The Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid's Circle
הבעל שם טוב וחבורת המגיד
The Baal Shem Tov founded the Chassidic movement in Mezhibuzh, and his talmid the Maggid of Mezritch gathered the circle of talmidim who spread Chassidus across Poland, Galicia, Ukraine and Lithuania. From that circle and from Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk came most of the later Chassidic dynasties.
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At the centre
Founders of dynasties
Talmidim
Family
Links with other dynasties
- Reb Sholom of Belz was a talmid of Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Lublin (Belz)
- Reb Sholom of Belz was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Belz)
- Reb Dovber of Lubavitch was a child of Reb Shneur Zalman of Liadi (Chabad-Lubavitch)
- Reb Dovber of Lubavitch succeeded Reb Shneur Zalman of Liadi (Chabad-Lubavitch)
- Rebbetzin Devorah Leah Schneersohn was a child of Reb Shneur Zalman of Liadi (Chabad-Lubavitch)
- Reb Aharon of Strashelye was a talmid of Reb Shneur Zalman of Liadi (Chabad-Lubavitch)
- Reb Mordechai of Chernobyl was a child of Reb Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl (Chernobyl and Ruzhin)
- Reb Mordechai of Chernobyl succeeded Reb Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl (Chernobyl and Ruzhin)
- Reb Sholom Shachna of Prohobisht was the son-in-law of Reb Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl (Chernobyl and Ruzhin)
- Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Peshischa was a talmid of Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Lublin (Ger)
- Reb Yitzchok Meir of Ger was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Ger)
- Reb Asher of Stolin was a child of Reb Aharon HaGadol of Karlin (Karlin-Stolin)
- Reb Asher of Stolin succeeded Reb Shlomo of Karlin (Karlin-Stolin)
- Reb Mordechai of Chernobyl was the son-in-law of Reb Aharon HaGadol of Karlin (Chernobyl and Ruzhin)
- Reb Mordechai of Lechovitch was a talmid of Reb Shlomo of Karlin (Karlin-Stolin)
- Reb Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov was a talmid of Reb Mendel of Rimanov (Dinov-Munkacs)
- Reb Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov was a talmid of Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Lublin (Dinov-Munkacs)
- Reb Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Dinov-Munkacs)
- Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk and Reb Tzvi Elimelech of Dinov were closely linked (Dinov-Munkacs)
- Reb Chaim of Sanz was a talmid of Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Lublin (Sanz)
- Reb Moshe of Ujhel was a talmid of Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Lublin (Satmar (Sighet–Satmar))
- Reb Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov was a talmid of Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Lublin (Zidichov-Komarno)
- Reb Simcha, father of Rebbe Nachman was a child of Reb Nachman of Horodenka (Breslov)
- Reb Shlomo of Lutzk was a talmid of the Maggid of Mezritch (Belz)
- Reb Uri of Strelisk was a talmid of Reb Shlomo of Karlin (Belz)
- Reb Uri of Strelisk was a talmid of Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk (Belz)
- Reb Naftali of Ropshitz was a talmid of Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk (Sanz)
- Reb Naftali of Ropshitz was a talmid of Reb Mendel of Rimanov (Sanz)
- Reb Naftali of Ropshitz was a talmid of Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Lublin (Sanz)
- Reb Naftali of Ropshitz was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Sanz)
- Reb Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov was a talmid of Reb Mendel of Rimanov (Zidichov-Komarno)
- Reb Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov was a talmid of Reb Yisroel of Koznitz (Zidichov-Komarno)
- Reb Shlomo Yehuda Leib of Lentchna was a talmid of Reb Mendel of Rimanov (Biala)
- Reb Shlomo Yehuda Leib of Lentchna was a talmid of Reb Yaakov Yitzchok of Lublin (Biala)
Sources for these connections
- Aaron HaLevi ben Moses of Staroselye · Wikipedia (English)
- Aharon of Karlin (I) · Wikipedia
- An Auspicious Beginning · Breslov.org
- Apta (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia (English)
- Asher of Stolin (I) · Wikipedia
- Avraham HaMalach · Wikipedia (English)
- Baal Shem Tov family tree · Wikipedia (English)
- Belz · Encyclopaedia Judaica (Gale, 2008), via Jewish Virtual Library
- Belz (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia (English)
- Boruch of Medzhybizh · Wikipedia
- Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia (English)
- Dov Ber of Mezeritch · Wikipedia (English)
- Elimelech of Lizhensk · Wikipedia (English)
- Israel ben Eliezer · Wikipedia (English)
- Jacob Joseph of Polonne · Wikipedia (English)
- Lechovitch (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev · Wikipedia (English)
- Lineage and scions of the Chernobyl dynasty (Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Menachem Mendel of Rimanov · Wikipedia (English)
- Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk · Wikipedia (English)
- Menachem Mendel Schneersohn · Wikipedia (English)
- Menahem Mendel of Peremyshlany · Encyclopaedia Judaica, via encyclopedia.com
- Meshullam Feivush Heller · Wikipedia (English)
- Moshe Chaim Ephraim of Sudilkov · Wikipedia
- Moshe Teitelbaum (Ujhel) · Wikipedia
- Munkacs (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Nachman of Breslov · Wikipedia
- Nachman of Horodenka · Wikipedia (English)
- Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz · Wikipedia
- Pinchas Horowitz · Wikipedia (English)
- Pinchas Shapiro of Koretz · Wikipedia (English)
- Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Rothenberg Alter (The Chiddushei HaRim) · Jewish Virtual Library (citing the Orthodox Union)
- Ruzhin (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Ruzhin, Israel (Encyclopaedia Judaica) · Jewish Virtual Library (Gale)
- Schneersohn · Wikipedia (English)
- Shlomo Flam · Wikipedia
- Shlomo of Karlin · Wikipedia
- Shmelke of Nikolsburg · Wikipedia (English)
- Shneur Zalman of Liadi · Wikipedia (English)
- Twersky Hasidic Dynasty (Encyclopaedia Judaica) · Jewish Virtual Library (Gale)
- Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov · Wikipedia
- Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov · Wikipedia
- Uri of Strelisk · Wikipedia
- Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin · Wikipedia
- Yaakov Yitzchak of Peshischa · Wikipedia
- Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin · Wikipedia
- Yisroel Hopstein · Wikipedia (English)
- Zidichov (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia
- Zusha of Anipoli · Wikipedia (English)
- חיים הלברשטאם · Hebrew Wikipedia
- חסידות צ'רנוביל · Hebrew Wikipedia
- חסידות רוז'ין · Hebrew Wikipedia
- נפתלי צבי הורוביץ מרופשיץ · Wikipedia
- שלום רוקח · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
- שלמה לייב מלענטשנא · Wikipedia
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