Ziditshov is a

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dynasty originating in town Ziditshoyv (as known in

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; or

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in Ukrainian), in

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). It was founded by Rebbe Tzvi Hirsh of Ziditshov. Today, the few who remain of the Ziditshov dynasty live in

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Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

Spiritual lineage of the Ziditshov dynasty

*Grand Rabbi Yisrael

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 Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism ( Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of cont ...

. **Grand Rebbe

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 ...

- the ''Maggid'' (Preacher) of Mezritch - disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. ***Grand Rebbe

Elimelech of Lizhensk Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk (1717–March 11, 1787) was a rabbi and one of the great founding Rebbes of the Hasidic movement. He was known after his hometown, Leżajsk ( yi, ליזשענסק, translit=Lizhensk) near Rzeszów in Poland. He was ...

- author of ''Noam Elimelech'' - disciple of the ''Maggid'' of Mezritsh. ****Grand Rabbi

Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin Yaakov Yitzchak HaLevi Horowitz ( he, יעקב יצחק הלוי הורוביץ), known as "the Seer of Lublin" (), ''ha-Chozeh MiLublin''; (c. 1745 - August 15, 1815) was a Hasidic rebbe from Poland. "Rabbi Yaacov Yitzchak, the Chozeh of Lublin, ...

- the ''Chozeh'' (Seer) of Lublin - author of ''Zichron Zos'' - disciple of the ''Noam Elimelech''. *****Grand Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Ziditshov - author of ''Ateres Tzvi'' - disciple of the ''Chozeh'' of Lublin.

The family

*Grand Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Eichenstein of Safrin (1740-1800) **Grand Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch of Ziditshov (1763-1831),Matzav.com
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, son of Rabbi Isaac of Safrin **Rabbi Moshe Eichenstein of Sambur (d. 1840), author of "Tefilo leMoshe", son of Rabbi Isaac of Safrin **Rabbi Yissochor Berish Eichenstein of Safrin (d. 1832), son of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Safrin ***Rabbi Naftoli Hertzl Labin of Ziditshov, son-in-law of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Eichenstein of Ziditshov, the ''Ateres Tzvi''. ***Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Eichenstein of Ziditshov (1805-1873), author of ''Likutei Maharya'', only son of Rabbi Yissochor Berish of Safrin ****Rabbi Shlomo Yaakov Eichenstein of Ziditchov (d. 1886), son of Rabbi Yitzchok ****Rabbi Nochum of

Burshtin Burshtin is a Hasidic dynasty headed by Grand Rabbi David Eichenstein, the Burshteiner Rebbe. The main Burshteiner synagogue is located in Borough Park, Brooklyn. The group originated in Burshtyn, now located in Ukraine, but was once part of A ...

****Rabbi Eliezer of Burshtin *****Rabbi Yitzchok Menachem Eichenstein of Burshtin- Podheitz (1879-1943), son of Rabbi Shlomo Yaakov and son-in-law of Rabbi Nochum ******Rabbi Shlomo Yaakov Zeide Eichenstein of Burshtin (1899-1963), son of Rabbi Yitzchok *******Rabbi Yitzchok Menachem Eichenshtein, Galanter Rebbe, son of Rabbi Shlomo Yaakov *******Rabbi Dovid Eichenstein, Burshtiner Rebbe, son of Rabbi Shlomo Yaakov ****Rabbi Israel Yosef Labin of Ziditshov (d. 1902), son of Rabbi Naftoli Hertsl of Ziditshov, and son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac of Ziditshov *****Rabbi Moshe Labin of Ziditshov- Drubitsh (d. 1939), son of Rabbi Israel Yosef of Ziditshov ******Rabbi Alexander Yom Tov Labin of Bergsas, son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe of Drubitsh *******Rabbi

Naftali Tzvi Labin of Ziditshov Naftali (also spelled Naftula) Tzvi Labin of Zidichov (נפתלי צבי לאבין מזידיטשוב) (c. 1916 – March 6, 2009)http://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=7093#p205023 (Yiddish) was the Zidichover Rebbe. He was born in Zi ...

, son of Rabbi Alexander Yom Tov Labin ********Rabbi Alexander (Sender) Yom Tov Lipa Labin, son of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Labin ********Rabbi Shlomo Dov Labin, Rebbe of Ziditchov-london, son of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Labin ********Rabbi Moshe Labin, Drubitsher Rebbe, son of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Labin ********Rabbi Yeshaya Labin, Zidichover Rebbe son of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Labin ********Rabbi Aharon Maier Labin, Bolchav Rebbe in Williamsburg, son of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Labin ********Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Labin, Ziditchover Rov in

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, son of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Labin ********

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Hinda Kohn, daughter of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Labin, wife of Rebbe Dovid Kohn,

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Rebbe in

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

********Rebbetzin Esther Malka Segal-Loewy, daughter of Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Labin, wife of Rabbi Elimelech Segal-Loewy of

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— son of Rebbe Meshulam Feish ****Rabbi Alexander (Sender) Yom Tov Lipa Eichenstein of Zidachov (1824-October 12, 1883), son of Rabbi Yitzchok Isaac of Ziditshov *****Rabbi Yehoshia Heshl Eichenstein of Khodorov, son of Rabbi Alexander Yom Tov Lipa of Ziditshov ******Rabbi Yisochor Berish Eichenstein of Khodorov (d. 1918), son of Rabbi Yehoshia Heshl of Khodorov *******Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Heshl Eichenstein of Ziditshov-Chicago (moved from Galitzia to Chicago in 1922) (d. 1940), son of Rabbi Yisochor Berish of Khodorov ********Grand Rabbi Avrohom Eichenstein of Ziditshov-Chicago (d. 1967), son of Rabbi Yehoshua *********Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Heshl Eichenstein of Ziditshov-Chicago, son of Rabbi Avrohom **********Rabbi Yissocher Dov Eichenstein of Baltimore, son of Rabbi Yehoshua Heshl (II) of Chicago **********Rabbi Yecheskal Eichenstein of Marine Park Brooklyn, son of Rabbi Yehoshua Heshl (II) of Chicago ********

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Menachem Tsvi Eichenstein, of

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(1943–1982), son of Rabbi Yehoshua Heshl (I) of Chicago *********Rabbi Dov Ber Alter Eichenstein, son of Rabbi Menachem **********Rabbi Moshe Mordechei Eichenstein of Trisk (born August 7, 1958 at Jerusalem),Geni.com
/ref> son of Rabbi Dov Ber Alter *****Rabbi Yisochor Berish Eichenstein of Veretzky (1848-1924), author of the ''Malbush L'Shabbos V'Yom Tov'', son of Rabbi Alexander Yom Tov Lipa of Ziditshov ******Rabbi Usher Yeshaya Eichenstein of Prochnik, son of Rabbi Yisochor Berish Eichenstein of Veretzky *******Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein Ziditshover Rebbe of

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, son of Rabbi Usher Yeshaya Eichenstein of Prochnik and son-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Yitzchok Yeruchem of Aldstadt ********Rabbi Nosson Eichenstein of

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, son of Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein of Grosswardein and son in law of Rav Shmaryohu Gurari ********Rabbi Yissochor Berish Eichenstein, Ziditshover Rebbe in

Petach Tikvah Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent set ...

, son of Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein ********Mrs. Bluma Horowitz, daughter of Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein, wife of Rabbi Feivel Horowitz ********Mrs. Riva Rubin, daughter of Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein, wife of Rabbi Simcha Rubin of Tomashov ********Mrs. Mirel Rubin, daughter of Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein, wife of Rabbi Mordche Dovid Rubin of Sasregen ********Mrs. Sara Zevald, daughter of Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein, wife of Rabbi Moshe Zevald *******Rabbi Menashe Yitzchok Meir Eichenstein, Ziditshover Rebbe of

Petah Tikva Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Jews of the Old Yishuv, and became a permanent set ...

, son of Rabbi Usher Yeshaya Eichenstein of Prochnik *******Rabbi Sholom Eichenstein (1901‑1987), Ziditshover Rebbe of

Tzfat Safed (known in Hebrew as Tzfat; Sephardic Hebrew & Modern Hebrew: צְפַת ''Tsfat'', Ashkenazi Hebrew: ''Tzfas'', Biblical Hebrew: ''Ṣǝp̄aṯ''; ar, صفد, ''Ṣafad''), is a city in the Northern District of Israel. Located at an elevat ...

, son of Rabbi Usher Yeshaya Eichenstein ********Rabbi Yisochor Berish Eichenstein(1924-1999), Ziditshover-Apter Rebbe, Borough Park son of Rabbi Sholom Eichenstein. Son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Levy Yitzchok Leifer the Nadvorner-Chaifa Rebbe. *********Rabbi Yosef Meir Eichenstein, son of Rabbi Yisochor Berish Eichenstein *********Rabbi Chaim Eichenstein, son of Rabbi Yisochor Berish Eichenstein *********Rabbi Yehosha Moshe Eichenstein, son of Rabbi Yisochor Berish Eichenstein *********Rebbitzen Chana Hollander, Daughter of Rabbi Yisochor Berish Eichenstein ********** Rabbi Shaul Yedidia Elezar Rosen son of Rebbitzen Chana Hollander ********Rabbi Usher Yeshaya Eichenstein (1934-2008), son of Rabbi Sholom Eichenstein and son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Lev, Rav of Temeshvar *********Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Eichenstein, Zidichover Rebbe, son of Rabbi Usher Yeshaya Eichenstein *********Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Shneebalg, Ziditshover Rebbe of

Be'er Sheva Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

, grandson of Rabbi Sholom Eichenstein ****Rabbi Yisochor Berish Eichenstein of Dolyna (d. 1886), son of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Ziditshov ****Rabbi Eliyohu Eichenstein of Ziditshov (1837-1878), son of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Ziditshov ****Rabbi Menachem Mendel Eichenstein of Ziditshov (1840-1901), son of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac of Ziditshov There is also Rabbi Alter Kahane of Ziditshov, who is a scion of the Spinka dynasty.

Main books of Ziditshover Hasidism

The main books of the Ziditshov dynasty are: *''Ateres Tzvi'' by Tzvi Hirsh of Ziditshov. *''Sur Meiro Va'asei Tov'' by Tzvi Hirsh of Ziditshov.

Rebbes of Ziditshov

Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov Tzvi Hirsh Eichenstein also known as Hirsh Zydaczower (1763, Sambor - June 22, 1831, Zidichov), was a famous Hasidic Rebbe, a noted Talmudist, Kabbalist and author of novellae on Torah and responsa. He founded the Zidichov Hasidic dynasty. He ...

Yitzchak Isaac of Zidichov Yitzchak Isaac of Zidichov (1805–June 4, 1873) was a noted Hasidic rabbi. He was the son of Rabbi Yisachar Barish, who was the brother of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov (1763–1831). Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac was a close disciple of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of ...

Spiritual lineage of the Ziditshov dynasty

The family

Main books of Ziditshover Hasidism

Rebbes of Ziditshov

References

See also