Nikolsburg (

Yiddish Yiddish, historically Judeo-German, is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated in 9th-century Central Europe, and provided the nascent Ashkenazi community with a vernacular based on High German fused with ...

: ניקאלשפורג) is the name of a

Hasidic dynasty A Hasidic dynasty or Chassidic dynasty is a dynasty led by Hasidic Jewish spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics: * Each leader of the dynasty is referred to as an ''ADMOR'' (abbreviation ...

descending from

Shmelke of Nikolsburg Shmuel Shmelke HaLevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg (Yiddish: שמואל שמעלקי הלוי הורוויץ פון ניקאלשבורג, ; 1726 – April 28, 1778) also known as the Rebbe Reb Shmelke was an early Hasidic master and kabbalist, who is am ...

, a disciple of

Dov Ber of Mezeritch Dov Ber ben Avraham of Mezeritch (; died December 4, 1772 Old Style, O.S.), also known as the ''Maggid of Velyki Mezhyrichi, Mezeritch'' or ''Mezeritcher Maggid'', was a disciple of Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer (the Baal Shem Tov), the founder of Has ...

. From 1773 to 1778 he was the

Chief Rabbi Chief Rabbi () is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities. Since 1911, through a capitulation by Ben-Zion Meir ...

Moravia Moravia ( ; ) is a historical region in the eastern Czech Republic, roughly encompassing its territory within the Danube River's drainage basin. It is one of three historical Czech lands, with Bohemia and Czech Silesia. The medieval and early ...

, in the city of

Nikolsburg Mikulov (; ) is a town in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 7,600 inhabitants. From the 16th to the 19th century, it was the cultural centre of the Jewish community of Moravia. The historic centr ...

, 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. ** Zevi Joshua Horowitz (1754–1816), Chief Rabbi of Jamnitz, Trebitsch'','' and Prossnitz. Son-in-law of his uncle

Pinchas Horowitz Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz (c. 1731 – July 1, 1805), also known as the Baal Hafla'ah, was a rabbi and Talmudist. Life The descendant of a long line of rabbinical ancestors and the son of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Horowitz of Chortkiv, he received a ...

."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 is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...

. *******

Pinchas David Horowitz Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz (; July 15, 1877 or 1876 - November 28, 1941) was a Hasidic rebbe and the founder of the Boston Hasidic dynasty, one of the first Hasidic courts in America. Biography Born in Jerusalem, he was a paternal descendant of ...

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

Lelov Lelov () 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 to Jerusalem when Bid ...

. 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 Kaliv is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Yitzchak Isaac Taub (1744–1821) of Nagykálló (in Yiddish ''Kalev, Kaalov, Kaliv''), Hungary. History Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Taub Rabbi Taub (1751 - 7 Adar 2, March 21, 1821) was the rabbi of Kalov and th ...

. Son-in-law of Zevi Joshua Horowitz. ** Yoel Schnitzler (died 1865), Chief Rabbi of Kotaj. *** Baruch Yehuda Schnitzler (1845–1894), Chief Rabbi of

Derecske Derecske is a town in Hajdú-Bihar county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. History The town was first mentioned in 1291. Geography It covers an area of and has a population Population is a set of humans or other org ...

. **** 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, rebbe of the Nikolsburg community in Monsey.

Mordechai Zev Jungreis

Mordechai Zev Jungreis, a descendant of

Mordecai Benet Mordecai ben Abraham Benet (, also Marcus Benedict; 1753–1829) was a Talmudist and chief rabbi of Moravia. Biography He was born at Csurgó, a small village in the county of Stuhlweissenburg, Hungary. As Benet's parents were very poor and con ...

is also known as the Nikolsburger rebbe and is the rabbi of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in

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External links

Nikolsburg.org Website of the Nikolsburg rebbe of Monsey

References

{{Authority control Hasidic dynasties Hasidic Judaism in Europe Jews and Judaism in Moravia Margraviate of Moravia Orthodox Judaism in the Czech Republic