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The Hasidic Rabbinate, Part II

Appendix: The Succession of Hasidic Dynasties

Note: Teachers in each Generation are marked with an asterisk*; surnames are highlighted in bold.

First Generation

*R. Israel b'Eliezer BaaI-Shem-Tov (Besht) 1698-1760 of Medzhibozh

Second Generation

*R. Dov Ber b'Avraham (later generations used the surname Friedman) (Magid) 1704-1773 of Miedrzyrzec
 R. Pinchas b'Avraham Aba Shapira 1720-1790 of Korets
 R. Shabtay Unknown 1655-1745 of Ruscova
 R. Meir b'Yacov Unknown 1711-1773 of Przemyslan
 R. Zvi Hirsh b'David Kaminker -1780 of Kamionka

Additional disciples of the Besht listed in "The Hassidic Rabbinate, Part I" Appendix I (Klausner 2001).

Third Generation

*R. Yechiel Mechl b'Yitzchak Spravidliver 1721-1786 of Zloczow
 R. Nachum b'Zvi Twersky 1730-1798 of Chernobyl
*R. Aharon b'Yakov Perlow Hagadol 1736-1772 of Karlin
 R. Yakov Yosef b'Yehuda Arye Leib Unknown -1790 of Ostrog
*R. Elimelech b'Eliezer Lippman Weissblum 1717-1787 of Lezajsk
 R. Meshulam Zusha b'Eliezer Lippman Weissblum -1800 of Hanipoli
*R. Shneor Zalman b'Baruch Unknown 1745-1812 of Lyady
 R. Levi Yitzchak b'Meir Unknown [Derbarmdiger] 1740-1809 of Berdichev
 R. Shimon Shlomo b'Avraham Wertheim -1790 of Savran
 R. Chayim Unknown -1787of lndura (Amdur)
 R. Arye Leib b'Shalom Unknown -1827 of Volochisk
 R. Zvi Hirsh b'Shalom Zelig Magid -1802 of Nadvoma
 R. Shlomo b'Avraham Lutzker 1740-1812 of Skole
 R. Avraham Aba Weingarten of Soroca
 R. Meshulam Feivish b'Aharon Moshe Heller 1740-1794 of Zbarazh
 R. Gedalya b'Yitzchak Rabinovitz -1802 of Linitz
 R. Chayim b'Shlomo Tierer 1760-1819 of Cemauti
*R. Shlomo b' Moshe Gottlieb Halevi (Y"D) 1738-1792 of Karlin

Additional disciples of R. Dov Ber the Magid listed in "The Hassidic Rabbinate, Part I" Appendix II (Klausner 2001).

Fourth Generation

*R. Mordechay b'Dov Ber Shapira 1748-1800 of Neshkhiz
 R. Shmuel b'Mechl Ginsburg -1818 of Davidgrodek
 R. Zvi Arye b'Avraham Landa 1741-1811 of Olkusz (Elkish)
 R. Yitzchak Isik b'Moshe Yechezkel Taub 1751-1821 of Kala (Kalev)
 R. Moshe Arye Leib Erblich 1745-1807 of Sasow
*R. Yakov Yitzchak b'Avraham Eliezer Horovitz (the Seer) 1745-1815 of Lublin
*R. lsrael b'Shabtay Hoffstein 1736-1814 of Kozienice
*R. Avraham Yoshua HeshI b'Shmuel Manes 1755-1825 of Opatow
 R. Aharon b'Moshe Horovitz Halevi 1766-1828 of StrashIa
 R. Mordechay Perlow 1742-1809 of Lachowicze
 R. Menachem Mendl b'Yakov Koppel Hager 1768-1825 of Kosow

Additional disciples of R. Elimelech Weissblum.

Fifth Generation

*R. David b'Shlomo Zvi Biederman 1746-1814 of Lelow
 R. Klonimus Kalman b 'Aharon Epstein Halevi 1751 -1827 of Krakow
 R. Yitzchak Isik b'Zvi Eichenstein 1740-1800 of Stretyn (Safrin)
 R. Naftali Zvi b'Menachem Mendl Rubin-Horovitz 1760-1827 of Ropczyce
 R. Natan Neta Unknown -1811 of Chelm
 R. Shmuel b'Avraham Yeshaya -1820 of Kurow
 R. Meir Rothenburg Halevi -1827 of Opatow
*R. Uri b'Pinchas Unknown (HaSaraf) -1826 of Strzelsk
*R. Yakov Yitzchak b'Asher Rabinovitz (The Holy Jew) 1766-1813 of Przysucha
 R. Yeshayahu b'Meir Weltfried 1758-1831 of Przedborz
 R. Yosef b'Mordechay Kazis Neuhaus of Chelm
 R. Moshe b'Zvi Hirsh Schiff Teitelbaum 1759-1841 of Ujhely
 R. Zvi Elimelech b'Pesach Shapira 1783-1841 of Dynow
 R. Arye Leib Epstein -1837 of Ozarow
 R. Mordechay David b'Zvi Ungar 1770-1843 of Dombrowa
 R. Yitzchak Isik b'Shmuel Zanvil Gartner -1826 of Leczyca
 R. Arye Leib b'Chayim Asher Lipshitz 1767-1846 of Vishnitsa
 R. Avraham David b'Asher Wahrman 1771-1840 of Buchach
*R. Simcha Bunim b'Zvi Unknown 1767-1827 of Przysucha
 R. Yisachar Dov Ber b'Yitzchak Baron 1765-1843 of Radoszyce
*R. Shalom b'Elazar Rokach 1779-1855 of Belz
 R. Yehuda Zvi b'Shmuel Zanvil Brandwein 1780-1844 of Stratyn
 R. Yechezkel b'Yosef Panet 1783-1845 of Karlsburg
 R. Zvi Hirsh b'Yehuda Arye Leib Unknown 1778-1846 of Rymanow
 R. Shlomo Arye Leib b'Baruch Unknown -1843 of Leczna
 R. Yosef Green 1787-1839 of Jarczow
 R. Arye Leib b'Elyakim Getzl Liebersohn of Pruszkow
 R. Shimon b'Israel Arye Leib Elbaum Mariles 1759-1850 of Jaroslaw

Additional disciples of R. Yakov Horovitz (the Seer).

Sixth Generation

 R. Yechezkel b'Zvi Hirsh Taub -1855 of Kazimierza
*R. Yitzchak b'Shimon Kalish 1779-1848 of Warka
*R. Menachem Mendl b'Yehuda Arye Leib Morgenstem 1787-1859 of Kock
*R. Chayim b'Arye Leib Halberstam 1793-1876 of Zanz
 R. Shlomo b'Dov Zvi Rabinovitz Hakohen 1803-1866 of Radomsk
 R. Shalom b'Yakov Yosef Rosenfeld Halevi 1800-1851 of Kamionka
 R. Moshe b'lsrael Falier 1784-1858 of Kobryn
 R. Yakov Arye b'Shlomo Gutterman 1792-1874 of Radzymin
 R. Mordechay Yosef b'Yakov Leiner 1801-1854 of lzbica
*R. Yitzchak Meir b'Israel Rothenberg-Alter 1799-1866 of Gora
*R. Avraham b'Refael Landa 1744-1875 of Ciechanow
 R. Avraham b'Yitzchak Matityahu Weinberg 1804-1883 of Slonim
 R. Shmuel Aba b'Selig Zichlinski 1810-1879 of Zychlin
 R. Yehuda Pesach b'Avraham Unknown 1802-1865 of Lipsko
 R. Shlomo Zalman b'Avraham Frenkel 1804-1858 of Wielopole
 R. Eliezer Zev Wolf b'Chayim Rabinsohn 1800-1852 of Buchach

Additional disciples of R. Yakov Horovitz (the Seer).

Seventh Generation

*R. Yehuda Arye Leib b'Shlomo Eger 1815-1888 of Lublin
 R. Avraham Yosef b'Eliyahu Lehrman 1857-1891 of Konskowola
 R. Yechiel Meir Lipshitz 1816-1887 Husiatyn
 R. Avraham b'Zev Nachum Bornstein 1839-1910 of Sochaczew
 R. Shraga Feivel b'Zvi Hirsh Danziger -1848 of Alexander
 R. Yisachar Dov Ber Thornheim Hakohen 1803-1877 of Wolborz
 R. Uri b'Efraim Zvi Yalles Hakohen 1833-1910 of Sambor
 R. Meshulam Feish Levi 1821-1875 of Tesin
 R. Zvi Hirsh b'Aharon Friedman 1790-1874 of Lesko
 R. Naftali Hirtz Unknown -1897 of Ratzfert
 R. Shmuel b'Shraga Feivel Frenkel 1814-1883 of Komod-Darag
 R. Yoshua HeshI Fried Hakohen 1824-1921 of Kopycz
 R. Yosef Meir b 'Shmuel Zvi Weiss 183 8-1909 of Szapinka
 R. Yeshaya b'Moshe Steiner 1852-1925 of Kereszt-Ur
 R. Zadok b'Yakov Rabinovitz Hakohen 1823-1900 of Lublin

Eighth and Last Generation

 R. Menachem Nachum b'Yehuda Arye Leib Epstein 1846-1918 of Kobrin
 R. Avraham Moshe Weintraub -1915 of Marshakow
 R. Meir Yechiel b'Avraham Yitzchak HoIzstock Halevi 1851-1928 of Ostrowice
 R. Aharon Yeshaya Fisch 1815-1928 of Hadas
 R. Aharon Rothe 1894-1947 of Satu-Mare
 R. Yehuda Arye Leib Ashlag 1886-1954 of Parysow
 R. Avraham Yoshua b'Moshe Arye Freund 1856-1932 of Naszod
 R. Eliezer Fisch 1880-1944 of Bikszad
 Independent Admorim

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