Chassidic dynasty

Skulen

סקולען

Skulen takes its name from the Bessarabian town where Reb Eliezer Zusia Portugal succeeded his father as Rav while still a youth, later moving to Czernowitz and Bucharest, where he sheltered hundreds of war orphans. After imprisonment by the Romanian communists he and his only son, Reb Yisroel Avrohom, came to America in 1960, where the court took shape. Since 2019 the line has been led by Reb Yisroel Avrohom's sons and grandsons from several cities.

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Began inSculeni (Skulen), Bessarabia (now Moldova); established as a court in the United States

FounderReb Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulen

In the tree10 tzaddikim

Rebbes in order

Rebbe Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulenרבי אליעזר זוסיא פורטוגל מסקולעןthe Noam Eliezer · led until 1982 · Skulen, later Czernowitz, Bucharest and Brooklyn Rebbe Yisroel Avrohom Portugal of Skulenרבי ישראל אברהם פורטוגל מסקולעןthe Meor Yisroel · led 1982–2019 · Boro Park

Rebbe Yeshaya Yaakov Portugal of Skulenרבי ישעיה יעקב פורטוגל מסקולעןled 2019–2024 · Boro Park

Rebbe Aharon Meir Portugal of Skulenרבי אהרן מאיר פורטוגל מסקולעןled from 2024

Where it began

Rebbe Yisroel Sholom Yosef Friedman of Bohushרבי ישראל שלום יוסף פרידמן מבוהושTeacher of Reb Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulen Rebbe Mordechai Sholom Yosef Friedman of Sadiguraרבי מרדכי שלום יוסף פרידמן מסדיגורהTeacher of Reb Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulen

Branches

Skulen-Williamsburg

Rebbe Meir Portugal of Skulen-Williamsburgרבי מאיר פורטוגלthe Skulener Rebbe of Williamsburg · Williamsburg

Skulen-Monsey

Rebbe Ephraim Chaim Yehuda Portugal of Skulen-Monseyרבי אפרים חיים יודא פורטוגלthe Skulener Rebbe of Monsey · Monsey

Skulen-Lakewood

Rebbe Tzvi Noach Portugal of Skulen-Lakewoodרבי צבי נח פורטוגלthe Skulener Rebbe of Lakewood · Lakewood

Skulen-Jerusalem

Rebbe Shmuel Mordechai Portugal of Skulen-Yerushalayimרבי שמואל מרדכי פורטוגלthe Skulener Rebbe of Yerushalayim · led from 2020 · Yerushalayim

Skulen-Yeshuas-Yaakov

Rebbe Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Yeshuas Yaakov-Skulenרבי אליעזר זוסיא פורטוגלled from 2024 · Williamsburg

Sources for these connections

Eliezer Zusia Portugal · Wikipedia (English)
Skulen (Hasidic dynasty) · Wikipedia (English)
Yisroel Avrohom Portugal · Wikipedia (English)
אליעזר זוסיא פורטוגל · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
חסידות סקולען · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
ישעיהו שור (רב) · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
ישראל אברהם פורטוגל · Wikipedia (Hebrew)
ישראל שלום יוסף פרידמן · Wikipedia (Hebrew)

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