Premishlan is a
Hasidic dynasty.
It was founded by Grand Rabbi Meir Hagadol of
Peremyshliany
Peremyshliany ( uk, Перемишляни, pl, Przemyślany, yi, פּרעמישליאַן) is a town in Lviv Raion, Lviv Oblast (region) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Peremyshliany urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Po ...
( yi, פרעמישלאן, ''Premishlan'')
Dynasty
Grand Rabbi Israel
Baal Shem Tov
Israel ben Eliezer (1698 – 22 May 1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov ( he, בעל שם טוב, ) or as the Besht, was a Jewish mystic and healer who is regarded as the founder of Hasidic Judaism. "Besht" is the acronym for Baal Shem Tov, which ...
, founder of Hasidism
*The Great Grand Rabbi Meir Hagadol of Premishlan (1703–1773), a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and a descendant of
Hillel the Elder
**Grand Rabbi Aharon Arye (''Uren Leib'') of Premishlan (died 1813), disciple of Rabbi Yechiel Michl of
Zlotshov; son of Rabbi Meir the Great
***Grand Rabbi Isaac of Kalish, son of Rabbi Uren Leib of Premishlan
***Grand Rabbi Meir (''Meirl'') the Second of Premishlan (1783–1850), son of Rabbi Uren Leib, and the most famous rabbi of the dynasty. He was widely known as a 'miracle worker'.
['Codex Judaica' M. Kantor, p.266]
****Grand Rabbi Tzvi Frankel of Premishlan (son in law of Rabbi Meir the second)
*****Grand Rabbi Yisroel Aryeh Frankel of Premishlan, son of Rabbi Tzvi
******Grand Rabbi Yisroal Arya Margulies of Pramishlan (
Lviv
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London
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); his father, Rabbi Efrayim Zalman was married to the daughter of Rabbi Yisroel Aryeh Frankel
Current leadership
There are several ''Rebbes'' presently known as ''Premishlaner Rebbe''; all from the Premishlan dynasty. Among these is Grand Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Premishlan, present Premishlaner Rebbe. His court is in Bnei Brak, Israel. He is the son of Grand Rabbi Dovid Moshe of
Kretchnif
Kretshnif (also written as ''Kretchinev'', ''Kretchniv'', ''Kretshniff'') is a Hasidic Jewish dynasty that comes from the Nadvorna dynasty. Kretshnif is located in present day Romania, near Târgu Mureș. The town name in Romanian is Crăciu ...
. There is also a Premishlaner synagogue in
Lakewood, New Jersey
Lakewood Township is the most populous township in Ocean County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A rapidly growing community as of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a total population of 135,158 representing an increase of 41,415 (+45.5% ...
led by Grand Rabbi Yisroel Arye Knopfler, a great-grandson of Rabbi Yisroel Arye Margulies.
Quotes
*"If you are connected to God, you never fall".
References
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Hasidic dynasties
Jewish Galician (Eastern Europe) history