Chassidic Rebbes – how many are there?

Here you go…

A

Alesk (from Olesko, Ukraine)

Anipoli (from Annopol, Ukraine)

Avritch (from Ovruch, Ukraine)

B

Baitch (from Biecz, Poland)

Bender (from Bender, Moldova)

Bertch (from Bircza, Poland)

Bia?ystok (from Bia?ystok)

Bialobrzeg (from Bia?obrzegi, Poland)

Bilgoray (from Bi?goraj, Poland)

Binding (From Elbing/Elbl?g, Poland)

Bluzhev (from B?a?owa, Poland)

Bikovsk (from Bikofsk)

Bohush (from Bohushi, Romania)

Bonia

Boslover

Botoshan (from Boto?ani, Romania)

Breslev from Uman

Brod (from Brody, Ukraine)

Brisdovitz (from Berezdivtsi, Ukraine)

Bucharest (from Bucure?ti, Romania)

Burshtin (from Burshtyn, Ukraine)

C

Chabad-Bobroisk (from Bobrujsk, Belarus)

Chabad-Kapust

Chabad-Liadi

Chabad-Nezhin

Chabad-Strashelye

Chadusha

Chernovitz (from Chernivtsi)

Cieszanow

Czortkow (from Chortkiv)

Chust (from Khust)

Cleveland

D

Deyzh (from Dej, Romania)

Debrecen (from Debrecen)

Dobromil (from Dobromyl, Ukraine)

Dombrova (from D?browa Tarnowska, Poland)

Drubitsh (from Drohobych, Poland)

Dzikov (from Tarnobrzeg, Poland)

E

Erlau (from Eger/Erlau, Hungary)

Etched (from Nagyecsed, Hungary)

F

Faltichan (from F?lticeni, Romania)

Frankfurt

G

Gorlitz (from Gorlice, Poland)

Gostynin (from Gostynin, Poland)

Gvodzitz (from Hvizdets)

H

Hornsteipel (from Hornostaypil’, near Chernobyl)

Huvniv (from Hivniv, Ukraine)

Husiatyn

K

Kaminka (from Kamianka-Buzka, Ukraine)

Kaminetz

Kunskvola (from Ko?skowola, Poland)

Karlihaz

Kashou

Kerestir (from Bodrogkeresztur, Hungary)

Khentshin (from Ch?ciny, Poland)

Kielce (from Kielce, Poland)

Kojdanov (from Koidanova, Belarus)

Komarno (from Komarno, Ukraine)

Kopyczynitz (from Kopychyntsi, Ukraine)

Korets (from Korets, Ukraine)

Koson (from Koson, Ukraine)

Kosov (from Kosiv, Ukraine)

Kotsk (from Kock, Poland)

Kozlov

Kozhnitz (from Kozienice, Poland)

Krasna

Krula

Kutna (Hasidic dynasty)

Kuzmir (from Kazimierz Dolny, near Warsaw)

L

?a?cut (from ?a?cut, Poland)

Lebina

Lechovitch (from Lyakhavichy, Belarus)

Leipnik (from Leipnik, Czech Republic)

Leipzig

Linitz

Liske

Lizhensk (from Le?ajsk, Poland)

Leva

Liozna

Lublin (from Lublin, Poland)

Lutsk (from Lutsk, Ukraine)

M

Madyer

Malachim

Margareten (from Marghita, Romania)

Mattersdorf (from Mattersburg, Austria)

Mezhbizh (from Medzhybizh), Ukraine; Also see Apter Rov

Mishkoltz (from Miskolc, Hungary)

Mogelnitz (from Mogielnica, Poland)

Manestrishtze

N

Nadvorna

Narol

Nadferli

Neshchiz (from Nesukhoyezhe, Ukraine)

Nikolsburg[disambiguation needed ] (from Mikulov/Nikolsburg)

Nitra (from Nitra/Nyitra)

O

Ostrof

P

Pashkan (from Pa?cani, Romania)

Philadelphia (from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Piasetzne

Pilts (from Pilica[disambiguation needed ])

Pilzno

Pinsk (named for Pinsk, Belarus)

Pistin

Pishkivitcha

Pittsburgh (from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)

Polonoye (from Polonne (Polonnoye), Volhynia)

Premishlan (from Peremyshliany, Ukraine)

Pshemishl (from Przemy?l, Poland)

Pshevorsk (from Przeworsk, Poland)

Pshiskhe (from Przysucha, Poland)

R

Radomsk (from Radomsko, Poland)

Radorztz

Radoshitz (from Radoszyce, Poland)

Radvil (from Radyvyliv, Ukraine)

Ribnitz (from Rybnitsa, Moldova or Transnistria)

Roman (from Roman, Romania)

Ropshitz (from Ropczyce, Poland)

Ruzhin (from Ruzhyn, Ukraine)

S

Sadovna (from Sadowne, Poland)

Sambur (from Sambir, Ukraine)

Sadigura (from Sadhora, Ukraine)

Sanz (from Nowy S?cz, Poland)

Serdahel (from Szerdahely)

Sassov (from Sasiv, Ukraine)

Savran

Senta Serbia

Seret (from Siret, Romania)

Shedlitz (from Siedlce, Poland)

Shepetivka from Shepetivka, Ukraine

Shotz (from Suceava, Romania)

Shidlovtza (from Szyd?owiec, Poland)

Shineva (from Sieniawa, Poland)

Shpikov (from Shpykiv, Ukraine)

Shpola (from Shpola, Ukraine)

Shtefanesht (from ?tef?ne?ti, Romania)

Sochatchov (from Sochaczew, Poland)

Stanislov (from Stanyslaviv, Ukraine)

Stepan (from Stepan, Ukraine)

Stichin (from Szczucin, Poland)

Stretin (from Stratin, Ukraine)

Strizhov

Sudilkov (from Sudylkiv, Ukraine)

Sulitz (from Suli?a, Romania)

T

Tenka (from Hungary?)

Tartakov (from Tartakiv, Ukraine)

Temishvar (from Timi?oara, Romania)

Tolna (from Talne, Ukraine)

Toldos Tzvi

Toltchva (from Tolcsva, Hungary)

Trisk (from Turiisk, Ukraine)

Tshakova (from Szczakowa, Poland)

Tzehlim (from Deutschkreutz, Austria)

U

Unsdorf

Ushpitzin (from O?wi?cim, Poland)

V

Vasloi (from Vaslui, Romania)

Vien (Rabbinical dynasty) (from Wien/Vienna)

Voidislav (from Wodzis?aw, Poland)

Volova (from Mizhhirya, Ukraine)

Vorka from Warka, Poland

Vulkan

Y

Yeruslav (from Jaros?aw, Poland)

Yoka

Z

Zablitov (Zabolotiv, Ukraine)

Zbarz (from Zbarazh, Ukraine)

Zhitomir (from Zhytomyr)

Zibov

Zidichov

Zinkov

Zlatipol (from Zlatopol)

Zlotchov (from Zolochiv)

Zolozitz

Zychlin

Boston. Moshulu. Glogov. Tomashov. The list is probably as long as the list of towns and villages in all countries where chassidus and chassidim are found.

WOW!!! K.A.H. but you left out quite a bit that I can think of….

Popa-Gimmee a break. You just looked up a list of eastern european towns and copied and pasted. Most of those towns never had a Jew besides the “Moshke.”

I don’t think Cleveland, Toldos Tzvi,Chabad, etc. are towns in Eastern Europe. Just sayin’

I thought Bender was from Far Rockaway! (That’s about as far as I had patience to read.)

Frankfurt and Kamenetz as Chssidic Rebbes?

Belz, Bobov, Satmar, Stolin, Ger, Munkacz, Skver, Vizhnitz, comprise 90% of today’s chassidim, and they’re not there.

What kind of joke is this list?

Between the US, EY, and Europe, Satmar has over 200,000 Chasidim.

To kingdavid:

1. Did you (i) pull this list out of your head, in alphabetical order, or (ii) find this list in a specific source? And if (ii) is the case, why would you not identify it so that the rest of us could benefit from it?

2. You forgot the Satmar. I suggest you stay out of Williamsburgh and Kiryas Joel.

sushe- true, the Perushim are a non-Hasidic Yerushalmi group (descendents of the talmidim of the Gaon of Vilna), however not all Yerushalmim are Perushim. Many are in fact Hasidim including Toldos Aharon and Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok.

Here is david hamelech’s source. see bottom of page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hasidic_dynasties

It’s interesting that the original Rebbe in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania was not called the Pittsburger Rebbe. His grandson who was born in Newark, NJ and lives in Ashdod, Israel has given himself the title of the Pittsburger Rebbe. His father was a Rebbe in Newark and lived in Pittsburgh briefly after the death of the original Rebbe; before relocating to Ashdod. The vast majority of Rebbes in the USA today are Yankees.

What a list!

Allow me to go off on a tangent- I envy them all! Theyve got a tiny fraction of 30ish year old girls going through Gehenom in singledom, as the Litvishe do.

Whatever the Rebbes are doing in that area, theyre doing it right! Without the help of Nasi. They dont need it.

You forgot to mention the Spinka Rebbbe, and the Spinka Rebbe, and the Spinka Rebbe

Lol. The story goes that at a recent Spinka Rebbe’s son’s chasuna they had to hire a bus and a minivan to get there… the bus for all the Spinka Rebbes and the minivan for all their chassidim… Truth is there are HUNDREDS of rebbes. Look in any of the weekly picture magazines to find names that are useful to be used during a vision test. But what’s the difference. What is a name already?

Simple answer. If you are chassidish then there is 1 Rebbe. If you are not, there are 0.

Ask an atheist how many gods there are. Ask a pagan. Ask a jew. QED

C

Chabad-Bobroisk (from Bobrujsk, Belarus)

Chabad-Kapust

Chabad-Liadi

Chabad-Nezhin

Chabad-Strashelye

Chadusha

Chernovitz (from Chernivtsi)

Cieszanow

Czortkow (from Chortkiv)

Chust (from Khust)

Cleveland

CREEDMOOR (from Creedmoor Psychiatric Center in Queens, NY)

The Boirye Oilamois meCreedmoor, so known because he actually creates Chassidim with addresses and Social Security numbers, who are accepted by the most prestigious social welfare agencies and insurance firms throughout the world, is one of the most under the influence Rebbes of today!

In all seriousness, that Wikipedia list is too detailed as it includes many chassidis’n that are long gone. Most of them disappeared during the churban, and most of their followers found their way to a larger chassidis from the same source (ie the Kotzker offshoots to Ger, Ujhil to Satmar, the Chabad offshoots back to Lubavitch, etc. Skvere has no one from Skvira, Ukraine left, and Satmar was a new chassidis before the war.) At least two errors – Nitra and Kashoi are not chassidish.

The Boyaner Rebbe wasn’t mentioned yet, he’s marrying off his daughter on Feb 14 (Valentine’s day).

It’s a true Story that happened many years a go. When smoking at Chasunah’s was more popular. A Rebbe was sitting at the head table of a wedding of the Daizsha family. the Rebbe said Daizsha Rebbe “Ir kent mir geben a Cigeretel?” Five hands with cigerets come flying his way.

Rachmistrivke :). That is a Twersky family Chassidus, from Reb Mottel Chernobyler. The other one I don’t know at all.

Skvere also comes from Chernobyl. I don’t know if Lipa is really still part of Skvere, but his clothing comes right from Chernobyl – AFTER the nuclear accident!

The Hungarian kanoim – Dushinsky, Toldos Aharon, Satmar, Pupa, Tosh and Erloi – are not really tied into the Baal Shem Tov (Satmar is connected to other Chassidus by marriage more than anything). They are closer to the Chasam Soifer in their hashkofoh, and the levush is more a way of showing they are sticking with the old ways.

No he didn’t. He said Pupa. You don’t want people to call you PUPA, do you?

There is an infinite number of Chassidish Rebbes since almost every Rebbe’s son wants his own title. Kind of like the stars in the sky or grains of sand. There are even mutliples with the same title ie Satmar, Spinka, Bostoner.

haha Popa

147 – Satmar Nehemia? The 2 factions are the Aroinim (Rav Aron) and the Zalim (Rav Zalman Leib).

That is true, Koillel. There are probably rabbonim with shtiblach and Chassidishe malbishim who are really chassidim of a major Chassidus but qualify as the Rebbes of some place long gone. There must be a shtibel with a Rebbe on every block of BP and even more in EY. The Stanislaver Rebbe is a mohel in London; I do not know that he has any Chassidim in the traditional sense although his shul is popular and he is a very well-respected mohel.

If you really want to give Chassidus a try, your best bet is Creedmoor :). Barring that, and if you don’t want Chabad or Breslov, I would look for a smaller, less established Chassidus that is open, like Mishkoltz or Pittsburgh in EY and I guess Boston or Reb Michel Twersky or perhaps Biala (Boro Park) in the US. The big ones, and the ones like Tosh where the Rebbe is aging, are just full of problems, ranging from corrupt gabboim and use of moisdos scams to succession fights.

If you want a brocho from a Rebbe, the best source now is probably not a Chassidishe rebbe but rather Rabbi David Abouhasira in Nahariya (grandson of Baba Sali ZYA). A brocho from the Tosh Rebbe is very worthwhile, but call ahead before you go up to Quebec especially in the winter; make sure the Rebbe is available. I do not know if the Amshinover Rebbe in EY gives brochos.

I am of course the Creedmoorer Rebbe’s gabbai and I receive all requests and send out all invoices for brochos.

Everyone needs a Rebbe with a warm hand and smile.

Does the Novominsker even wear Chassidishe levush? I have never seen a picture of him wearing anything any other rov on the Moetzes doesn’t wear. He certainly is a godol, but he seems to act as any Litvishe rosh yeshiva does. He does not have any Chassidim in the tradtional sense from what I recall.

What does “Admor” stand for? And who uses that title other than Rebbes? (I noticed some Sefardishe Rabbonim also being referred to as Admor.)