Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky () is the third

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of the

Dushinsky Dushinsky, Dushinski, and Duschinsky are transliteration variants of the Polish surname Duszyński. Notable people with the surname include: *Dushinsky (Hasidic dynasty) People *Michael Pinto-Duschinsky (born 1943), British political consultant ...

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, Israel. He assumed the leadership of the Hasidut upon the death of his father, Rabbi

Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky (; December 22, 1921 – March 26, 2003) also known as the Maharim, was the second Rebbe of the Dushinsky Hasidic dynasty of Jerusalem, Israel. He assumed the leadership of the Hasidut at the age of 28 upon the death of his ...

, second Dushinsky Rebbe, in 2003. The Dushinsky Hasidic movement was founded by his grandfather and namesake, Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, in Jerusalem in the 1930s. Both his father and grandfather also served as ''Gaavad'' (chief rabbi) of the

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. He has one brother, Rabbi Mordechai Yehuda Dushinsky, who is Rav of the Dushinsky community in

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. The Rebbe heads Yeshivas Beis Yosef Tzvi, the movement's flagship

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in Jerusalem, as well as the movement's other educational institutions, which have close to 3,000 students in Jerusalem,

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, and other locales. He and his family reside in the Shmuel HaNavi neighborhood of Jerusalem. He is the son-in-law of Rav Zalman Leib Meisels, The Seagate Rov.https://matzav.com/rav-yekusiel-yehudah-meisels-ztl/

Rebbes of Dushinsky

#Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1867–1948) #Rabbi

(1921–2003), son of Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky #Rabbi Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky, son of Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky

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"Meeting with the Dushinsky Rebbe"
December 28, 2009
The Dushinsky Rebbe leading Havdalah (video)
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