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As a rule, among hasidim, rebbe (/ ˈ r ɛ b ə /) is referred to in Hebrew as admor (pl. admorim), an abbreviation for Hebrew adoneinu moreinu v'rabeinu (Hebrew: אדמו"ר acronym for אדוננו מורנו ורבנו), meaning 'our master, our teacher, and our rabbi', which is now the modern Hebrew word in Israel for rebbe. Hasidim use the ...
The dynasty is usually named after a key town in Eastern Europe where the founder may have been born or lived, and sometimes, such as in the case of the Bostoner Chassidim, where the group began to grow and flourish or where a significantly influential Jewish teacher founds a court or yeshiva where students go to learn from, or consult with ...
The Rebbe is the supreme figure of authority, and not just for the institutions. The rank-and-file Hasidim are also expected to consult with him on important matters, and often seek his blessing and advice. He is personally attended by aides known as Gabbai or Mashbak. Many particular Hasidic rites surround the leader.
Bobov (or Bobover Hasidism) (Hebrew: חסידות באבוב, Yiddish: בּאָבּאָװ) is a Hasidic community within Haredi Judaism, originating in Bobowa, Galicia, in southern Poland, [1] and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in Brooklyn, New York.
Ger (Yiddish: גער, also Gur, adj. Gerrer) is a Polish Hasidic dynasty originating from the town of Góra Kalwaria, Poland, where it was founded by Yitzchak Meir Alter (1798–1866), known as the "Chiddushei HaRim".
Palatial home of the Sadigura Rebbe in Sadhora. In the early 1840s, the Ruzhiner Rebbe fled Russia to escape persecution by the Tsar.He moved his family to Sadigura. [citation needed] where he lived for ten years and built a palatial residence and an imposing synagogue, and attracted tens of thousands of Hasidim.
Rebbe Yisrael Taub, second son of Rebbe Shmuel Eliyahu Taub of Zvolin, was born in 1849. In 1888, he succeeded his father as a rebbe of the Zvoliner Hasidim. In 1891, he settled in Modrzyc, a village near the town of Demblin, Poland. [3] He became known as the Modzhitzer Rebbe (after his place of residence), thus establishing the dynasty of ...
Izhbitza-Radzin is a dynasty of Hasidic rebbes.The first rebbe was Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner from Izbica (in present-day Poland), author of Mei Hashiloach who left the court of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk to found his own Hasidic movement in 1839.