List of Hasidic dynasties

A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:
#Each member of the dynasty is a spiritual leader, often known as an ADMOR (abbreviation for ADireinu MOreinu Rabeinu ("our master, our teacher and our rabbi") or simply as Rebbe (or "the Rebbe") and at times called the "Ruv" ("the rabbi") and sometimes referred to in English as a "Grand Rabbi";
#It continues beyond the initial leader's lifetime by succession (usually by a family descendant);
#It is usually named after a key town in Eastern Europe where the founder may have been born or lived, or where the group began to grow and flourish;
#It has (or once had) followers who, through time, continue following successive leaders (rebbes) or may even continue as a group without one leader by following the precepts of a deceased leader.
==Larger dynasties==
Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a large following include:
Name 	Current (or last) Rebbe 	Founder 	Headquartered In 	City/Town of Origin
Belz 	Yissachar Dov Rokeach (II) 	Sholom Rokeach (1781–1855) 	Jerusalem 	Belz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary / Poland (now in Ukraine)
Bobov 	Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam; Mordechai Dovid Unger	Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov (1847–1905)	Borough Park, Brooklyn 	Bobowa and Sanz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now in Poland)
Breslov 	Nachman of Breslov 	Nachman of Breslov (1772–1810) 	Tzfat, Jerusalem, Brooklyn, Uman 	Bratslav, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine
Chabad Lubavitch	Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994) 	Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812) 	Crown Heights, Brooklyn 	Lyubavichi, Russia
Ger 	Yaakov Aryeh Alter 	Yitzchak Meir Alter (1799–1866) 	Jerusalem, Israel 	Góra Kalwaria, Russian Empire, Poland
Klausenberg 	Tzvi Elimelech Halberstam; Shmuel Dovid Halberstam 	Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1796–1876) 	Boro Park, Brooklyn; Netanya, Israel 	Cluj-Napoca, Hungary (now in Romania), and Sanz, Galicia (now in Poland)
Satmar 	Aaron Teitelbaum; Zalman Leib Teitelbaum 	Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhel (1759–1841) 	Kiryas Joel, New York; Williamsburg, Brooklyn	Satu Mare, Hungary (now in Romania)
Skver 	David Twersky 	Yitzchak Twersky 	New Square, New York 	Skvira, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine)
Vizhnitz 	Moshe Yehoshua Hager; Mordechai Hager 	Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov 	Bnei Brak, Israel; Kaser, New York 	Vyzhnytsia, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine)
Breslov is a large chasidic movement which does not fit neatly into this list. Its first and only rebbe was Rabbi Nachman of BreslovWho is the leader of the Breslover Chassidim today? Rebbe Nachman (1772–1810). It originated in Bratslav, Russian Empire (now in Ukraine); its present-day headquarters are in Tzfat and Jerusalem.
==Smaller dynasties==
Hasidic dynasties (arranged alphabetically) with a small following include:
Name 	Current (or last) Rebbe 	Founder 	Headquartered In 	City/Town of Origin
Aleksander 	Yisroel Tzvi Yoer Danziger 	Yechiel Dancyger (1828–1894)]] 	Bnei Brak, Israel 	Aleksandrów Łódzki, Poland
Amshinov 	Yosef Kalish;Yaakov Aryeh Milikowsky 	Yaakov Dovid Kalish of Amshinov (1814–1878), 	Borough Park, Brooklyn; Jerusalem, Israel 	Mszczonów, Poland
Ashlag 	Simcha Avraham Ashlag 	Yehuda Leib Ha-Levi Ashlag (1885-1954) 	Bnei Brak, Israel 	Warsaw, Poland
Berditchev 	 	Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740-1810) 	 	Berdychiv, Ukraine
Bergsass 	 	 	Elad, Israel 	Beregház, Hungary
Biala 	several 	Yitzchok Yaakov Rabinowicz (died 1905) 	Borough Park, Brooklyn 	Biała Podlaska, Poland
Boston 	Levi Yitzchak Horowitz (1921-2009);Chaim Avrohom Horowitz 	Pinchas Dovid Horowitz (1876-1941) 	Brookline, Massachusetts; Jerusalem 	Boston
Boyan 	Nachum Dov Brayer 	Yitzchok Friedman (1850-1917) 	Jerusalem 	Boiany, Bukovina, (now in Ukraine)
Chernobyl 	several 	Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl (1730–1797) 	Bnei Brak, Boro Park, Ashdod 	Chernobyl, Ukraine
Dorog 	Yisroel Moshe Rosenfeld 	Shmuel Frenkel-Komarda of Dorog () 	Bnei Brak 	Hajdudorog, Hungary
Dushinsky 	Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky 	Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky (1st) (1865-1948) 	Jerusalem 	Jerusalem
Horadonk 	Yitzchok Arieh Weisz 	Nachman M'Horadonker () 	Manchester 	
Karlin, or Karlin-Stolin 	Baruch Yakov Meir Shochet;Rav Arye Rosenfeld of Pinsk-Karlin	Aharon the Great of Karlin (1736–1772) 	Givat Zeev, IsraelJerusalem, Israel; 	Karlin, Belarus
Machnovka 	Yehoshua Rokeach 	Yosef Meir Twersky of Machnovka 	Bnei Brak, Israel 	Machnovka, Ukraine
Melitz 	 	 	Ashdod, Israel 	Mielec, Galicia, Poland
Modzitz 	Chaim Shaul Taub 	Yechezkel Taub of Kuzmir (1755–1856) 	Bnei Brak, Israel 	Dęblin, Poland
Munkacz 	Moshe Leib Rabinovich 	Shlomo Spira (Shem Shlomo) of Munkacz 	Borough Park, Brooklyn 	Munkács, Hungary (now in Ukraine)
Nadvorna 	several 	Mordechai Leifer (1835-1894) 	Bnei Brak,Israel 	Nadvirna, Galicia, Ukraine
Nikolsburg 	Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits 	Shmuel Shmelke ben Hirsh Halevi Horowitz of Nikolsburg (1726-1778),	Monsey, New York 	Nikolsburg, Moravia
Novominsk 	Yaakov Perlow 	 	Borough Park, Brooklyn 	Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland
Pupa 	Yaakov Yechezkia Greenwald 	Moshe Greenwald 	Williamsburg, Brooklyn 	Pápa, Hungary
Rachmastrivka 	Yitzchak Twerski; David Twerski 	Yochanan Twerski of Rachmastrivka 	Boro Park, Brooklyn; Jerusalem, Israel 	Rachmastrivka, Ukraine
Sadigura 	Avraham Yakov Friedman 	Avraham Yakov Friedman of Sadigura (1820–1883) 	Bnei Brak, Israel 	Sadagóra, Bukovina, (now in Ukraine)
Shomer EmunimToldos AharonToldos Avrohom Yitzchok	Avrohom Chaim Roth; Dovid Kohn; Shmuel Yaakov Kohn 	Aharon Roth ("Reb Ahrele") (born 1894 died 1947) 	Jerusalem 	Jerusalem
Slonim 	Shmuel Brozovosky;Avrohom Weinberg 	Avraham of Slonim 	Jerusalem, Israel;Bnei Brak, Israel 	Slonim, Belarus
Skolye 	Avrohm Moshe Rabinowitz 	 	Borough Park,Brooklyn 	Skole, Galicia, Ukraine
Skulen 	Yisroel Avrohom Portugal 	Eliezer Zusia Portugal (1898-1982) 	Borough Park, Brooklyn 	Sculeni, Bessarabia, (now in Moldova)
Spinka 	several 	Joseph Meir Weiss (1838-1909) 	Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Jerusalem Bnei Brak 	Săpânţa and Maramureş, Hungary (now in Romania)
Stropkov 	Avrohom Sholom Halberstam II 	Avrohom Sholom Halberstam (1856-1940) 	Jerusalem; Bnei Brak Ramle Williamsburg, Brooklyn 	Stropkov, Austria-Hungary, Slovakia
Zvhil (See also Zvhil-Mezbuz) 	Avraham Goldman;Shlomo Goldman;Yitzhak Aharon Korff 	Moshe of Zvhil (died 1831) 	Jerusalem, Israel;Union City, New Jersey;Boston, Massachusetts	Zvyahel, Volhynia, Ukraine
==Other dynasties==
Many of these dynasties have presently few or no devotees due to most of the Hasidic groups being destroyed during the Holocaust, 1939–1945. Other communities are flourishing and have growing Hasidic sects. There are many dynasties whose followers number around five to fifteen people, and are not listed here.
=== A ===
*Alesk (Oles'k, or Oles'ko, Ukraine)
*Anipoli from Annopol
*Apt/Zinkov/Mezhbizh (from Opatów)
*Avritch (from Ovruch, Ukraine)
=== B ===
*Baitchev 
*Basermin 
*Bender
*Bertch 
*Bialystok (from Białystok)
*Bielgory 
*Bikovsk (from Bikofsk)
*Binding (From Elbing/Elbląg, Poland)
*Bialzobreg
*Bluzhev (from Błażowa, Galicia now Poland)
*Bohush (from Bohushi, Ukraine)
*Bonia 
*Boslover
*Botoshan
*Brod 
*Brisdovitz (Brudzowice?)
*Bucharest (from Bucureşti)
*Burshtin (from Burshtyn)
=== C ===
*Chabad-Bobroisk (from Bobrujsk, Belarus)
*Chabad-Kapust
*Chabad-Liadi
*Chabad-Nezhin
*Chabad-Strashelye
*Chadusha 
*Chazanow 
*Chernovitz (from Chernivtsi)
*Cieszanow
*Czortkow (from Chortkiv)
*Chust (from Khust)
*Cleveland
*Cracow (from Kraków)
=== D ===
*Deyzh from Dej, Romania
*Debrecen (from Debrecen)
*Dinev (from Dynów, north of Sanok)
*Dobromil (from Dobromyl, near Przemyśl, Ukrainian-Galicia)
*Dombrova from Dąbrowa Tarnowska, Galicia (now Poland)
*Dorg from Hajdudorog, Hungary
*Drubitsh (from Drohobych)
*Dzerka 
*Dzikov (from Tarnobrzeg)
=== E ===
*Eihel
*Eisysky (from Eišiškės, Lithuania
*Erlau (from Eger/Erlau, Hungary)
*Etched
=== F ===
*Faltichan (from Fălticeni, Romania)
*Frankfurt
=== G ===
*Gorlitz 
*Gostynin (from Gostynin, Poland)
*Gvodzitz (from Hvizdets')
=== H ===
*Hornsteipel (from Hornostaypil', near Chernobyl)
*Hovnir 
*Husiatyn
=== I ===
*Izhbitza (from Izbica/Izbica Kujawska)
=== K ===
*Kaliv (from Nagykálló)
*Kaminka 
*Kaminetz 
*Kunskvola (from Końskowola, Poland)
*Karlihaz 
*Kashou 
*Kerestir (from Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary) 
*Khentshin (from Chęćiny, Poland)
*Kielce (from Kielce)
*Kojdanov (from Kojdanov, Belarus)
*Komarno (from Komarno, Ukraine) 
*Kopyczynitz (from Kopychyntsi, Ukraine)
*Korets (from Korec)
*Koson 
*Kosov (from Kosiv, Ukraine )
*Kotsk (from Kock, Poland)
*Kozlov
*Kozhnitz from Kozienice
*Krasna
*Krula
*Kutna (Hasidic dynasty) 
*Kutznitz 
*Kuzmir (from Kazimierz Dolny, near Warsaw)
=== L ===
*Lancut (from Łańcut, Poland)
*Lebina 
*Lelov (from Lelów, Poland)
*Lechovitch (from Lyakohvichi, Belarus)
*Leipnik (Hasidic dynasty) (from Lipník nad Bečvou, Germ. Leipnik)
*Leipzig 
*Linitz
*Liske 
*Lizhensk (from Leżajsk, Poland)
*Leva 
*Liozna 
*Lublin (from Lublin, Poland)
*Lutsk (from Lutsk)
=== M ===
*Madyer 
*Malachim 
*Margareten (from Margareten Sankt Margareten im Burgenland?)
*Mattesdorf (from Mattersdorf(Mattersburg, Burgenland)? cf.Kiryat Mattersdorf)
*Mezhbizh (from Medzhybizh), Ukraine; Also see Apter Rov
*Mir (from Mir)
*Miskolc (from Miskolc)
*Mogelnitz from Mogelnica
*Manestrishtze 
=== N ===
*Nadvorna
*Narol
*Nadferli 
*Neshchiz 
*Nikolsburg (from Mikulov/Nikolsburg)
*Nitra (from Nitra/Nyitra)
=== O ===
*Ostrof
*Ozherov (from Ożarów, Poland)
=== P ===
*Pashkan
*Philadelphia 
*Piasetzne 
*Pietrokov (from Piotrków)
*Pilts (from Pilica)
*Pinsk (from Pinsk)
*Pintchiv 
*Pistin
*Pishkivitcha
*Pittsburgh
*Porisov (from :pl:Parysów)
*Polonoye (from Polonne (Polonnoye), Volhynia)
*Poltishen 
*Premishlan
*Pshemish (from Przemyśl)
*Pshevorsk
*Pshiskhe (from Przysucha)
=== R ===
*Radomsk (from Radomsko)
*Radorztz
*Radoschitz (from Radoszyce)
*Radvil
*Radzin
*Ratzfert (from Klausenberg, in Brazil / from Ratzfert/Újfehértó)
*Radzin (Radzyń)
*Rimenov (from Rymanów)
*Ribnitz (from Rybnitsa, Moldova or Transnistria)
*Roman (Hasidic dynasty) (from Roman, Romania)
*Ropshitz (from Ropczyce)
*Ruzhin (from Ruzhyn)
*Rzeszow (Rzeszów, Galicia)
=== S ===
*Sadovna
*Sanz-Grybov
*Sambur (from Sambir)
*Sadiger (from Sadagóra, Bukovina)
*Sasregen (from Szászrégen/Reghin)
*Sarderhel
*Sassov
*Savran
*Senta Serbia
*Seret (from Bukovina)
*Shedlitz 
*Shepetivka from Shepetivka, Ukraine
*Shotz (from Suceava, Moldavia)
*Shidlovtza (from Szydłowiec, Poland)
*Shinova from Sieniawa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yechezkel_Shraga_Halberstam
*Shpikov (from Shpykiv, Ukraine)
*Shpola (from Shpola)
*Shtefanesht (from Ştefaneşti, Moldavia)
*Siget (Sighetu-Marmaţiei/Máramarossziget, Máramaros)
*Sochatchov (from Sochaczew)
*Sokalower
*Stanislav
*Steppen 
*Stichin
*Stretin 
*Strikov (from Stryjkow)
*Strizov 
*Sudylkov 
*Sulitz (from Hungary)
=== T ===
*Talno
*Tank (Eastern Europe)
*Tartikov
*Tatsh 
*Temishvar (from Temesvár)
*Toltchav 
*Tosh 
*Trisk from Turisk
*Tseshenov from Cieszanow, Galicia
*Tshokava
*Tzanz 
*Tzehlim
=== U ===
*Ujhel (from Újhely)
*Ungvar (from Ungvár)
*Unsdorf
*Ushpitzin
=== V ===
*Vasloi (from Vaslui)
*Vien (from Wien/Vienna)
*Voidislav (from Wodzisław, Poland)
*Volova
*Vurka from Warka, Poland
*Vulkaner
=== Y ===
*Yeruslav (from Jaroslau/Ivano-Frankivs'k)
*Yoka 
*Yommer
=== Z ===
*Zablitover (Zabłudów, Poland)
*Zbarz (from Zbarazh)
*Zeilemer
*Zhmigrid (from Nowy Żmigród, Poland)
*Zhitomir (from Zhytomyr)
*Zibov 
*Zychlin
*Zidichov
*Zinkov
*Zlatipol
*Zlotchov (from Zolochiv)
*Zolozitz
== References ==
*Rabinowicz, Tzvi M. The Encyclopedia of Hasidism: ISBN 1-56821-123-6 Jason Aronson, Inc., 1996.
*Alfasi, Yitschak. החסידות מדור לדור Hachasidut miDor leDor (2 vols)
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