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Nikolsburg (Hasidic dynasty)

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Nikolsburg (Hasidic dynasty)
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Nikolsburg (Yiddish: ניקאלשפורג) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty descending from Shmelke of Nikolsburg, a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch. From 1773 to 1778 he was the Chief Rabbi of Moravia, in the city of Nikolsburg, today Mikulov, Czech Republic, from which the dynasty gets its name.

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Grave of Shmelke of Nikolsburg
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Nikolsburg lineage

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Nikolsburg-Monsey

  • Baruch'l Schnitzler (died 1822), rabbi in Kaliv. Son-in-law of Zevi Joshua Horowitz.[4]
    • Yoel Schnitzler (died 1865), Chief Rabbi of Kotaj.[4]
      • Baruch Yehuda Schnitzler (1845–1894), Chief Rabbi of Derecske.[4]
        • Shragei Shmuel Shmelke Schnitzler (1889–1979), the Tchabe Rav.[5]
          • Baruch Yehuda Lebovitch (1909–1951), religious judge of Kish. Son-in-law of Shragei Shmuel Shmelke Schnitzler.[5]
            • Yosef Yechiel Mechel Lebovits, rebbe of the Nikolsburg community in Monsey.
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Mordechai Zev Jungreis

Mordechai Zev Jungreis, a descendant of Mordecai Benet is also known as the Nikolsburger rebbe and is the rabbi of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Woodbourne, New York.[6]

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