Nikolsburg (

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...

: ניקאלשפורג) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty descending from Shmelke of Nikolsburg, a disciple of

Dov Ber of Mezeritch Dov Ber ben Avraham of Mezeritch ( yi, דֹּב בֶּער מִמֶּזְרִיטְשְׁ; died December 1772 OS), also known as the '' Maggid of Mezeritch'', was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov), the founder of Hasidi ...

. From 1773 to 1778 he was the Chief Rabbi of

Moravia Moravia ( , also , ; cs, Morava ; german: link=yes, Mähren ; pl, Morawy ; szl, Morawa; la, Moravia) is a historical region in the east of the Czech Republic and one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The m ...

, in the city of

Nikolsburg Mikulov (; german: Nikolsburg; yi, ניקאלשבורג, ''Nikolshburg'') is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,400 inhabitants. The historic centre of Mikulov is well preserved and i ...

, from which the dynasty gets its name.

Nikolsburg lineage

Boston and Lelov

* Shmuel Shmelke ha-Levi Horowitz (1726–1778), Chief Rabbi of Nikolsburg. ** 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) **** Noach Pinchas Horowitz (died 1875), Chief Rabbi of Magierov. ***** Alexsander Yitzchak Horowitz (1826–1886). ****** Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz (1860–1898), rabbi in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

. ******* Pinchas David Horowitz (1876–1941), Founder of the Boston Hasidic dynasty. ***** David Tzvi Shlomo Biderman (1844–1918), Fourth rebbe of

Lelov Lelov ( yi, לעֶלוֹב) is a Polish-Israeli Hasidic dynastic court, which traces its origins to the town of Lelów, Poland where the court was established in 1815 by Rabbi Dovid Biderman (1746-1814). The Lelover dynasty migrated from Poland ...

. 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. ** 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. ***** Baruch Yehuda Lebovitch (1909–1951), religious judge of

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. Son-in-law of Shragei Shmuel Shmelke Schnitzler. ******

Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits (Yiddish: יוסף יחיאל מיכל לעבאוויטש) is a Hasidic rebbe and the founder of the Nikolsburg-Monsey Hasidic community. Family Yechiel Mechel Lebovits was born in New York to Rabbi Baruch Yehud ...

(born 1947), 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

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External link

Website of the Nikolsburg rebbe of Monsey

References

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