- Martin Buber
Martin Buber was an Austrian-Jewish philosopher, translator, and educator, whose work centered on theistic ideals of religious consciousness, interpersonal relations, and community. Buber's evocative, sometimes poetic writing style has marked the major themes in his work: the retelling of Hasidic tales, Biblical commentary, and metaphysical dialogue. A cultural Zionist, Buber was active in the Jewish and educational communities of Germany and Israel. - Isaac Luria
Rabbi Isaac Luria was a Jewish mystic in Safed. His name today is attached to all of the mystic thought in Safed: while his literary contribution to the Kabbalistic school of Safed was extremely minute (he only wrote a few poems), his fame led to the school and all its works being named after him. The main popularizer of his ideas was Hayim Vital, though Vital's claim to be the official interpreter of the Lurianic system was not undisputed. - Rachel Elior
Rachel Elior is an Israeli professor of at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel. She is the "John and Golda Cohen Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Jewish Mystical Thought", and has been a faculty member at the university since 1978. She achieved her PhD Summa cum Laude, in 1976, and maintains interests in Early Jewish Mysticism, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Messianism, Sabbatianism, Hasidism, Frankism and the role of Women in Jewish Culture. - Elimelech Of Lizhensk
Rabbi Elimelech Weisblum of Lizhensk (1717-1786) was an Orthodox Jewish rabbi and one of the great Hassidic rebbes of the past. He was also known as a tzaddik who devoted his life to studying and teaching the Torah, as well as encouraging people to repent and return to God. He was an ascetic, who believed in staying away from alcohol. Rebbe Elimelech was a prominent student of the Maggid of Mezeritch, … - Yonassan Gershom
Yonassan Gershom is a Rabbi and a follower of Breslov Hasidism. He was associated with the early days of the B'nai Or movement (in which he was ordained by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi in 1986), although he is not in agreement with the direction that organisation has taken in more recent years. He lives on a farm in rural Minnesota. He serves on the Advisory Board of Jewish Vegetarians of North America(JVNA) and is active in the vegetarian and animal welfare movements. - Moshe Teitelbaum
Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (Hebrew: משה טייטלבוים) was the Rebbe of Ujhel in Hungary. According to Löw, he signed his name "Tamar", this being the equivalent of Teitelbaum, which is the Yiddish for "Dattelbaum" = "palm-tree." An adherent of the Polish Hasidic Rebbe, the Chozeh of Lublin, Rabbi Teitelbaum was instrumental in bringing Hasidic Judaism to Hungary. - Itche der Masmid
Yitzchok Horowitz, more commonly known as Reb Itche der Masmid, was a famous Orthodox Jewish Rabbi in pre-war Europe. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia, Hasidic mentor. He was born to Shlomo Menachem Mendel and Elka Horowitz in the city of Bereznehuvate, in the Kherson Governorate. Jewish agricultural settlement in the Kherson area had been initiated and encouraged by the second Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Dovber Schneuri. - Hillel Paritcher
Rabbi Hillel HaLevi Malisov of Paritch, commonly known as Reb Hillel Paritcher (1795-1864) was a famous Orthodox Jewish Rabbi in Russia. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia, Chabad Hasidic mentor, and communal rabbi in the towns of Paritch (Parwich), near Minsk, Russia, and Bobroisk, Belarus. He was considered exceptional in his scholarship and piety, and is referred to as a Tzadik, and even as a "half Rebbe." He was born in Khometz, Russia. - Nissan Neminov
Rabbi Nissan Neminov, known familiarly as Reb Nissan, was a famous Orthodox Jewish Rabbi. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia, Hasidic mentor, in the Yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, near Paris, France. He taught many thousands of students and was renowned as unique in his piety and abstinence. He was buried in the Mount of Olives in the Land of Israel. - Chaim Halberstam
Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793-1876) (Hebrew: חיים הלברשטאם מצאנז), known as the "Divrei Chaim" after his magnum opus on halakha, was a famous Hasidic rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic dynasty. He was a pupil of Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Heshl Orenstein and the Rebbe, Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz. His first rabbinical position was in Rudnik. In 1830 he was appointed as the town rabbi of Sanz, … - Levi Eshkol
"', born Levi Shkolnik, Hebrew לֵוִי שׁקוֹלנִיק"'; October 25, 1895 - February 26, 1969), served as the third Prime Minister of Israel from 1963 until his death from a heart attack in 1969. He was the first Israeli Prime Minister to die in office. Levi Shkolnik was born in the village of Oratov near Kiev, Ukraine. His mother came from an Hasidic background and his father came from a family of Mitnagdim. - Hershel Reichman
Rabbi Hershel Reichman is a Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, an affiliate of Yeshiva University. Reichman is known for his patience and lucid teaching style, as well as his ability to give guidance and advice. A loyal student of both Rabbis Moses Feinstein and Joseph Soloveitchik, he has authored five volumes of "Reshimos Shiurim" which are lucid notes and explanations of Rabbi Soloveitchik's lectures on specific sections of the Talmud. - Nachman Chazan
Nachman Chazan (1813-1884) was a seminal figure in the continuation and growth of Breslov Hasidism in the mid-nineteenth century. The Breslov movement was founded by Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, who died in 1810. Rebbe Nachman's closest disciple, Nathan of Breslov, shaped and shepherded the movement until his own death in 1844. When Reb Nachman Chazan assumed leadership of the movement, he guaranteed the existence and growth of the Hasidut for another 40 years. - Naftule Brandwein
Naftule Brandwein, or Naftuli Brandwine, (1884-1963) was a Jewish clarinettist and one of the most influential figures in the history of klezmer music. Brandwein was born in Przemyslany, Galicia (now Ukraine), into a family of klezmer musicians, part of the Strettener Hasidic dynasty of Rabbi Yehuda Hirsch Brandwein of Stratyn. His father Peysekhe played violin and was an imrovising wedding poet ("badkhn"); of his thirteen sons, Moyshe played violin, … - Zalman Moishe Hayitzchaki
Shneur Zalman Moishe HaYitzchaki, usually known familiarly as Reb Zalman Moishe, (c. 1872-3 Shvat, 1952), was an Orthodox Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi in pre-war Europe, and towards the end of his life, in the Land of Israel. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia (Hasidic mentor) and shochet. He was a follower of the Rebbe Rashab, the Rebbe Rayatz, and the Rebbe - Yitzhak Aharon Korff
Grand Rabbi Yitzhak Aharon Korff is the Rebbe of Zvhil – Mezhbizh. He serves as chaplain of the City of Boston and spiritual leader of Congregation Bnai Jacob, Zvhil–Mezhbizh Beis Medrash of Boston and Newton, Massachusetts. He is a "dayan" (judge of Jewish law) of Boston’s "Beth din" (rabbinical court) and "Vaad HaRabbonim" (council of rabbis). - Yisroel Hopsztajn
Rabbi Yisroel Hopsztajn was a chasidic leader in Poland also known as the Maggid of Kozhnitz. Rabbi Hopsztajn worked for a period of time with the Magid of Mezritsh. He was one of the major influences in bringing chasidus to Congress Poland, and was the founder of chasidic dynasty of Kozhnits. He was born in Apt, where his father Shabsay was a bookbinder. He was named for the founder of chasidus, Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov. - Ephraim Deinard
Ephraim Deinard (1846-1930) was one of the greatest Hebrew "bookmen" of all time. He was a bookseller, bibliographer, publicist, polemicist, historian, memoirist, author,editor, and publisher, all rolled into one. Deinard produced some 70 volumes whose subjects range from Jewish history and antiquities (especially of the Crimea, Russia, America, and The Holy Land), to treatises against Hasidism, Christianity, and Communism, parodies, medieval and modern Hebrew literature, … - Yitzhak Sternhartz
Yitzhak Sternhartz (1808 - 1871) was the second eldest son of Rabbi Nathan of Breslov (also known as "Reb Noson"). He was born in the town of Nemirov, Ukraine (located nine miles northwest of Breslov), where his father had become a close disciple of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. Sternhartz remained close to his father all his life, and was the inspiration for his father's substantial written correspondence during the last 15 years of Reb Noson's life. - David Kohn
David Kohn, also known as David Cahana, was a Russian archaeologist and Hebrew writer. He was born at Odessa and received a rabbinic education, but at the age of fourteen he took up the study of medieval literature and modern languages, and soon afterward, history and archaeology. Some of his early writings included essays on fossil animals, the life of Rabbi Solomon Bennet, the Messianic movement, and the origin of Hasidism. - Hendel Lieberman
Chanoch Hendel Lieberman (29 March 1900 OS - 15 March 1976), born Chanoch Hendel Futerfas, was an Orthodox Jewish Russian-born, Chabad hasidic American artist. He was born in Pleshchenitsy, Belarus. In 1925 he married Breina Freidman, with whom he had two daughters; all three were killed by a Nazi Einsatzgruppe in 1941, in Brahin, Belarus, while he was serving in the army. - Aaron Walden
Aaron Walden (born at Warsaw about 1835, died 1912) was a Polish Jewish Talmudist, editor, and author. Walden, who was an ardent adherent of Ḥasidism, is known especially for his "Shem ha-Gedolim he-Ḥadash" (Warsaw, 1864), a work of the same nature as Azulai's "Shem ha-Gedolim." Like the latter, it consists of two parts: * "Ma'areket Gedolim," being an alphabetical list of the names of authors and rabbis, mostly those that lived after Azulai, … - Israel Schorr
Israel Schorr was a prominent cantor during the "Golden Age of Hazzanut". Born in the Polish region of Galicia then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to a Hasidic family, Schorr began his career as a boy, singing soprano in the courts of various hassidic masters, notably the "Rebbe" (Grand Rabbi) of Rymanow. After serving in the Austro-Hungarian army during World War I, Schorr took various cantorial posts in central and eastern Europe, … - Abraham David Ben Asher Anshel Buczacz
Abraham David ben Asher Anshel Wahrman (Hebrew: אברהם דוד מבוטשאטש), was a Galician Talmudist. He began studying Talmud as a boy. When he was ten years old, Zvi Hirsch, the author of "Neta' Sha'ashu'im," chose him as a son-in-law. At the age of twenty, he became the rabbi at Jazlowce. - Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam
Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam (January 10, 1905-June 18, 1994) was an Orthodox rabbi and the founding "rebbe" of the Sanz-Klausenberg Hasidic dynasty. His was known for his personal righteousness, kindness toward others, and Torah wisdom that positively influenced whole communities before, during and after the Holocaust, making him a natural leader, mentor, and father figure for thousands of Jews of all ages. Halberstam became one of the youngest rebbes in Europe, … - Shmuel Dovid Halberstam
Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Halberstam, or Samuel David Halberstam, is the current Sanz-Klausenberger rebbe of Borough Park, Brooklyn, son and successor to the late Sanz-Klausenburg'er Rebbe Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam. He resides in Brooklyn, New York and is today's leader of the Sanz-Klausenberg Hasidic dynasty. - Shlomo Goldman
Grand Rabbi Shlomo Goldman Zvill'er rebbe of Union City also known as Zvill-Sanz'er rebbe, resides in Union City N.J. and is Rav of the Sanz-Klausenberger Kehilah there. Rabbi Shlomo is the son of the previous Zvill'er Rebbe Rabbi Mordchai Goldman, and the son-in-law of the late Sanz-Klausenburg'er Rebbe Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam. - Zvi Elimelech Halberstam
- Ari Halberstam
Ari Halberstam (May 6, 1977 - March 6, 1994) was a yeshiva student from a distinguished family associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, who was killed in a terrorist shooting in New York City. Raised under the personal supervision of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Halberstam family's ties to the Rebbe include his father, who worked as a butler and personal manager to the Rebbe. - Barry Gurary
Barry Gurary (also: Gourary, Sholom Dovber) (b. in Rostov-on-Don, Russia November 2 1923, d. Montclair, New Jersey, United States March 3 2005), childless (though he adopted two children). Was the only son of Rabbi Shemaryahu Gurary and Rebbetzin Chana Gurary, who was the elder daughter of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn. Barry Gurary was an ordained non-practicing Orthodox rabbi and physicist. - Dov Ber Of Mezeritch
Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch (1704/1710 (?) - 1772-12-04 OS) was a disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism, and largely seen as his successor. Rabbi Dov Ber is regarded as the first proponent and exponent of Hasidism and one of its most important propagators. His teachings appear in the volume, "Magid Devarav L'Yaakov". He had a number of disciples, including Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, Rabbi Zusha of Anipoli, … - Nachman Of Breslov
Nachman of Breslov also known as Reb Nachman of Bratslav, Nachman from Uman, or simply as Rebbe Nachman (in local Yiddish reb Nokhmen Broslever) (April 4, 1772 – October 16, 1810 (18th of Tishrei)) was the founder of the Breslov Hasidic dynasty. Born at a time when the influence of his great-grandfather, the Baal Shem Tov, was waning, … - Yaakov Meir Shechter
Rabbi Yaakov Meir Shechter is one of the major leaders of the Breslov Hasidic movement. He heads the faction of Breslov which belongs to the larger Ashkenazi Hasidic community, centered in Meah Shearim, Jerusalem. They are also strongly anti-Zionist, and affiliated with the Edah HaChareidis. Rabbi Shechter heads the main Breslov yeshiva in Meah Shearim on Salant Street, across the street from Toldos Aharon. - Lipa Schmeltzer
Lipa Schmeltzer (Elazar Lipa Schmelczer) is an American Hasidic entertainer, singer, actor, and composer. - David Twersky
- Yeshayah Rosenberger
Rabbi Yeshayah (pronounced) Rosenberger is a member of the Edah HaChareidis and Chief Rabbi of Ramat Beit Shemesh and Kiryas HaRamo. Whilst he is not technically a Rebbe, he has many followers, and leads a small Tish in his home every Friday night. Rabbi Yeshaya is considered the leading student of Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund former Chief-Rabbi of the Edah HaChareidis. He is also a disciple of The Satmar Rebbe, and although he is considered a Satmar Chosid, … - Moshe Sacks
Rabbi Moshe Sacks, also known as the "Matnas Moshe", is a prominent rabbi belonging to the Satmar Hasidic movement. He is a dayan and posek affiliated with the Edah HaChareidis rabbinical council of Jerusalem. Rabbi Sacks lives in the Jerusalem neighborhood Kiryat Mattersdorf. He is often referred to as the "Matnas Moshe", after the multiple volume commentary he authored on the Torah, Shulchan Aruch, and Talmud. - Sari Fensterheim
Attended Carleton College in Northfield, MN - Martin Dornbau
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