Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)
Appearance
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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
- Yaakov Yitzchak Unger, Dombrover rebbe in America—son of Ben Zion
- Ben Zion Unger of Tsanz, son of Mordechai Davi, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Reinman of the Narol hasidic dynasty
- Mordechai David Unger of Tsanz, son of Yisroel Elimelech
- Yisroel Elimelech Unger of Zhabno, son of Yosef
- Yosef of Dombrov, son of Morechai Dovid
- 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)
- Yerachmiel of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Meir Mordechai and son-in-law of Chaim Yaakov, Safrin rebb of Komarno
- Meir Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Yisroel
- Yisroel of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Menachem Mendel
- Menachem Mendel Unger of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov
Rebbes of the Rubin Family
[edit]- Meir Rubin of Glogov-Dombrova, son-in-law of Yosef of Dombrova
The Satmar rebbe is a descendant of the Dombrov dynasty.[citation needed]
Ostrov-Kalushin
[edit]- 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
- Grand Rabbi Pinchas Eliyahu Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin, son of Naftali Aryeh
- Grand Rabbi of Ostrov-Kalushin Rabbi Naftali Aryeh Spiegel, son-in-law of R' Yaakov Yitzchok
- Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak Unger of Kalushin, son of R' Avraham Elchanan
- 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.
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Rebbe Chaim Yechiel of Dombrova, son of Grand Rebbe Meir of Glogov
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Dombrover Rebbe of Monsey with the Nadvorna Rebbe of Bnei Brak
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Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger, a scion of the Dombrov dynasty
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Seated: Grand Rabbi Naftali Aryeh Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin. Back (l-r) Rabbis Elchonon Yochanan, Pinchas Eliyahu, and Moshe Menachem Spiegel.
References
[edit]- ^ Rotner, David Nachman (2006). Netser mi-shorashim (נצר משרשים). Monsey, New York: N. Tz. Rubin.