinsky dynasty truly became a dynasty in Jerusalem,...	Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky	Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1st) Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1st) Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, , also known as the Maharitz, was the first Rebbe of Dushinsky and Chief Rabbi of the Edah HaChareidis of Jerusalem.-Early life:...  (1865–1948)	Jerusalem, Israel	Jerusalem, Israel
Machnovka	Yehoshua Rokeach Yehoshua Rokeach of Machnovka Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach , current Machnovka Rebbe of Bnei Brak is a great-nephew of Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heshl of Machnovka, the third Machnovker Rebbe.-As a scion of the Belz dynasty:...	Yosef Meir Twersky of Machnovka	Bnei Brak, Israel	Machnovka, 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...
Melitz	Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz Grand Rabbi Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz is the Melitzer Rebbe of Ashdod, Israel and author of the Peiros Hailan halachic discourses on the laws of Chol HaMoed and the Nefesh Chaya a commentary and linear interpretation of the Book of Psalms.The Melitzer Rebbe is the grandson of the Shatzer...	Yaakov Horowitz of Melitz (son of Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropczyce was born on the day that the Baal Shem Tov died, to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Rubin of Linsk. His mother Beila was the daughter of Rabbi Yitzchak Halevi Horowitz. Naftali Tzvi adopted the surname of his maternal grandfather.He was the first Ropshitzer Rebbe... )	Ashdod, Israel	Mielec Mielec Mielec is a city in south-eastern Poland with a population of 60,979 inhabitants, as of June 2009. It is located in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship ; previously it was in Rzeszów Voivodeship... , Galicia (now in Poland)
Modzitz Modzitz (Hasidic dynasty) Modzitz or Modzhitz is the name of a Hasidic group within Orthodox Judaism that derives its name from Modrzyce, one of the boroughs of the town of Dęblin, Poland, located on the Vistula River...	Chaim Shaul Taub	Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir (1755–1856)	Bnei Brak, Israel	Dęblin Deblin Dęblin is a town, population 19,500 , at the confluence of Vistula and Wieprz rivers, in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland. Dęblin is the part of the agglomeration with adjacent towns of Ryki and Puławy, which altogether has over 100 000 inhabitants.... , Poland
Munkacz Munkacz (Hasidic dynasty) Munkatch Hasidism is a Hasidic sect within Haredi Judaism of mostly Hungarian Hasidic Jews. It was founded and led by the late Polish-born Grand Rebbe Shlomo Spira, who was the rabbi of the town of Munkacs. Members of the congregation are mainly referred to as Munkacs Hasidim or Munkatcher Hasidim...	Moshe Leib Rabinovich Moshe Leib Rabinovich Moshe Leib Rabinovich is the current rebbe of Munkacs.Rabinovich was born as the third child to his parents Rabbi Baruch and Frima Rabinovich in Munkacs, Carpathian Ruthenia, Ukraine, the country itself having at the time just been created with a sizable piece of Hungary, which in turn received...	Shlomo Spira ("Shem Shlomo") of Munkacz	Borough Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...	Munkács Mukacheve Mukachevo or Mukacheve is a city located in the valley of the Latorica river in the Zakarpattia Oblast , in southwestern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Mukachivskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast... , Hungary (now in 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... )
Nadvorna 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...	several	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....  (1835–1894)	Bnei Brak, Israel	Nadvirna Nadvirna Nadvirna is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of Nadvirna Raion.Until World War I, Nadvirna was integrated into the Austro-Hungarian Empire, in the province of Galicia. In the inter-war years, the borders changed and it was annexed... , Galicia (now in 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... )
Nikolsburg	Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Rabbi Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits, is the rebbe of the Nikolsburg Hasidic dynasty of Monsey, New York. He is a descendant of Rebbe Shmelke of Nikolsburg, for whom his dynasty and associated community are named....	Shmuel Shmelke ben Hirsh Halevi Horowitz Shmelke of Nikolsburg Shmelke of Nikolsburg was one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. Born Shmuel Horowitz Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg, Moravia) was one of the great early Chasidic Rebbes. Born Shmuel Horowitz Shmelke of Nikolsburg (1726 Chortkiv, Galicia - 1778 Nikolsburg,...  of Nikolsburg (1726–1778),	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...	Nikolsburg Mikulov Mikulov is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic with a population of 7,608 . It is located directly on the border with Lower Austria. Mikulov is located at the edge of a hilly area and the three Nové Mlýny reservoirs... , Moravia
Novominsk Novominsk (Hasidic dynasty) Novominsk is the name of a Hasidic dynasty originating in Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland and currently based in the United States. It also runs a yeshiva knows Yeshivas Novominsk- Kol Yehuda....	Yaakov Perlow Yaakov Perlow Rabbi Yaakov Perlow is a Hasidic rebbe and rosh yeshiva living in Boro Park, Brooklyn. He is the current Novominsker Rebbe and serves as rosh of the American Agudath Israel of America, a Haredi communal organization...		Borough Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...	Mińsk Mazowiecki Minsk Mazowiecki Mińsk Mazowiecki is a town in central Poland with 38 181 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Siedlce Voivodeship... , Poland
Pinsk-Karlin Karlin (Hasidic Dynasty) Karlin-Stolin is a Hasidic dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Karlin was one of the first centres of Hasidim to be set up in Lithuania....	Aryeh Rosenfeld	Aharon the Great of Karlin (1736–1772)	Jerusalem, Israel	Karlin Karlin (Pinsk) Karlin is the name of a suburb of the city of Pinsk, Belarus. It was originally founded as an independent town in 1690 and was named after the village's founder, Jan Karol Dolski. By 1695 Dolski had built a church and a fortified manor on the spot... , Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
Puppa Puppa (Hasidic dynasty) Puppa is the name of a Hasidic dynasty within Judaism. The dynasty is named after the town of its origin , also known in Hungarian as Pápa. Before World War II, Puppa had an important yeshiva which produced many well-known Orthodox rabbis in Hungary. The whole community was deported to Auschwitz...	Yaakov Yechezkia Greenwald	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...	Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north, Bedford-Stuyvesant to the south, Bushwick to the east and the East River to the west. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 90th ...	Pápa Pápa Pápa is a historical city in Veszprém county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, and noted for its baroque architecture. With its 33,000 inhabitants, it is the cultural, economic and tourism centre of the region.... , Hungary
Rachmastrivka Rachmastrivka (Hasidic dynasty) Rachmastrivka is a Hasidic dynasty named after a town in Ukraine. It is an offshoot of the Chernobyl dynasty dating back to the 19th century.The founder of the dynasty, Rebbe Yochanan Twersky, was known for his humility. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Pinchos of Kalk...	Yitzchak Twerski; David Twerski	Yochanan Twerski of Rachmastrivka	Boro Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated... ; Jerusalem, Israel	Rachmastrivka, 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...
Radzin or Izhbitza - Radzin	Shlomo Yosef Englard	Mordechai Yosef Leiner Mordechai Yosef Leiner Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izbica was a rabbinic Hasidic thinker and founder of the Izhbitza-Radzyn dynasty of Hasidic Judaism.Rabbi Mordechai Yosef was born in Tomashov in 1801 to his father Reb Yaakov the son of Reb Mordechai of Sekul, a descendant of Rabbi Shoul Wahl. At the age two he became...  of Izhbitza	Bnei Brak, Israel	Izbica Izbica Izbica is a village in Krasnystaw County, Lublin Voivodeship, in eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Izbica. It lies approximately south of Krasnystaw and south-east of the regional capital Lublin... , 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... ; Radzyń Podlaski Radzyn Podlaski Radzyń Podlaski is a town in eastern Poland, about 60 km north of Lublin, with 16,140 inhabitants . Situated in the Lublin Voivodeship , previously in Biała Podlaska Voivodeship . It is the capital of Radzyń Podlaski County.The town was founded in 1468. The most important landmark is the... , Poland
Sadigura Sadigura (Hasidic dynasty) Sadigura is a Hasidic dynasty, one of the branches of the Ruzhiner dynasty.The dynasty began with Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura now located in Ukraine, who was a son of Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin, the founder of the Ruzhiner dynasty....	Avraham Yakov Friedman	Avraham Yakov Friedman of Sadigura (1820–1883)	Bnei Brak, Israel	Sadagóra, Bukovina (now in 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... )
Shendishov	Pinches Horowitz	Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (1760-1827)	Flatbush Flatbush, Brooklyn Flatbush is a community of the Borough of Brooklyn, a part of New York City, consisting of several neighborhoods.The name Flatbush is an Anglicization of the Dutch language Vlacke bos .... , Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
Shomer Emunim Toldos Aharon Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Shomer Emunim (Hasidic dynasty) Shomer Emunim is a devout, insular Hasidic group based in Bnei Brak. It was founded in the 20th century by Rabbi Arele Roth....	Avrohom Chaim Roth; Dovid Kohn; Shmuel Yaakov Kohn	Aharon Roth Aharon Roth Rabbi Aharon Roth, known as Reb Ahrele , was the founder of the Shomrei Emunim, Toldos Aharon and Toldos Avraham Yitzchak Hasidic dynasties...  ("Reb Ahrele") (1894–1947)	Jerusalem, Israel	Jerusalem, Israel
Slonim Slonim (Hasidic dynasty) Slonim is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the town of Slonim, which is now in Belarus.Today, there are two Slonimer Rebbes, both in Israel: one resides in Jerusalem and the other in Bnei Brak...	Shmuel Brozovosky; Avrohom Weinberg	Avraham of Slonim	Jerusalem, Israel; Bnei Brak, Israel	Slonim Slonim Slonim is a city in Hrodna Voblast, Belarus, capital of the Slonim District. It is located at the junction of the Shchara and Isa rivers, 143 km southeast of Hrodna. The population in 2008 was 50,800.-Etymology and historical names:... , Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...
Skolye Skolye (Hasidic dynasty) The Skolye dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic rabbis. It is named after the city of Skole in Eastern Galicia where the founder of this dynasty lived and led his court.-List of Rabbis:*Rabbi Yitzchok of Drohobych The Skolye dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic rabbis. It is named after the city of Skole ...	Avrohm Moshe Rabinowitz		Borough Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...	Skole Skole thumb|right|200px|A church in SkoleSkole is a city in the Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. It is administrative center of the Skole Raion. As of 2001, the population is 6,742.- History :... , Galicia, 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...
Skulen Skulen (Hasidic dynasty) The Skulen Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rav Eliezer Zusia Portugal. It is now headed by his son, Rav Yisroel Avrohom Portugal...	Yisroel Avrohom Portugal Yisroel Avrohom Portugal Yisroel Avrohom Portugal son of Rabbi Eliezer Zusia Portugal and his first wife, Sheina Rachel, is the Rebbe of Skulen in Brooklyn, New York....	Eliezer Zusia Portugal Eliezer Zusia Portugal Eliezer Zusia Portugal , the first Skulener Rebbe, was revered by his followers in Russia, Romania, Israel, and the United States for his personal warmth and his care for hundreds of Jewish youth and war orphans. He established the Skulener dynasty in America in the 1960s...  (1898–1982)	Borough Park, Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...	Sculeni Sculeni Sculeni is a commune in Ungheni district, Moldova. It is composed of four villages: Sculeni, Blindeşti, Floreni and Gherman.It is also a border checkpoint to Romania.-Notable people from Sculeni:* Andrei Eşanu, historian* Eliezer Zusia Portugal, rabbi... , Bessarabia (now in Moldova Moldova Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part... )
Spinka Spinka (Hasidic dynasty) Spinka is the name of a Hasidic group within Orthodox Judaism. The group originated in a city called Săpânţa , Maramureş, Romania, near the Hungarian border.-Spinka rebbes:...	several	Joseph Meir Weiss Joseph Meir Weiss Joseph Meir Weiss , also known as the Imrei Yosef after his major work, was a Hungarian rabbi and founder of the Spinka Hasidic dynasty.-Early life:Weiss was born in Munkacz, Hungary...  (1838–1909)	Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north, Bedford-Stuyvesant to the south, Bushwick to the east and the East River to the west. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 90th ... ; Jerusalem, Israel; Bnei Brak, Israel	Săpânţa Sapânta Săpânţa is a commune in Maramureş County in northern Romania, 15 kilometers northwest of Sighet and just south of the Tisza River. It is composed of a single village, Săpânţa.... , Maramureş Maramures Maramureș may refer to the following:*Maramureș, a geographical, historical, and ethno-cultural region in present-day Romania and Ukraine, that occupies the Maramureș Depression and Maramureș Mountains, a mountain range in North East Carpathians... , Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
Stropkov	Avrohom Sholom Halberstam II	Avrohom Sholom Halberstam (1856–1940)	Jerusalem, Israel; Bnei Brak, Israel; Ramle, Israel; Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg, Brooklyn Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north, Bedford-Stuyvesant to the south, Bushwick to the east and the East River to the west. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 90th ...	Stropkov Stropkov Stropkov is a town in Stropkov District, Prešov Region, Slovakia.-History:Stropkov is an economical, social and cultural centre of north Zemplín... , Austria-Hungary (now in Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south... )
Zvhil (See also Zvhil-Mezbuz Mezhbizh (Hasidic dynasty) Mezhbizh is the name of the town of Medzhybizh in the present Ukraine which is significant as both the source of a Hasidic dynasty that bears its name and as a symbolic name for the roots of Hasidism.The Mezhbizh dynasty served as the earliest "trunk" of... )	Avraham Goldman; Shlomo Goldman Shlomo Goldman Shlomo Goldman, also known as the Zvhil-Sanzer rebbe, is the Sanz-Klausenburger Grand Rabbi of Union City, New Jersey, where he resides and is rav of the Sanz-Klausenberger community there.... ; Yitzhak Aharon Korff	Moshe of Zvhil (died 1831)	Jerusalem, Israel; Union City, New Jersey Union City, New Jersey Union City is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. According to the 2010 United States Census the city had a total population of 66,455. All of the city is on land, an area of... ; Boston, Massachusetts	Zvyahel, Volhynia (now Novohrad-Volynskyi Novohrad-Volynskyi Novohrad-Volynskyi is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine... , Ukraine)

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.

A

• Alesk
  Alesk (Hasidic dynasty)
  Alesk is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Chanoch Henikh Dov Majer.Alesk is the Yiddish name of Oles'ko, a town in present-day Ukraine.- Lineage :...
  
   (from Olesko
  Olesko
  Oles'ko is small town in Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine.It was the seat of the rebbes of Alesk, and also the birthplace of Jan III Sobieski, the King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania....
  
  , Ukraine)
• Anipoli (from Annopol
  Annopol
  Annopol is a small town in south-eastern Poland with 2,679 inhabitants, in Kraśnik County. It has been situated in the Lublin Voivodeship previously in Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Apt/Zinkov/Mezhbizh (from Opatów
  Opatów
  Opatów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship. It is the capital of Opatów County. Its population is 7,833 .Tourist attractions include a 12th century Collegiate Church of St...
  
  , Poland)
• Avritch (from Ovruch
  Ovruch
  Ovruch is a city in the Zhytomyr Oblast of northern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Ovruch Raion . The current estimated population is around 17,000 . It is home to Ovruch air base....
  
  , Ukraine)

B

• Baitch (from Biecz
  Biecz
  Biecz is a town and municipality in southeastern Poland, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Gorlice County. It is in the Carpathian Mountains, in the Doły Jasielsko Sanockie, by the Ropa River...
  
  , Poland)
• Besermin (from Hajdúböszörmény
  Hajdúböszörmény
  Hajdúböszörmény is a city in North Eastern Hungary with a population of approximately 30,000 people. It has a unique circular plan to the streets that is supposed to have originated as a defense from invasion or attack...
  
  , Hungary)
• Bender (from Bender
  Bender, Moldova
  Bender or Bendery, also known as Tighina is a city within the internationally recognized borders of Moldova under de facto control of the unrecognized Transnistria Republic since 1992...
  
  , Moldova)
• Bertch (from Bircza
  Bircza
  Bircza is a village in Przemyśl County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Bircza. It lies approximately south-west of Przemyśl and south-east of the regional capital Rzeszów...
  
  , Poland)
• Białystok (from Białystok)
• Bialobrzeg (from Białobrzegi, Poland)
• Bilgoray (from Biłgoraj, Poland)
• Binding (From Elbing/Elbląg
  Elblag
  Elbląg is a city in northern Poland with 127,892 inhabitants . It is the capital of Elbląg County and has been assigned to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship since 1999. Before then it was the capital of Elbląg Voivodeship and a county seat in Gdańsk Voivodeship...
  
  , Poland)
• Bluzhev (from Błażowa, Poland)
• Bikovsk (from Bikofsk
  Bukowsko
  Bukowsko is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. It's in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, parish in loco, located near the towns of Medzilaborce and Palota . During the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth it was in Lesser Poland prowincja.-Characteristics:Bukowsko is the...
  
  )
• Bohush
  Bohush (Hasidic dynasty)
  The Bohush Hasidic dynasty is one of the five dynasties deriving from the Ruzhin dynasty.It was founded by Rebbe Yitzchok Friedman who was the grandson of Reb Yisroel Friedman, the rebbe of the Ruzhin dynasty. Yitzchok Friedman became the leader of the Ruzhin dynasty after the death of his father...
  
   (from Bohushi
  Bohushi
  Bohushi is a village near Berezne, Tynne, south of Sarny and Klesiv, in the Bereznivs'kyy rayon, Rivnens'ka oblast', Volhynia, Ukraine....
  
  , Romania)
• Bonia
• Boslover
• Botoshan (from Botoşani
  Botosani
  Botoșani is the capital city of Botoșani County, in northern Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu and Nicolae Iorga.- Origin of the name :...
  
  , Romania)
• Breslev from Uman
  Uman
  Uman is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine, to the east of Vinnytsia. The city rests on the banks of the Umanka River at around , and serves as the self-governing administrative center of the Umanskyi Raion ....
  
  
• Brod (from Brody
  Brody
  Brody is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Brody Raion , and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Brisdovitz (from Berezdivtsi, Ukraine)
• Bucharest (from Bucureşti
  Bucharest
  Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
  
  , Romania)
• Burshtin
  Burshtin (Hasidic dynasty)
  Burshtin is a Hasidic dynasty presently headed by Grand Rabbi David Eichenstein, the Burshteiner Rebbe. The main Burshteiner synagogue is presently located in Borough Park, Brooklyn....
  
    (from Burshtyn
  Burshtyn
  Burshtyn is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine, to the north of Halych. It lies in the Halych Raion and is accessible by rail....
  
  , Ukraine)

C

• Chabad-Bobroisk (from Bobrujsk, Belarus)
• Chabad-Kapust
  Kapust
  The Kopuster Hasidic dynasty was based on the Chabad school of thought.The first three Rebbes of Chabad were Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Dovber Schneuri, and Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, also known as the "Tzemach Tzedek". When the Tzemach Tzedek died, he did not leave a clear successor...
  
  
• Chabad-Liadi
• Chabad-Nezhin
• Chabad-Strashelye
• Chadusha
• Chernovitz (from Chernivtsi
  Chernivtsi
  Chernivtsi is the administrative center of Chernivtsi Oblast in southwestern Ukraine. The city is situated on the upper course of the River Prut, a tributary of the Danube, in the northern part of the historic region of Bukovina, which is currently divided between Romania and Ukraine...
  
  )
• Cieszanow
  Cieszanów
  Cieszanów is a town in Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 1,916 .In 1921 there were 929 Jews in Cieszanów.-References:Notes...
  
  
• Czortkow
  Chortkov (Hasidic dynasty)
  Chortkov is a Hasidic dynasty that originated in Chortkov, present-day Ukraine. It had a large following before the Second World War, but most of its adherents perished in the Holocaust....
  
   (from Chortkiv
  Chortkiv
  Chortkiv is a city in the Ternopil oblast in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Chortkiv Raion . Population: 29,057...
  
  )
• Chust (from Khust
  Khust
  Khust is a city located on the Khustets River in the Zakarpattia oblast in western Ukraine. It is near the confluence of the Tisza and Rika Rivers...
  
  )
• Cleveland
  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...
  
  
• Cracow (from Kraków
  Kraków
  Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
  
  )

D

• Deyzh (from Dej
  Dej
  Dej is a city in northwestern Romania, 60 km north of Cluj-Napoca, in Cluj County. It lies where the Someşul Mic River meets the river Someşul Mare River...
  
  , Romania)
• Debrecen (from Debrecen
  Debrecen
  Debrecen , is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. Debrecen is the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar county.- Name :...
  
  )
• Dinev (from Dynów
  Dynów
  Dynów is a town in Rzeszów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 6,058 .-Massacre during Second World War:...
  
  , Poland)
• Dobromil (from Dobromyl
  Dobromyl
  Dobromyl is a city in Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. It is located at around , some 5 kilometers to the border with Poland. Population: 5,000 ....
  
  , Ukraine)
• Dombrova
  Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)
  Dombrov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger . Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a town in present-day Poland.-Lineage:...
  
   (from 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...
  
  , Poland)
• Drubitsh (from Drohobych
  Drohobych
  Drohobych is a city located at the confluence of the Tysmenytsia River and Seret, a tributary of the former, in the Lviv Oblast , in western Ukraine...
  
  , Poland)
• Dzirka (from Györke/Ďurkov
  Durkov
  Ďurkov is a village and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Košice Region of eastern Slovakia.-Geography:The village lies at an altitude of 261 metres and covers an area of 9.921 km².It has a population of 1560 people.-Government:...
  
  , Slovakia?)
• Dzikov (from Tarnobrzeg
  Tarnobrzeg
  Tarnobrzeg is a city in south-eastern Poland, on the east bank of the river Vistula, with 49,419 inhabitants, as of December 31, 2009. Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1999, it had previously been the capital of Tarnobrzeg Voivodeship...
  
  , Poland)

E

• Eisysky (from Eišiškės
  Eišiškes
  Eišiškės ) is a city in southeastern Lithuania on the border with Belarus. It is situated on a small group of hills, surrounded by marshy valley of Verseka and Dumblė Rivers. Rivers divide the town into two parts; the northern part is called Jurzdika. As of January 2008, Eišiškės had a population...
  
  , Lithuania
  Lithuania
  Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
  
  )
• Erlau
  Erlau (Hasidic dynasty)
  Erlau , also spelled Erloy and Erloi, is a Hasidic dynasty named for the town of Eger, a Hungarian city situated between Miskolc and Pest. During the early Middle Ages the town was named Erlau by the German, Avar, and Slavonic tribes living there...
  
   (from Eger/Erlau
  Eger
  Eger is the second largest city in Northern Hungary, the county seat of Heves, east of the Mátra Mountains. Eger is best known for its castle, thermal baths, historic buildings , and red and white wines.- Name :...
  
  , Hungary)
• Etched (from Nagyecsed
  Nagyecsed
  Nagyecsed is a town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.-Geography:It covers an area of and has a population of 6706 people ....
  
  , Hungary)

F

• Faltichan (from Fălticeni
  Falticeni
  Fălticeni is a city in Suceava County, Romania, capital of the former Baia County . As of 2003 the population is 28,899, and the city covers an area of 28,76 km², of which 25% are orchards and lakes. The city is 25 km away from Suceava, the capital of the county...
  
  , Romania)
• Frankfurt

G

• Gorlitz (from Gorlice
  Gorlice
  Gorlice is a city and an urban municipality in south eastern Poland with around 29,500 inhabitants . It is situated south east of Kraków and south of Tarnów between Jasło and Nowy Sącz in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship , previously in Nowy Sącz Voivodeship...
  
  , Poland)
• Gostynin (from Gostynin
  Gostynin
  Gostynin is a town in Central Poland with 19,414 inhabitants . It is situated in the Masovian Voivodship since 1999 and was previously in the Płock Voivodship from 1975 to 1998. It is the capital of Gostynin County.-External links:*...
  
  , Poland)
• Gvodzitz (from Hvizdets
  Hvizdets
  Hvizdets is a town in the Kolomyia Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast of Ukraine. It is located 12 miles ENE of Kolomyya, 35 miles SE of Ivano-Frankivsk and 430 WSW of Kiev, at approximately .-Alternate names:...
  
  )
• Gribov (from Grybów
  Grybów
  Grybów is a town in the Nowy Sącz County, in Lesser Poland Voivodeship of Poland, with 12,409 inhabitants . It is located in the heartland of the Doły , and its average altitude is 370 metres above sea level, although there are some hills located within the confines of the city, Grybów has the...
  
  , Poland)

H

• Hornsteipel
  Hornsteipl (Hasidic dynasty)
  Hornsteipl is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yaakov Yisroel Twerski. Hornsteipl is the Yiddish name of Hornostaypil, a town in present-day Ukraine.It is a branch of the Chernobyl and Anipoli dynasties dating back to the 19th century....
  
   (from Hornostaypil', near Chernobyl
  Chernobyl
  Chernobyl or Chornobyl is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, in Kiev Oblast, near the border with Belarus. The city had been the administrative centre of the Chernobyl Raion since 1932....
  
  )
• Huvniv (from Hivniv
  Uhniv
  Uhniv is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. Population is 1,021 .Uhniv is the smallest city of Ukraine aside couple of cities in the Zone of alienation in the northern Ukraine. It is part of Sokal Raion and is located 22 km from Belz and 21 km from Rava Ruska. The capital of...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Husiatyn
  Husiatyn (Hasidic dynasty)
  Husiatyn is the name of a Hasidic dynasty, whose founder was a scion of the Ruzhiner dynasty. Husiatyn is located in present-day Ukraine.It started with the Rebbe Rabbi Mordechai Shraga Feivish Friedman, the youngest son of Rabbi Israel Friedmann of Rizhin...
  
  

K

• Kaliv (from Nagykálló
  Nagykálló
  Nagykálló is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Before World War II it belonged to Szabolcs county.-History:...
  
  , Hungary)
• Kaminka (from Kamianka-Buzka
  Kamianka-Buzka
  Kamianka-Buzka is a city in the Lviv Oblast, of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kamianka-Buzkyi Raion . The city was previously known as Kamianka Strumilowa, and was a district city in Galicia...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Kaminetz
• Kunskvola (from Końskowola
  Konskowola
  Końskowola is a village in southeastern Poland, located between Puławy and Lublin, near Kurów, on the Kurówka River. It is the seat of a separate commune within Puławy County in Lublin Voivodeship, called Gmina Końskowola. Population: 2,188 inhabitants .- Name :Końskowola literally translates as...
  
  , Poland)
• Karlihaz
• Kashou
  Kashou (Hasidic dynasty)
  Kashau is a hasidic dynasty led today by Grand Rabbi Eleizer Chaim Blum. Kashau institutions are presently located in Williamsburg, Monsey, and Bedford Hills, New York. Followers of the Kashau Rebbe live in other Jewish centers around the world...
  
  
• Kerestir
  Kerestir (Hasidic dynasty)
  Kerestir is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yeshaya Steiner. Kerestir is the Yiddish name of Bodrogkeresztúr, a town in Hungary.- Lineage :* Rebbe Yeshaya Steiner ** Rebbe Avrohom Steiner , son of Rebbe Yeshaya...
  
   (from Bodrogkeresztur
  Bodrogkeresztúr
  Bodrogkeresztúr is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.- People :* Rebbe Yeshaya Steiner of Kerestir hasidic court, lived here- External links :*...
  
  , Hungary)
• Khentshin (from Chęciny
  Checiny
  Chęciny is a town in Kielce County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,252 inhabitants .The town is first mentioned in historical documents from 1275. It obtained its city charter in 1325. The most important sight in the town is the royal castle built in the late 13th or early 14th century...
  
  , Poland)
• Kielce (from Kielce
  Kielce
  Kielce ) is a city in central Poland with 204,891 inhabitants . It is also the capital city of the Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship since 1999, previously in Kielce Voivodeship...
  
  , Poland)
• Kojdanov (from Koidanova
  Dzyarzhynsk
  Dzyarzhynsk or Dzerzhinsk; formerly "Koidanova" , in the Stoubcy district of Belarus, is a city with a history dating to the 11th century.-1st century–17th century:...
  
  , Belarus)
• Komarno (from Komarno, Ukraine)
• Kopyczynitz (from Kopychyntsi
  Kopychyntsi
  Kopychyntsi . It is the birthplace of Ukrainian chess grandmaster Vassily Ivanchuk and Israeli politician Pinhas Lavon.The town was first mentioned in 1340 as a village in the powiat of Trembowla. With time it grew to become a town within the Land of Halicz, itself part of Podole Voivodeship of...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Korets (from Korets
  Korets
  Korets is a city in the Rivne Oblast in Ukraine. The city is located on the Korchyk river, 66 kilometers to the east of Rivne. It is administrative center of the Korets Raion. As of 2001, the population of Korets was 8,649....
  
  , Ukraine)
• Koson (from Koson, Ukraine)
• Kosov
  Kosov (Hasidic dynasty)
  Kosov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosiv, a town in Galicia, presently in Ukraine.The present Rebbe is Grand Rabbi Shraga Hager, who lives in Borough Park, Brooklyn, where most of his Hasidim also live. There is also a Kosover synagogue in Tzfas ,...
  
   (from Kosiv
  Kosiv
  Kosiv is a city located in the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, in western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Kosivsky Raion ....
  
  , Ukraine)
• Kotsk
  Menachem Mendel of Kotzk
  Menachem Mendel Morgensztern of Kotzk, better known as the Kotzker Rebbe was a Hasidic rabbi and leader.-Life:Born to a non-Hasidic family in Goraj near Lublin, Poland, he became attracted to Hasidim in his youth. He was known for having acquired impressive Talmudic and Kabbalistic knowledge at a...
  
   (from Kock
  Kock
  Kock is a town in eastern Poland, about 45 km north of Lublin and 120 km south-east of Warsaw. It lies in Lublin Voivodeship, in Lubartów County. It is the capital of the Kock Commune.As of 2004, its population numbered 3,509.-History:...
  
  , Poland)
• Kozlov
• Kozhnitz
  Kozhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)
  Kozhnitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by the Kozhnitzer Maggid, Rebbe Yisroel Hopsztajn. Kozhnitz is the Yiddish name of Kozienice, a town in present-day Poland.-Lineage:...
  
   (from Kozienice
  Kozienice
  Kozienice is a town in central Poland with 21,500 inhabitants . It is the capital of Kozienice County .-Description:...
  
  , Poland)
• Krasna
• Krula
• Kshanov (from Chrzanów
  Chrzanów
  Chrzanów is a town in south Poland with 39,704 inhabitants . It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and is the capital of Chrzanów County.- To 1809:...
  
  , Poland)
• Kutna (Hasidic dynasty)
• Kuzmir
  Kuzmir (Hasidic dynasty)
  Kuzmir is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yechezkel Taub. Kuzmir is the Yiddish name of Kazimierz Dolny, a town in present-day Poland....
  
   (from Kazimierz Dolny
  Kazimierz Dolny
  Kazimierz Dolny is a small town in Central Poland, on the right bank of the Vistula river in Puławy County, Lublin Province.It is a considerable tourist attraction as one of the most beautifully situated little towns in Poland. It enjoyed its greatest prosperity in the 16th and the first half of...
  
  , near Warsaw)

L

• Łańcut (from Łańcut, Poland)
• Lebina
• Lelov
  Lelov (Hasidic dynasty)
  Lelov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty which traces its origins to Rabbi Dovid of Lelów, Poland.The Lelover dynasty migrated from Poland to Jerusalem when Rabbi Dovid's son, Rabbi Moshe Biderman , moved there in the last year of his life. Rabbi Moshe Biderman of Lelov was the son-in-law of Rabbi...
  
   (from Lelów
  Lelów
  Lelów is a village in Częstochowa County, Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Lelów...
  
  , Poland)
• Lechovitch (from Lyakhavichy, Belarus)
• Leipnik (from Leipnik
  Lipník nad Becvou
  Lipník nad Bečvou is a small town located in the Olomouc Region, in the eastern part of the Czech Republic. The nearest larger towns are Přerov and Hranice, approximately ten to twelve kilometers distant....
  
  , Czech Republic)
• Leipzig
• Linitz
• Liske
  Liske (Hasidic dynasty)
  Liske is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Friedman. It takes its name from the Yiddish name for Olaszliszka, a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary.- Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Friedman :...
  
  
• Lizhensk (from Leżajsk
  Lezajsk
  Leżajsk is a town in southeastern Poland with 14,127 inhabitants . It has been situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship since 1999 and is the capital of Leżajsk County. Leżajsk is famed for its Bernadine basilica and monastery, built by the architect Antonio Pellacini...
  
  , Poland)
• Leva
• Liozna
• Lublin
  Lublin (Hasidic dynasty)
  Lublin is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yehudo Leib Eiger of Lublin, a town in Poland.- Lineage :Rebbe Yehudo Leib Eiger was a son of Rabbi Shlomo Eiger of Posen, and a grandson of Rabbi Akiva Eger....
  
   (from Lublin
  Lublin
  Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...
  
  , Poland)
• Lutsk
  Yochanan Shochet
  Grand Rabbi Yochanan Shochet, is the Lutsker Rebbe. He is the rebbe of a chasidic community in Jerusalem, Israel. He is a brother of the rebbe of Stolin. His maternal grandfather and namesake, Grand Rabbi Yochonon Perlow was the Karliner Rebbe in Lutsk, and later , in Williamsburg,...
  
   (from Lutsk
  Lutsk
  Lutsk is a city located by the Styr River in northwestern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Volyn Oblast and the administrative center of the surrounding Lutskyi Raion within the oblast...
  
  , Ukraine)

M

• Madyer
• Malachim
• Margareten (from Marghita
  Marghita
  Marghita is a city in Bihor County, Romania. It administers two villages, Cheţ and Ghenetea .-History:The name appears to be derived from the name "Margit" , Saint Margaret the patron of a local church. The first time it was used in a document was in 1216...
  
  , Romania)
• Mattersdorf (from Mattersburg
  Mattersburg
  Mattersburg is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the District of Mattersburg and home to a Bundesliga football team, SV Mattersburg.- Location :...
  
  , Austria)
• Mezhbizh
  Mezhbizh (Hasidic dynasty)
  Mezhbizh is the name of the town of Medzhybizh in the present Ukraine which is significant as both the source of a Hasidic dynasty that bears its name and as a symbolic name for the roots of Hasidism.The Mezhbizh dynasty served as the earliest "trunk" of...
  
   (from Medzhybizh
  Medzhybizh
  Medzhybizh, previously known as Mezhybozhe, population 1731, is a town in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is located in the Letychivsky Raion , 25 kilometres from the Khmelnytskyi on the main highway between Khmelnytskyi and Vinnytsia at the confluence of the Southern Buh and...
  
  ), Ukraine; Also see Apter Rov
• Mishkoltz (from Miskolc
  Miskolc
  Miskolc is a city in northeastern Hungary, mainly with heavy industrial background. With a population close to 170,000 Miskolc is the fourth largest city of Hungary It is also the county capital of Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén and the regional centre of Northern Hungary.- Geography :Miskolc is located...
  
  , Hungary)
• Mogelnitz (from Mogielnica
  Mogielnica
  Mogielnica is a town in Grójec County in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with 2,475 inhabitants . It is a seat of Gmina Mogielnica with an area of 141.56 square kilometres .-Modern history:...
  
  , Poland)
• Manestrishtze

N

• Nadvorna
  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...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• Nadferli
• Neshchiz (from Nesukhoyezhe, Ukraine)
• Nikolsburg
  Nikolsburg (Hasidic dynasty)
  Nikolsburg is the name of a Hasidic dynasty, named for the Rebbe Shmelke of Nikolsburg .There currently exist three distinct branches of the Nikolsburg dynasty:...
  
  (from Mikulov/Nikolsburg
  Mikulov
  Mikulov is a town in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic with a population of 7,608 . It is located directly on the border with Lower Austria. Mikulov is located at the edge of a hilly area and the three Nové Mlýny reservoirs...
  
  )
• Nitra
  Nitra (Hasidic dynasty)
  The Nitra Dynasty originates from Hungary. The present Grand Rabbi of Nitra is Shmuel Dovid Unger in Mount Kisco, New York....
  
   (from Nitra/Nyitra
  Nitra
  Nitra is a city in western Slovakia, situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra. With a population of about 83,572, it is the fifth largest city in Slovakia. Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia and the country's earliest political and cultural center...
  
  )

P

• Pashkan (from Paşcani
  Pascani
  Paşcani is a city in Iaşi County in the Moldavia region of Romania on the Siret river. , it has a population of 42,172. Five villages are administered by the city: Blăgeşti, Boşteni, Gâsteşti, Lunca and Sodomeni....
  
  , Romania)
• Philadelphia (from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
• Piasetzne
  Kalonymus Kalman Shapira of Piasetzno
  Kalonymus Kalman Shapira , was the Grand Rabbi of Piaseczno, Poland, who authored a number of works and was murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust.-Early years and life before the war:...
  
  
• Pietrokov (from Piotrków Trybunalski
  Piotrków Trybunalski
  Piotrków Trybunalski is a city in central Poland with 80,738 inhabitants . It is situated in the Łódź Voivodeship , and previously was the capital of Piotrków Voivodeship...
  
  , Poland)
• Pilts (from Pilica
  Pilica
  Pilica is a river in central Poland, the longest left tributary of the Vistula river, with a length of 319 kilometres and the basin area of 9,273 km2 .-Towns:*Szczekociny*Koniecpol*Przedbórz*Sulejów*Tomaszów Mazowiecki...
  
  )
• Pilzno
  Pilzno Chassidut
  Pilzno Chassidut is a branch of Torah Observant Judaism, named for the town of Pilzno in Southern Poland. The late Pilzno Rav, Rabbi Yoseph Singer, was a community leader, and close friend and mentor to many individuals in the Lower East Side of Manhattan...
  
  
• Pinsk
  Pinsk (Hasidic dynasty)
  Pinsk-Karlin is the name of a chasidic group which is an offshoot of Karlin-Stolin.-History:A distinguished group of the elders of Karlin did not accept the leadership of present Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe, who was a baby when his preecessor died. They asked the Lelover Rebbe to be their new rebbe...
  
   (named for Pinsk
  Pinsk
  Pinsk , a town in Belarus, in the Polesia region, traversed by the river Pripyat, at the confluence of the Strumen and Pina rivers. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk. It is a fertile agricultural center. It lies south-west of Minsk. The population is about 130,000...
  
  , Belarus)
• Pintchiv (from Pińczów
  Pinczów
  Pińczów is a town in Poland, in Świętokrzyskie Voivodship, about 40 km south of Kielce. It is the capital of Pińczów County. Population is 12,304 .-History:...
  
  , Poland)
• Pistin
  Pištín
  Pištín is a village and municipality in České Budějovice District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 542 ....
  
  
• Pishkivitcha
• Pittsburgh
  Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty)
  Pittsburg is a Hasidic dynasty founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1924 by Rabbi Yosef Leifer, a Hungarian rabbi and descendant of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna...
  
   (from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
• Porisov
  Porisov
  Parysów is a village in Garwolin County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Parysów. It lies approximately north-east of Garwolin and south-east of Warsaw....
  
   (from Parysów, Poland)
• Polonoye (from Polonne
  Polonne
  Polonne is a city on the Khomora River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Polonskyi Raion , and is located at around .The current estimated population is around 23,211 ....
  
   (Polonnoye), Volhynia)
• Premishlan
  Premishlan (Hasidic dynasty)
  Premishlan is a Hasidic dynasty.It was founded by Grand Rabbi Meir Hagadol of Peremyshliany - Dynasty :Grand Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism*The Great Grand Rabbi Meir Hagadol of Premishlan , disciple of the Baal Shem Tov...
  
   (from Peremyshliany
  Peremyshliany
  Peremyshliany is a town in Lviv Oblast of Ukraine. It is administrative center of the Peremyshliany Raion. Population is 7,565 .It had a Jewish population of 2,934 in 1900.-Famous natives:* Naftule Brandwein, klezmer musician* bl...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Pshemishl (from Przemyśl
  Przemysl
  Przemyśl is a city in south-eastern Poland with 66,756 inhabitants, as of June 2009. In 1999, it became part of the Podkarpackie Voivodeship; it was previously the capital of Przemyśl Voivodeship....
  
  , Poland)
• Pshevorsk
  Pshevorsk (Hasidic dynasty)
  Pshevorsk is a small Hasidic movement based in Antwerp, Belgium, led by the Leiser rabbinical dynasty, originating in the Polish town of Przeworsk.-History:...
  
   (from Przeworsk
  Przeworsk
  Przeworsk Ukrainian: Переворськ, is a town in south-eastern Poland with 15,675 inhabitants, as of 2 June 2009. Since 1999 it has been in the Subcarpathian Voivodeship, and is the capital of Przeworsk County....
  
  , Poland)
• Pshiskhe (from Przysucha
  Przysucha
  Przysucha is a town in Poland. Located in the Masovian Voivodeship, about 100 km southwest of Warsaw, it is the capital of Przysucha County. It has 6,762 inhabitants . Its name in Yiddish is פשיסחא or פשיסכא . It was home to a number of prominent Hasidic Rabbis, such as The Holy Jew and...
  
  , Poland)

R

• Radomsk (from Radomsko
  Radomsko
  Radomsko is a town in central Poland with 50,618 inhabitants . It is situated on the Radomka river in the Łódź Voivodeship , having previously been in Piotrków Trybunalski Voivodeship . It is the capital of Radomsko County....
  
  , Poland)
• Radorztz
• Radoshitz
  Radoshitz (Hasidic dynasty)
  Radoshitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yisochor Ber Baron .Radoshitz is the Yiddish name of Radoszyce, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, a town in present-day Poland....
  
   (from Radoszyce
  Radoszyce, Swietokrzyskie Voivodeship
  Radoszyce is a village in Końskie County, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship, in south-central Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Radoszyce. It lies approximately south-west of Końskie and north-west of the regional capital Kielce...
  
  , Poland)
• Radvil (from Radyvyliv
  Radyvyliv
  Radyvyliv is a small city in the Rivne Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Radyvyliv Raion , and is located south-west of the oblast capital, Rivne, near European route E40. The nearest larger cities are Dubno, and Brody; the latter being away...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Ratzfert (from Újfehértó
  Újfehértó
  Újfehértó is a small town in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary.- See also :* Teitelbaum, Satmar, Klausenberg* Nagykalló, Kalov-External links:*...
  
  , Hungary)
• Rimenov (from Rymanów
  Rymanów
  Rymanów is a town of 3,585 inhabitants . in Poland's Subcarpathian Voivodeship. It is a capital of a separate commune within the powiat of Krosno...
  
  , Poland)
• Ribnitz (from Rybnitsa, Moldova
  Moldova
  Moldova , officially the Republic of Moldova is a landlocked state in Eastern Europe, located between Romania to the West and Ukraine to the North, East and South. It declared itself an independent state with the same boundaries as the preceding Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1991, as part...
  
   or Transnistria
  Transnistria
  Transnistria is a breakaway territory located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border to Ukraine...
  
  )
• Roman (from Roman
  Roman, Romania
  Roman is a mid-sized city, having the title of municipality, located in the central part of Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamţ, in the Neamţ County at the confluence of Siret and Moldova rivers....
  
  , Romania)
• Ropshitz
  Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)
  Ropshitz is the name of a Hasidic dynasty, or rabbinical family and group who are descendants of Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz . Ropshitz is the name of a town in southern Poland known in Polish as Ropczyce....
  
   (from Ropczyce
  Ropczyce
  Ropczyce is a town in Subcarpathian Voivodeship in south-eastern Poland, situated in the Valley the Wielopolka River and is inhabited by 15,098 people . It is the seat of Ropczyce-Sędziszów County.-Geography:...
  
  , Poland)
• Ruzhin
  Ruzhin (Hasidic dynasty)
  The Ruzhin Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhyn, . Today, Ruzhyn is an urban-type settlement in Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine. Rav Yisroel's father was the Rebbe Sholom Shachne of Prhobisht, who was a son of Rabbi Avrohom "HaMalach"...
  
   (from Ruzhyn, Ukraine)
• Rzeszów (Rzeszów
  Rzeszów
  Rzeszów is a city in southeastern Poland with a population of 179,455 in 2010. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley...
  
  , Galicia, Poland)

S

• Sadovna (from Sadowne
  Sadowne
  Sadowne is a village in Węgrów County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It is the seat of the Gmina called Gmina Sadowne. It lies approximately north of Węgrów and north-east of Warsaw.-References:...
  
  , Poland)
• Sambur
  Sambur (Hasidic dynasty)
  Sambur is a Hasidic dynasty. It was founded by Rebbe Moshe Eichenstein of Sambir, Ukraine, a brother of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov.The Present Sambur Rebbe is Rabbi Aron Zev Malik of Sambur....
  
   (from Sambir
  Sambir
  Sambir is a city in the Lviv Oblast, Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Sambir Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. It is located at around , close to the border with Poland.-History:...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Sadigura
  Sadigura (Hasidic dynasty)
  Sadigura is a Hasidic dynasty, one of the branches of the Ruzhiner dynasty.The dynasty began with Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura now located in Ukraine, who was a son of Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin, the founder of the Ruzhiner dynasty....
  
   (from Sadhora
  Sadhora
  Sadhora is now a microraion of Chernivtsi city, which is located 6km from the city center. Previously, it was an independent town.-History:During the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774, the commander-in-chief of the Russian army in Moldavia and Wallachia took measures to enhance the economic and...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Sanz
  Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)
  The Sanz Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sącz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipník nad Bečvou , author of Boruch Taam.-Founder of dynasty:The Divrei Chaim was a disciple of Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz, who was...
  
   (from Nowy Sącz
  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:...
  
  , Poland)
• Sasregen
  Sasregen (Hasidic dynasty)
  Sasregen is a Hasidic dynasty from Reghin, Romania. Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Rubin is the present Sasregener Rebbe in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York...
  
   (from Szászrégen/Reghin, Romania)
• Serdahel (from Szerdahely
  Szerdahely
  Szerdahely may refer to:* Szerdahely, the Hungarian name of Miercurea Sibiului in Romania* Dunaszerdahely, the Hungarian name of Dunajská Streda in western Slovakia* Szerdahely or Bodrogszerdahely, the names of Streda nad Bodrogom in eastern Slovakia...
  
  )
• Sassov
  Sassov (Hasidic dynasty)
  The Sassov Hasidic dynasty began with Rabbi Moshe Leib Erblich of Sassov , a disciple of Rabbi Dovber of Mezeritch, the disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism....
  
   (from Sasiv, Ukraine)
• Savran
  Savran (Hasidic dynasty)
  Savran is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Moshe Zvi Giterman. Savran is a town in present-day Ukraine.- Lineage :* Rebbe Moshe Zvi Giterman of Savran** Rebbe Shlomo Giterman of Savran – son of Rebbe Moshe Zvi...
  
  
• Senta
  Senta
  Senta is a town and municipality on the bank of the Tisa river in the Vojvodina province, Serbia. Although geographically located in Bačka, it is part of the North Banat District...
  
   Serbia
• Seret
  Seret (Hasidic dynasty)
  Seret or Sereter Hasidim were a group of Hasidic Jews that existed in the town of Siret and the surrounding area in Bukovina during the late nineteenth century until World War II....
  
   (from Siret
  Siret
  Siret is a town in Romania, Suceava County, one of the oldest towns in, and a former capital of, the former principality of Moldavia. It is located 2 km from the border with Ukraine, being one of the main border passing points in the North of the country, having both a road border post and a...
  
  , Romania)
• Shedlitz (from Siedlce
  Siedlce
  Siedlce ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,392 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship ....
  
  , Poland)
• Shepetivka from Shepetivka
  Shepetivka
  Shepetivka is a town located on the Huska River in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast of Western Ukraine. The city's population is 48,212 . Shepetivka is a town of oblast subordinance, and the administrative center of Shepetivka Raion .Shepetivka is an important railway junction with five intersecting...
  
  , Ukraine
• Shotz (from Suceava
  Suceava
  Suceava is the Suceava County seat in Bukovina, Moldavia region, in north-eastern Romania. The city was the capital of the Principality of Moldavia from 1388 to 1565.-History:...
  
  , Romania)
• Shidlovtza
  Biala (Hasidic dynasty)
  The Biala Hasidic dynasty originated from Poland. The Rebbes of Biala are descended from Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Rabinowicz, known as the Yid Hakodosh .-Lineage:...
  
   (from Szydłowiec, Poland)
• Shineva
  Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam
  Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam, , known as the Shinever Rov , was the eldest son of the Divrei Chaim, Rabbi Chaim Halbertam of Sanz. He was famous for his disagreements with his father on matters of halakha...
  
   (from Sieniawa
  Sieniawa
  Sieniawa is a town in southeastern Poland. It had a population of 2,127 inhabitants . Since 1999, Sieniawa has been part of Subcarpathian Province.-References:Notes...
  
  , Poland)
• Shpikov (from Shpykiv
  Shpykiv
  Shpykiv is an Urban Type Settlement in the Tulchynskyy Raion Shpykiv is an Urban Type Settlement in the Tulchynskyy Raion Shpykiv is an Urban Type Settlement in the Tulchynskyy Raion (a district in Vinnytsia Oblast or province, in central Ukraine, 231 miles south west of Kiev. It is 15 miles NW...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Shpola (from Shpola
  Shpola
  Shpola is a city located in the Cherkasy Oblast in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Shpoliansky Raion , and is situated at . As of 2004 the estimated population is 18,400.-History:...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Shtefanesht
  Shtefanesht (Hasidic dynasty)
  After the passing of Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhin in 1851, his fourth son, Menachem Nuchem Friedman, born in 1823, settled in the town of Shtefanesht, Romania, and subsequently founded the Shtefanesht Hasidic dynasty. In 1869 he died and his only son, Avraham Mattisyahu succeeded him.Reb...
  
   (from Ştefăneşti
  Stefanesti, Botosani
  Ştefăneşti is a small town in Botoşani County, Romania. It administers four villages: Bădiuţi, Bobuleşti, Stânca and Ştefăneşti-Sat.The painter Ştefan Luchian was born here, as well as Vlad Onicescu, the father of the mathematician Octav Onicescu...
  
  , Romania)
• Siget
  Siget (Hasidic dynasty)
  Siget or Ujhel-Siget or Sighet Hasidism or Sigter Hasidim is a movement of Hungarian Haredi Jews who adhere to Hasidism, and who are referred to as Sigeter Hasidim....
  
   (Sighetu-Marmaţiei/Máramarossziget, Romania)
• Sochatchov (from Sochaczew
  Sochaczew
  Sochaczew is a town in central Poland, with 38,300 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Skierniewice Voivodeship . It is the capital of Sochaczew County....
  
  , Poland)
• Sokolov (from Sokołów Podlaski, Poland - there was a Hasidic dynasty in Sokołów Małopolski, Poland, as well)
• Stanislov
  Stanislov (Hasidic dynasty)
  The Stanislav hasidic dynasty was established in western Ukraine in a town currently known as Ivano-Frankivsk. The town was previously called Stanisławów, and is still known in Yiddish as Stanislav....
  
   (from Stanyslaviv
  Ivano-Frankivsk
  Ivano-Frankivsk is a historic city located in the western Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast , and is designated as its own separate raion within the oblast, municipality....
  
  , Ukraine)
• Stepan (from Stepan, Ukraine)
• Stichin (from Szczucin
  Szczucin
  Szczucin is a town in Dąbrowa County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland. It is the seat of the gmina called Gmina Szczucin...
  
  , Poland)
• Stretin (from Stratin, Ukraine)
• Strikov (from Stryków
  Stryków
  Stryków is a town in central Poland, in Łódź Voivodeship, in Zgierz County. It has 3,602 inhabitants .-Early history:The first mention of Strykow was in 1387. Strykow was a village situated on the route from Zgierz to Lowicz. Strykow received city rights in 1394 from King Wladyslaw Jagiello, at...
  
  , Poland)
• Strizhov
• Sudilkov
  Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov
  Rabbi Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov was born in Medzhybizh, Poland 1748 and died there on the 17th of Iyar in 1800. He was best known as the Baal Shem Tov's grandson and for the work Degel Machaneh Ephraim, first published in Korets, 1810.-His life:...
  
   (from Sudylkiv, Ukraine)
• Sulitz
  Sulitz (Hasidic dynasty)
  Sulitz is a Hasidic dynasty originating in Romania. The present Rebbe of Sulitz is Rabbi Shmuel Shmelka Rubin. His synagogue is in Far Rockaway, Queens, NY. He is the son of Rabbi Jacob Israel Veyeshurun Rubin, who was murdered in the Holocaust, and the son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Yissachar Ber...
  
   (from Suliţa, Romania)

T

• Tenka (from Hungary?)
• Tartakov (from Tartakiv, Ukraine)
• Tetsh (from Técső - now Tyachiv, Ukraine)
• Temishvar (from Timişoara
  Timisoara
  Timișoara is the capital city of Timiș County, in western Romania. One of the largest Romanian cities, with an estimated population of 311,586 inhabitants , and considered the informal capital city of the historical region of Banat, Timișoara is the main social, economic and cultural center in the...
  
  , Romania)
• Tolna (from Talne
  Talne
  Talne is a city in Cherkasy Oblast of Ukraine. Population is 16,388 ....
  
  , Ukraine)
• Toldos Tzvi
• Toltchva (from Tolcsva
  Tolcsva
  Tolcsva is a village in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. It is the birthplace of film pioneer William Fox.- External links :*...
  
  , Hungary)
• Tosh
  Tosh (Hasidic dynasty)
  Tosh is a Hasidic dynasty originating in Nyirtass, Hungary. Today it is based in Kiryas Tosh, Quebec, Canada, outside of Boisbriand, a suburb of Montreal, Canada. The current leader is Grand Rabbi Meshulam Feish Segal-Loewy...
  
   (from Nyírtass
  Nyírtass
  Nyírtass is a Hungarian village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county.- See also :* Tosh...
  
  , Hungary)
• Trisk (from Turiisk, Ukraine)
• Tseshenov (from Cieszanów
  Cieszanów
  Cieszanów is a town in Lubaczów County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland. It has a population of 1,916 .In 1921 there were 929 Jews in Cieszanów.-References:Notes...
  
  , Poland)
• Tshakova (from Szczakowa
  Szczakowa
  Szczakowa is a district of the Polish city of Jaworzno. Located in historical Lesser Poland, it now belongs to the Silesian Voivodeship and is one of the most important rail hubs of the area. In the years 1933-1956, it was a separate town....
  
  , Poland)
• Tzehlim (from Deutschkreutz
  Deutschkreutz
  Deutschkreutz is an Austrian market town in the District of Oberpullendorf, Burgenland. Its Hungarian name is Sopronkeresztúr , in Hebrew it is called Zelem , .- Geography :...
  
  , Austria)

U

• Ujhel (from Újhely
  Sátoraljaújhely
  Sátoraljaújhely or אוהעלי ) is a town located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northern Hungary near the Slovak border. It is east from the county capital Miskolc.- History :...
  
  )
• Ungvar (from Ungvár)
• Unsdorf
• Ushpitzin (from Oświęcim
  Oswiecim
  Oświęcim is a town in the Lesser Poland province of southern Poland, situated west of Kraków, near the confluence of the rivers Vistula and Soła.- History :...
  
  , Poland)

V

• Vasloi
  Vasloi (Hasidic dynasty)
  Vasloi was a Hasidic dynasty centered in Vaslui, Romania, and founded by Rabbi Shalom Halpern, a grandson of Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhyn in the Russian Empire.-History:...
  
   (from Vaslui
  Vaslui
  Vaslui , a city in eastern Romania, is the seat of Vaslui County, in the historical region of Moldavia.The city administers five villages: Bahnari, Brodoc, Moara Grecilor, Rediu and Viişoara.-History:...
  
  , Romania)
• Vien (Rabbinical dynasty)
  Vien (Rabbinical dynasty)
  Vien is a Rabbinical hasidic dynasty originating in present-day Vienna. The current rav of Vien is Rav Chaim Z. Hersh Zegelbaum of Brooklyn, New York, a descendant of Rav Menachem Mendel Stern of Sighet, author of Derech Emunah....
  
   (from Wien/Vienna
  Vienna
  Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
  
  )
• Voidislav (from Wodzisław, Poland)
• Volova (from Mizhhirya, Ukraine)
• Vorka
  Israel Yitzhak Kalish
  Israel Yitzhak Kalish of Warka was the first hasidic rebbe of Warka.In 1829 he was moved to Przysucha, where his master tzadik Simcha Bunim of Peshischa was teaching. Eventually he was settled in Warka...
  
   from Warka
  Warka
  Warka is a town in central Poland, located on the left bank of the Pilica river , with 11,035 inhabitants . It has been situated in Grójec County, in the Masovian Voivodeship, since 1999; previously it was in the Radom Voivodeship from 1975 to 1998.Warka obtained its city charter in 1321...
  
  , Poland
• Vulkan

Z

• Zablitov (Zabolotiv
  Zabolotiv
  Zabolotiv is a town in the Sniatynskyi Raion of Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast in Western Ukraine. The population is 4,129 .- History :Starting from 1790, there was growing Jewish community which had managed to become important part of local life. Later on, there was anti-Semitic unrest in the beginning...
  
  , Ukraine)
• Zbarz (from Zbarazh
  Zbarazh
  Zbarazh is a city in the Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zbarazh Raion , and is located in the historic region of Galicia....
  
  , Ukraine)
• Zhmigrid (from Nowy Żmigród
  Nowy Zmigród
  Nowy Żmigród, until 1946 Żmigród , is a village and rural municipality in Jasło County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland, WNW of Dukla and south of Jasło....
  
  , Poland)
• Zhitomir (from Zhytomyr
  Zhytomyr
  Zhytomyr is a city in the North of the western half of Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zhytomyr Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Zhytomyr Raion...
  
  )
• Zibov
• Zidichov
• Zinkov
• Zlatipol (from Zlatopol
  Zlatopol
  Zlatopol is a small city in Ukraine, located about 80 km northwest to Kirovohrad, near Kiev.- History :Before the Holocaust, Zlatopol was a prosperous very rich Jewish Shtetl. There was also a gymnasium for rich people in Zlatopol...
  
  )
• Zlotchov
  Zlotshov (Hasidic dynasty)
  Zlotshov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yechiel Michel . Zlotshov is the Yiddish name of Zolochiv, a town in present-day Ukraine...
  
   (from Zolochiv
  Zolochiv
  Zolochiv is a town located in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Zolochiv Raion ....
  
  )
• Zolozitz
• Zychlin
  Zychlin (Hasidic dynasty)
  Zychlin originated in the town of Żychlin in Poland. The founder of the Żychlin Hasidic dynasty Rabbi Shmuel Abba was born to Reb Zelig on the 19th of Kislev in the city of Lovitsh.-Origins and ideology:...
  
  

Hasidic groups (non-dynastic)

• Breslov
• Malachim
  Malachim (Hasidic group)
  The Malochim or Malukhim is a small Hasidic group with strong Monsey and Williamsburg connections...
  
  
• Vien (Hasidic community) (from Wien/Vienna
  Vienna
  Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
  
  )