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Dombrov (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.

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Lineage

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

Lineage of the Unger Family

  • Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger of Dombrov
  • Grand Rabbi Yosef of Dombrov—son of R' Morechai Dovid
  • Grand Rabbi Yisroel Elimelech Unger of Zhabno—son of R' Yosef
  • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger of Tsanz—son of R' Yisroel Elimelech, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Reinman of Narol
  • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Unger, Dombrover Rebbe in America—son of R' Ben Zion
  • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger, present Dombrover Rebbe of Boro Park
  • Grand Rabbi Mordechai David Unger of Bobov-45
  • Lineage of the Rubin Family

  • Grand Rebbe Meir Rubin of Glogov-Dombrova, son-in-law of Grand Rebbe Yosef of Dombrova
  • Grand Rabbi Chaim Yechiel Rubin of Dombrova, son of Rebbe Meir of Glogov-Dombrova
  • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Berish Rubin of Dombrova. Rebbe in Berlin, and later in Washington Heights, New York.
  • Grand Rabbi Esriel Rubin of Dombrova, son in law of Rebbe Yisachar Ber Shapiro of Kechneye, Nadvorna Dynasty
  • Grand Rabbi Naftoli Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey, son of Rabbi Esriel of Dombrova
  • The Grand Rabbi of Satmar is a descendant of the Dombrov dynasty.

    Synagogues

  • Washington Heights section of Manhattan - Grand Rabbi Yissachar Berish Rubin the Dombrover Rebbe of Berlin.
  • Monsey, New York - Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey of Beis Hamedrash Beis Yisocher Berish of Dombrova
  • Borough Park, Brooklyn- Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Ungar of Dombrova - Brooklyn
  • References

    Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty) Wikipedia