Nikolsburg (Hasidic dynasty)
Moravian Hasidic dynasty
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Nikolsburg (Yiddish: ניקאלשפורג) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty descending from Shmelke of Nikolsburg, a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch. From 1773 to 1778 he was the Chief Rabbi of Moravia, in the city of Nikolsburg, today Mikulov, Czech Republic, from which the dynasty gets its name.
The Nikolsburger Rebbe of Monsey | |
| Founder | |
|---|---|
| Shmelke of Nikolsburg | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Czech Republic, United States, Israel | |
| Religions | |
| Hasidic Judaism | |
| Languages | |
| Hebrew, Yiddish | |
| Website | |
| nikolsburg.org | |
| Current headquarters in Monsey, New York |
Nikolsburg lineage
Boston and Lelov
- Shmuel Shmelke ha-Levi Horowitz (1726–1778), Chief Rabbi of Nikolsburg.[1]
- Zevi Joshua Horowitz (1754–1816), Chief Rabbi of Jamnitz, Trebitsch, and Prossnitz. Son-in-law of his uncle Pinchas Horowitz.[2]
- Yaakov Dovid Horowitz (died 1855)[3]
- Noach Pinchas Horowitz (died 1875), Chief Rabbi of Magierov.[3]
- Alexsander Yitzchak Horowitz (1826–1886).[3]
- Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz (1860–1898), rabbi in Jerusalem.[3]
- Pinchas David Horowitz (1876–1941), Founder of the Boston Hasidic dynasty.[3]
- Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz (1860–1898), rabbi in Jerusalem.[3]
- David Tzvi Shlomo Biderman (1844–1918), Fourth rebbe of Lelov. Son-in-law of Noach Pinchas Horowitz. His great-grandson Pinchas Yitzchak Biderman (b. 1940), is the rebbe of Lelov-Nikolsburg.[3]
- Alexsander Yitzchak Horowitz (1826–1886).[3]
- Noach Pinchas Horowitz (died 1875), Chief Rabbi of Magierov.[3]
- Yaakov Dovid Horowitz (died 1855)[3]
- Zevi Joshua Horowitz (1754–1816), Chief Rabbi of Jamnitz, Trebitsch, and Prossnitz. Son-in-law of his uncle Pinchas Horowitz.[2]
Nikolsburg-Monsey
- Baruch'l Schnitzler (died 1822), rabbi in Kaliv. Son-in-law of Zevi Joshua Horowitz.[4]
Mordechai Zev Jungreis
Mordechai Zev Jungreis, a descendant of Mordecai Benet is also known as the Nikolsburger rebbe and is the rabbi of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Woodbourne, New York.[6]