Pinsk-Karlin is a Hasidic group that is an offshoot of

Karlin-Stolin Karlin-Stolin is a Hasidic dynasty, originating with Rebbe Aaron ben Jacob of Karlin in present-day Belarus. One of the first centres of Hasidim to be set up in Lithuania, many Lithuanian Hasidic groups are its offshoots. Today, the Karlin- ...

History

A distinguished group of the elders of Karlin did not accept the leadership of the present Karlin-Stoliner

Rebbe A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...

, who was a baby when his predecessor died. They asked the Lelover Rebbe to be their new rebbe. After the second generation, the Lelover Rebbe did not want to be unnecessarily involved in what he saw as "politics", and withdrew as their rebbe. The Hasidim then appointed Rabbi Aharon Rosenfeld, a Karliner Hasid himself, as their rebbe. To distinguish themselves from the Karlin-Stoliner Hasidim, they call themselves the

Pinsk Pinsk ( be, Пі́нск; russian: Пи́нск ; Polish: Pińsk; ) is a city located in the Brest Region of Belarus, in the Polesia region, at the confluence of the Pina River and the Pripyat River. The region was known as the Marsh of Pinsk ...

-Karlin.

Rebbes

* Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Biderman 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 ...

(1903–1987), who was accepted by many Karliner Hasidim as the new rebbe after the passing of Rabbi Yochanan of Karlin-Stolin. **Rabbi Shimon Biderman of Lelov, son of Rabbi Moshe. In 1991, he stepped down from the Karliner leadership, remaining as Lelover Rebbe of Bnei Brak. ***Rebbe Aharon Hacohen Rosenfeld of Pinsk-Karlin (1927–2001), a descendant of Rebbe Aaron of Karlin, appointed as ''manhig'' (leader) of Pinsk-Karlin in 1991, as a successor of Rabbi Shimon of Lelov, who gave up leadership of the Karliner Hasidim after he suffered a stroke. ****Rebbe Aryeh Rosenfeld of Pinsk-Karlin, present Rebbe of Pinsk-Karlin, son of Rabbi Aharon Rosenfeld, under whose leadership the community has expanded from

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

to Bnei Brak,

Beitar Illit Beitar Illit ( he, בֵּיתָר עִלִּית; officially Betar Illit; "Illit" is pronounced "ee-leet"; ar, بيتار عيليت) is an Haredi Jewish- Israeli settlement organized as a city council in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, sou ...

, Beit Shemesh, and Upper

Modiin Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut ( he, מוֹדִיעִין-מַכַּבִּים-רֵעוּת) is an Israeli city located in central Israel, about southeast of Tel Aviv and west of Jerusalem, and is connected to those two cities via Highway 443. In t ...

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Obituary of the ''Admo"r'' of Pinsk-KarlinVideo of the Pinsk-Karlin Rebbe celebrating the Jewish feast of Tabernacles
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