dynastyname father death_date successor mother birth_place death_place title term spouse issue birth_date image article_title
sadigura yisrael friedman of ruzhyn 12 september 1883 yisrael friedman of sadigura sarah ruzhyn , ukraine sadigura , bukovina first sadigura rebbe 1851 -- 1883 miriam yitzchok friedman yisrael friedman of sadigura october 28 , 1820 abraham jacob friedman i - sadigura.jpg avrohom yaakov friedman -lrb- first sadigura rebbe -rrb-

avrohom yaakov friedman -lrb- first sadigura rebbe -rrb-

avrohom yaakov friedman -lrb- october 28 , 1820 -- september 12 , 1883 -rrb- was the first `` rebbe '' of the sadigura hasidic dynasty .
he lived in the palatial home constructed by his father , rabbi yisrael friedman of ruzhyn , who fled to the austrian town of sadhora -lrb- sadigura in yiddish -rrb- due to persecution by the russian tsar .
he maintained his father 's extravagant lifestyle while immersing himself in torah study and mysticism .
he was considered the greatest rebbe of his era , attracting hundreds of thousands of jews as well as prominent christian leaders to his court .
