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Hasidic Dynasties (Arranged Alphabetically) with a Large Following Include Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a large following include: Name Current (or last) Rebbe Founder Headquartered In City/Town of Origin Belz Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II) Sholom Rokeach (1781–1855) Jerusalem, Israel Belz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary / Poland (now inUkraine) Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam; Bobov Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov(1847–1905) Borough Park,Brooklyn Bobowa and Sanz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now in Poland) Mordechai Dovid Unger Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902– Chabad Lubavitch Schneur Zalman of Liadi(1745–1812) Crown Heights, Brooklyn Lubavitch, Russia 1994) Ger Yaakov Aryeh Alter (b. 1939) Yitzchak Meir Alter (1799–1866) Jerusalem, Israel Góra Kalwaria, Russian Empire (now in Poland) Karlin, orKarlin- Givat Zeev, Israel; Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet Aharon the Great of Karlin(1736–1772) Karlin, Belarus Stolin Jerusalem, Israel Boro Park,Brooklyn; Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam; Cluj-Napoca, Hungary (now in Romania), andSanz, Galicia (now Sanz Klausenberg Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1796–1876) Kiryat Sanz, Netanya, Shmuel Dovid Halberstam in Poland) Israel Aaron Teitelbaum (b. 1947); Kiryas Joel, New York; Satmar Yoel Teitlebaum (1887-1979) Satu Mare, Hungary (now in Romania) Zalman Leib Teitelbaum (b. 1952) Williamsburg, Brooklyn Skver David Twersky (b. 1940) Yitzchak Twersky New Square, New York Skvira, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine) Yisrael Hager; Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov (1830– Bnei Brak, Israel; Vizhnitz Vyzhnytsia, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now inUkraine) Mordechai Hager 1884) Kaser, New York Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a small following include: Name Current (or last) Rebbe Founder Headquartered In City/Town of Origin Aleksander Yisroel Tzvi Yair Danziger Yechiel Dancyger (1828–1894) Bnei Brak, Israel Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland Ungvar Amram Klein Yossef Elimelech Khanh (1931) Brooklyn, USA Ungvar, Hungary Yosef Kalish; Borough Park,Brooklyn; Amshinov Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878) Mszczonów, Poland Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky Jerusalem, Israel Ashlag Simcha Avraham Ashlag Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag (1885–1954) Bnei Brak, Israel Warsaw, Poland Berditchev Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740–1810) Berdychiv, Ukraine Bergsass Aaron Pollak Abraham Alter Pollak (died 2007) Elad, Israel Beregszász, Hungary (now Ukraine) Biala several Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz (died 1905) Borough Park,Brooklyn Biała Podlaska, Poland Levi Yitzchak Horowitz (1921– Brookline, Boston 2009); Pinchas Dovid Horowitz (1876–1941) Massachusetts; Boston Chaim Avrohom Horowitz Jerusalem, Israel Boyan Nachum Dov Brayer Yitzchok Friedman (1850–1917) Jerusalem, Israel Boiany, Bukovina (now inUkraine) Bnei Brak, Israel; Chernobyl several Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl(1730–1797) Ashdod, Israel; Chernobyl, Ukraine Boro Park,Brooklyn Dorog Yisroel Moshe Rosenfeld Shmuel Frenkel-Komarda of Dorog Bnei Brak, Israel Hajdudorog, Hungary Dushinsky Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1st) (1865–1948) Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel Machnovka Yehoshua Rokeach Yosef Meir Twersky of Machnovka Bnei Brak, Israel Machnovka, Ukraine Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Yaakov Horowitz of Melitz Melitz Ashdod, Israel Mielec, Galicia (now in Poland) Moscowitz (son of Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz) Modzitz Chaim Shaul Taub Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir (1755–1856) Bnei Brak, Israel Dęblin, Poland Munkacz Moshe Leib Rabinovich Shlomo Spira ("Shem Shlomo") of Munkacz Borough Park,Brooklyn Munkács, Hungary (now inUkraine) Nadvorna several Mordechai Leifer (1835–1894) Bnei Brak, Israel Nadvirna, Galicia (now inUkraine) Shmuel Shmelke ben Hirsh Halevi Horowitzof Nikolsburg Nikolsburg Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Monsey, New York Nikolsburg, Moravia (1726–1778), Novominsk Yaakov Perlow Borough Park,Brooklyn Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland Pinsk-Karlin Aryeh Rosenfeld Aharon the Great of Karlin (1736–1772) Jerusalem, Israel Karlin, Belarus Puppa Yaakov Yechezkia Greenwald Moshe Greenwald Williamsburg, Brooklyn Pápa, Hungary Yitzchak Twerski; Boro Park,Brooklyn; Rachmastrivka Yochanan Twerski of Rachmastrivka Rachmastrivka, Ukraine David Twerski Jerusalem, Israel Izbica, Poland; Radzin or Izhbitza - Radzin Shlomo Yosef Englard Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izhbitza Bnei Brak, Israel Radzyń Podlaski, Poland Sadigura Avraham Yakov Friedman Avraham Yakov Friedman of Sadigura (1820–1883) Bnei Brak, Israel Sadagóra, Bukovina (now inUkraine) Shomer Emunim Avrohom Chaim Roth; Toldos Aharon Dovid Kohn; Aharon Roth ("Reb Ahrele") (1894–1947) Jerusalem, Israel Jerusalem, Israel Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Shmuel Yaakov Kohn Shmuel Brozovosky; Jerusalem, Israel; Slonim Avraham of Slonim Slonim, Belarus Avrohom Weinberg Bnei Brak, Israel Skolye Avrohm Moshe Rabinowitz Borough Park,Brooklyn Skole, Galicia, Ukraine Skulen Yisroel Avrohom Portugal Eliezer Zusia Portugal (1898–1982) Borough Park,Brooklyn Sculeni, Bessarabia (now inMoldova) Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Spinka several Joseph Meir Weiss (1838–1909) Jerusalem, Israel; Săpânţa, Maramureş, Romania Bnei Brak, Israel Jerusalem, Israel; Bnei Brak, Israel; Stropkov Avrohom Sholom Halberstam II Avrohom Sholom Halberstam (1856–1940) Stropkov, Austria-Hungary (now in Slovakia) Ramle, Israel; Williamsburg, Brooklyn Avraham Goldman; Jerusalem, Israel; Zvhil (See also Zvhil- Zvyahel, Volhynia (nowNovohrad-Volynskyi, Shlomo Goldman; Moshe of Zvhil (died 1831) Union City, New Jersey; Mezbuz) Ukraine) Yitzhak Aharon Korff Boston, Massachusetts .
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