Moravian Hasidic dynasty
Grave of Shmelke of Nikolsburg
The Nikolsburger Rebbe of Monsey
Nikolsburg (Yiddish : ניקאלשפורג) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty descending from Shmelke of Nikolsburg , a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch . From 1773 to 1778 he was the Chief Rabbi of Moravia , in the city of Nikolsburg , today Mikulov, Czech Republic, from which the dynasty gets its name.
Nikolsburg lineage
Boston and Lelov
Shmuel Shmelke ha-Levi Horowitz (1726–1778), Chief Rabbi of Nikolsburg.[ 1]
Zevi Joshua Horowitz (1754–1816), Chief Rabbi of Jamnitz , Trebitsch , and Prossnitz . Son-in-law of his uncle Pinchas Horowitz .[ 2]
Yaakov Dovid Horowitz (died 1855)[ 3]
Noach Pinchas Horowitz (died 1875), Chief Rabbi of Magierov .[ 3]
Alexsander Yitzchak Horowitz (1826–1886).[ 3]
David Tzvi Shlomo Biderman (1844–1918), Fourth rebbe of Lelov . Son-in-law of Noach Pinchas Horowitz. His great-grandson Pinchas Yitzchak Biderman (b. 1940), is the rebbe of Lelov-Nikolsburg.[ 3]
Nikolsburg-Monsey
Baruch'l Schnitzler (died 1822), rabbi in Kaliv . Son-in-law of Zevi Joshua Horowitz .[ 4]
Yoel Schnitzler (died 1865), Chief Rabbi of Kotaj .[ 4]
Baruch Yehuda Schnitzler (1845-1894), Chief Rabbi of Derecske .[ 4]
Shragei Shmuel Shmelke Schnitzler (1889–1979), the Tchabe Rav .[ 5]
Baruch Yehuda Lebovitch (1909–1951), religious judge of Kish . Son-in-law of Shragei Shmuel Shmelke Schnitzler.[ 5]
Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits , rebbe of the Nikolsburg community in Monsey.
Mordechai Zev Jungreis
Mordechai Zev Jungreis, a descendant of Mordecai Benet is also known as the Nikolsburger rebbe and is the rabbi of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Woodbourne, New York .[ 6]
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