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Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)

Polish Hasidic dynasty


Summary

Polish Hasidic dynasty

Dombrov is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger (c. 1770-1846). Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a town in present-day Poland.

Lineage

Unger was the son of Tsvi Hersh, a disciple of Elimelech of Lizhensk and Avrohom Yehosua Heshel of Apt. He studied under the Kozhnitzer Magid.

Rebbes of the Unger family

  • Mordechai Dovid Unger of Dombrov
    • Yosef of Dombrov, son of Morechai Dovid
      • Yisroel Elimelech Unger of Zhabno, son of Yosef
        • Mordechai David Unger of Tsanz, son of Yisroel Elimelech
          • Ben Zion Unger of Tsanz, son of Mordechai Davi, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Reinman of the Narol hasidic dynasty
            • Yaakov Yitzchak Unger, Dombrover rebbe in America—son of Ben Zion
              • Ben Zion Unger, present Dombrover Rebbe of Boro Park
              • Mordechai David Unger of Bobov-45

;Another section of the family

  • Menachem Mendel Unger of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov
    • Yisroel of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Menachem Mendel
      • Meir Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Yisroel
        • Yerachmiel of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Meir Mordechai and son-in-law of Chaim Yaakov, Safrin rebb of Komarno
          • Yisroel Unger of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Yerachmiel (in Boro Park)

Rebbes of the Rubin Family

- Meir Rubin of Glogov-Dombrova, son-in-law of Yosef of Dombrova
  - Chaim Yechiel Rubin of Dombrova, son of Meir
    - Yissachar Berish Rubin of Dombrova. Rebbe in Berlin, and later in Washington Heights, New York.
      - Esriel Rubin of Dombrova, son in law of Yisachar Ber Shapiro of the Nadvorna dynasty
        - Naftoli Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey, son of Esriel

The Satmar rebbe is a descendant of the Dombrov dynasty.

Ostrov-Kalushin

  • Grand Rabbi of Kaloshin R' Avraham Elchanan Unger, son of Rabbi Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov and son-in-law of Rabbi Klonimus Kalman Szternfeld (Horowitz) of Paritzk.
    • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak Unger of Kalushin, son of R' Avraham Elchanan
      • Grand Rabbi of Ostrov-Kalushin Rabbi Naftali Aryeh Spiegel, son-in-law of R' Yaakov Yitzchok
        • Grand Rabbi Pinchas Eliyahu Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin, son of Naftali Aryeh
          • Grand Rabbi Moshe Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin (Long Beach), son of Pinchas Eliyahu
          • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin (Boro Park), son of Pinchas Eliyahu
          • Grand Rabbi Avrohom Elchonon Spiegel (Chuni) of Ostrov-Kalushin (Boro Park), son of Pinchas Eliyahu
          • Grand Rabbi Dovid Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin (Cedarhurst), son of Pinchas Eliyahu
        • Grand Rabbi Elchonon Yochanon Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin, son of Naftali Aryeh
        • Grand Rabbi Moshe Menachem Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin, son of Naftali Aryeh

File:Rebbechaimyechiel.jpg|Rebbe Chaim Yechiel of Dombrova, son of Grand Rebbe Meir of Glogov File:Dombrovnadvorna.jpg|Dombrover Rebbe of Monsey with the Nadvorna Rebbe of Bnei Brak File:BoboverRebbeGivingShiurCholHamoadPesach5768.jpg|Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger, a scion of the Dombrov dynasty File:TwogenerationsSpiegel_Rabbis..jpg | Seated: Grand Rabbi Naftali Aryeh Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin. Back (l-r) Rabbis Elchonon Yochanan, Pinchas Eliyahu, and Moshe Menachem Spiegel.

References

References

  1. Rotner, David Nachman. (2006). "Netser mi-shorashim ''(נצר משרשים)''". N. Tz. Rubin.
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