Nikolsburg (Hasidic dynasty)
{{Short description|Moravian Hasidic dynasty}}
{{Infobox religious group
| group = Nikolsburg Hasidic Dynasty
| image = The_Nikolsburg_rebbe1.jpg
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| image_caption = The Nikolsburger Rebbe of Monsey
| population =
| founder = Shmelke of Nikolsburg
| regions = Czech Republic, United States, Israel
| region1 = {{flag|Czech Republic}} Czech Republic
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| region2 = {{flag|United States}} United States
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| region3 = {{flag|Israel}} Israel
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| religions = Hasidic Judaism
| website = [https://www.nikolsburg.org nikolsburg.org]
| notes = Current headquarters in Monsey, New York
}}
File:Mikulov cemetery Náhrobek rebe Šmelkeho.jpg]]
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.
Nikolsburg lineage
= Boston and Lelov =
- Shmuel Shmelke ha-Levi Horowitz (1726–1778), Chief Rabbi of Nikolsburg.{{Cite web |title=HOROWITZ, SCHMELKE - JewishEncyclopedia.com |url=https://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7881-horowitz-schmelke |access-date=2021-03-18 |website=jewishencyclopedia.com}}
- Zevi Joshua Horowitz (1754–1816), Chief Rabbi of Jamnitz, Trebitsch, and Prossnitz. Son-in-law of his uncle Pinchas Horowitz."Horowitz, Ẓevi Joshua ben Samuel Shmelke ." Encyclopaedia Judaica. . Encyclopedia.com. 18 Aug. 2022 https://www.encyclopedia.com .
- Yaakov Dovid Horowitz (died 1855){{Cite book |last=Valach |first=Shalom Meir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MM7CQ1iJbgC |title=A Chassidic Journey: The Polish Chassidic Dynasties of Lublin, Lelov, Nikolsburg and Boston |date=2002 |publisher=Feldheim Publishers |isbn=978-1-58330-568-3 |language=en}}
- Noach Pinchas Horowitz (died 1875), Chief Rabbi of Magierov.
- Alexsander Yitzchak Horowitz (1826–1886).
- Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz (1860–1898), rabbi in Jerusalem.
- Pinchas David Horowitz (1876–1941), Founder of the Boston Hasidic dynasty.
- 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.
= Nikolsburg-Monsey =
- Baruch'l Schnitzler (died 1822), rabbi in Kaliv. Son-in-law of Zevi Joshua Horowitz.{{Cite web |title=Tchabe {{!}} History |url=https://www.tchabe.com/history/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |language=en-US}}
- Yoel Schnitzler (died 1865), Chief Rabbi of Kotaj.
- Baruch Yehuda Schnitzler (1845–1894), Chief Rabbi of Derecske.
- Shragei Shmuel Shmelke Schnitzler (1889–1979), the Tchabe Rav.{{Cite book |last=Rabinowicz |first=Tzvi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OprXAAAAMAAJ |title=The Encyclopedia of Hasidism |date=1996 |publisher=Jason Aronson |isbn=978-1-56821-123-7 |pages=278 |language=en}}
- Baruch Yehuda Lebovitch (1909–1951), religious judge of Kish. Son-in-law of Shragei Shmuel Shmelke Schnitzler.
- Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits, rebbe of the Nikolsburg community in Monsey.
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.{{Cite web|title=The Woodbourne Shul Website 457 Rute 52 woodbourne ny|url=https://www.thewoodbourneshul.org/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=the-woodbourne-shul|language=en}}
External links
- [https://www.nikolsburg.org Nikolsburg.org Website of the Nikolsburg rebbe of Monsey]
References
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Category:Hasidic Judaism in Europe
Category:Jews and Judaism in Moravia