Kretshnif (; also transliterated ''Kretshniv'', ''Kretchinev'', ''Kretchniv'', or ''Kretshniff'') is a dynasty in

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that comes from the Nadvorna dynasty, named for

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in present-day Romania. The founding

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(hereditary rabbinical dynastic leader) was Meir Rosenbaum, a son of Mordechai, rebbe of Nadvorna. His sons and successors included Eliezer Zev in Kretshnif and Sighit, and Issamar of Nadvorna (d. 1973) in

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. The descendant rabbis of this dynasty are mainly in Israel, New York City, England, and Canada.

Dynasty

*Grand Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Kretshniff (d. 1908), son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer (changed last name to Rosenbaum), son-in-law of Rabbi Yechiel Michel Tirer of

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**Grand Rabbi Eliezer Zev Rosenbaum of Kretshniff (d. 1944) author of ''Raza d'Shabbos'', son of Rabbi Meir of Kretshniff ***Grand Rabbi Nissan Chaim Rosenbaum, of Bradshin, son of Rabbi Eliezer Zev of Kretshniff ****Grand Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Rosenbaum of Kretshniff-Sighet (1920-2006) in

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, son of Rabbi Nissan Chaim of Bradshin, son in law of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Rosenbaum of Nadvorna *****Grand Rabbi Nissan Chaim Rosenbaum of Kretshniff-Jerusalem, son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Rosenbaum of Kretchnif-Sighit in Jerusalem, *****Grand Rabbi Zeidel Rosenbaum of Kretshniff-New York, son of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Rosenbaum of Kretchnif-Sighit ***Grand Rabbi David Moshe Rosenbaum of Kretshniff (d. 1969), son of Rabbi Eliezer Zev, son-in-law of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai of Nadvorna (

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since 1950s) ****Grand Rabbi Menachem Eliezer Zev Rosenbaum of Kretshnif-Rechovos, present Rebbe of Kretshnif-Rechovos (

), son of Rabbi David Moshe ****Grand Rabbi Yisroel Nisan Rosenbaum of Kretshniff, present Rebbe of Kretshnif- Kiryath Gath, son of Rabbi David Moshe ****Grand Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Premishlan, present Premishlaner Rebbe, son of Rabbi David Moshe ****Grand Rabbi Zeyda Shmuel Shmelke Rosenbaum of Bitschkov in Yaffo, son of Rabbi David Moshe who passed and current Admor is Rabbi David ****Grand Rabbi Yosef Shlomo Rosenbaum of Kretshnif- Monsey, son of Rabbi David Moshe of Kretshnif and son-in-law of Rabbi Israel Rosenbaum of Stanislov ***Grand Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Rosenbaum of Bitschkov, son of Rabbi Eliezer Zev of Kretshniff, son in law of Rabbi Pinchas Shapiro of Kechneya ***Grand Rabbi Mordechai Rosenbaum of Pest son of Rabbi Eliezer Zev of Kretshniff, son in law of Rabbi Yaakov Leifer of Nadvorna-

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***Grand Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-

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, son of Rabbi Eliezer Zev of Kretshniff, son in law of Rabbi Yisachar Bertchi Leifer of Nadvorna-Satmar **Grand Rabbi Mordechai Rosenbaum of Rachov, son of Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Kretshniff **Grand Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenbaum of Rachov son of Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Kretshniff ***Grand Rabbi Mayer of Drubitch, son of Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenbaum of Rachov ***Grand Rabbi Eliezer Zev Rosenbaum of Rachov, son of Rabbi Yitzchak Rosenbaum of Rachov, son in law of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Rosenbaum of 'Nadvorna' **Grand Rabbi Pinchas Shapiro of Kechneya author of ''Tzofnas Paane'iach'', son-in-law of Rabbi ''Meir of Kretshniff'' ***Grand Rabbi Yisachar Ber Shapiro of Kechneya, son of Rabbi Pinchas Shapiro of Kechneya, son in law of Rabbi Issamar Rosenbaum of 'Nadvorna' ****Rabbi Esriel Rubin of Dombrova scion of the Ropshitz Chassidic Dynasty, son in law of Grand Rabbi Yisachar Ber Shapiro of Kechneya *****Grand Rabbi Naftoli Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova son of Rabbi Esriel Rubin and son-in law of Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Caracas ***Grand Rabbi Isaac Taub of Kalov, son in law of Rabbi Pinchas Shapiro of Kechneya **Grand Rabbi Shlomo Isaacson,

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er Rebbe, son in law of Rabbi ''Meir of Kretshniff'' ***Grand Rabbi Yisachar Ber Isaacson of Polyina, son of Rabbi Shlomo Isaacson the Romaner Rebbe, and son in law of Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Friedman of Rachov ****Grand Rabbi Yechiel Yehuda Isaacson of Achuza, son of Rabbi Yisachar Ber Isaacson of Polyina, son in law of Rabbi

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of Sighet ***Grand Rabbi Yisroel (Isaacson) Leifer of Nirdhas, son of Rabbi Shlomo Isaacson, Romaner Rebbe, son in law of Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Nirdhas ***Grand Rabbi Meyer Isaacson, son of Rabbi Shlomo, Romaner Rebbe, son in law of Rabbi ''Issamar of Nadvorna'' ****Grand Rabbi Chaim Shulem Isaacson, Son of Rabbi ''Meyer of Roman'', of

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****Grand Rabbi Shlomo Isaacson of

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, son of Rabbi Meyer of Roman **Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Slotvina-Sighet, son of Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Kretshniff, son in law of Rabbi Aaron Moshe Leifer of Zalon- Lantzut ***Grand Rabbi Chaim Mordechai of Mishkoltz, son of Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Slotvina-Sighet ***Grand Rabbi Meir of Reisha, son of Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Slotvina-Sighet ***Grand Rabbi Yitzchak of Sighet, author of ''Minchas Yitzchak'', and ''Bishilei Hapri'', son of Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Slotvina-Sighet, son in law of Rabbi Yaakov Leifer of Nadvorna-Debrecen **Grand Rabbi Issamar Rosenbaum of Nadvorna, known as "Ha’admor Hazaken MiNadvorna" (1886-1973), son of Rabbi Meir of Kretshniff, son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Isaiah Rubin of Kolbosov ***Grand Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Rosenbaum of Nadvorna (1904-1977), son of Rabbi Issamar of Chernovitz-Nadvorna, son in law of Rabbi Eliezer Zev of Kretshniff ****Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-

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, present Nadvorna Rebbe of Bnei Brak, son of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai ***Grand Rabbi Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Stroznhitz, author of ''Divrei Yisachar'' (d. 1980), son of Rabbi Issamar Rosenbaum of Nadvorna, son-in-law of Rabbi Yisachar Bertchi Leifer of Nadvorna-Satmar ****Grand Rabbi Usher Mordechai Rosenbaum of

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-Stroznitz (died 1991) author of ''Sifsei Reim'', son of Rabbi Yisachar Ber, and son in law of Rabbi Meir Leifer of Cleveland *****Grand Rabbi Meir Yoseph Rosenbaum of Stroznitz, son of Rabbi Usher Mordechai Rosenbaum of Cleveland-Stroznitz *****Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Rosenbaum of Cleveland present Clevelander Rebbe of

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, son of Rabbi Usher Mordechai Rosenbaum of Cleveland-Stroznitz *****Grand Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Rosenbaum of Stroznitz in

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, son of Rabbi Asher Mordechai *****Grand Rabbi Alter Zev Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Williamsburg, son of Rabbi Usher Mordechai Rosenbaum of Cleveland-Stroznitz ****Grand Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Mosholu, son of Rabbi Yisachar Ber of Stroznitz *****Grand Rabbi Duvid Rosenbaum of Kolbosov, from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, son of Rabbi Meir of Mosholu *****Grand Rabbi Usher Mordechai Rosenbaum of Mosholu, present Mosholu Rebbe of Boro Park, son of Rabbi Meir ****Grand Rabbi Isaac Rosenbaum of

Rannana, present Clevelander Rebbe of Raanana, son of Rabbi Yisachar Ber of Stroznitz ****Grand Rabbi Yoseph Rosenbaum of Kalish-Flatbush, son of Rabbi Yisachar Ber of Stroznitz (d. 2019) *****Grand Rabbi Yechiel Michel Rosenbaum of Kalish, present Kalisher Rebbe of Flatbush, son of Rabbi Yoseph *****Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Rosenbaum of Stanislav-Monsey ***Grand Rabbi Isaac Eisik Rosenbaum (1906-2000) of Zutshka, son of Rabbi Issamar of Nadvorna ****Grand Rabbi Nathan David Rosenbaum of Zutshka, present Zutshka Rebbe, son of Rabbi Isaac ****Grand Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of

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, son of Rabbi Isaac of Zutshka *****Grand Rabbi Burech Rosenbaum of Nanash-Williamsburg, son of Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Caracas *****Rabbi Yaakov Rosenbaum, son of Rabbi Meir. Resident shochet in Kiryas Tosh ******Grand Rabbi Zeide Yisrael Chaim Yoel Rosenbaum, son of Rabbi Yaakov. Nadvorna Rebbe of Bloomingburg, NY ****Grand Rabbi Israel Rosenbaum of Stanislov, son of Rabbi Isaac of Zutshka ***Grand Rabbi Asher Yeshayah Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-

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, son of Rabbi Issamar of Nadvorna, son in law of his brother Rabbi Isaac Rosenbaum of Zutshka ****Grand Rabbi Berel Rosenbaum of Linsk-Williamsburg, son of Rabbi Asher Yeshayah Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Hadera ***Rabbi Meyer Rosenbaum,

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, son of Rabbi Issamar of Nadvorna

References

External links

Obituary of the Kretshnifer Rebbe of Jerusalem
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