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Belarusian Hasidic dynasty
Lechovitch (
Yiddish : לעכוויטש) is a
Lithuanian
Hasidic dynasty , originating from the city of
Lyakhavichy ,
Belarus , where it was founded by Rabbi
Mordechai Jaffe (ca. 1742 - 1810). Lechovitch is a branch of
Karlin Hasidism as Jaffe was a leading disciple of Rabbi
Shlomo of Karlin . The
Slonim ,
Koidanov , and
Kobrin dynasties derive from Lechovitch Hasidism.
History
Lechovitch Hasidism was founded in 1772 by
Mordechai Jaffe , a disciple of
Aharon Perlow of Karlin and
Shlomo HaLevi of Karlin .
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[3] After Shlomo HaLevi's death in 1792, Jaffe succeeded him as rebbe. Following Jaffe's death in 1810 he was succeeded by his son, Noach Jaffe
[he] , who was the Lechovitcher rebbe until his death in 1832 after which the community split between the followers of his son-in-law Mordechai Malovitzky and his nephew and student Shlomo Chaim Perlow, who founded the
Koidanov Hasidic dynasty . The last Lechovitcher rebbe was Yochanan Malovitzky who was murdered in the
Holocaust . His uncle, Pinchas Betzalel was the son-in-law of the Slonimer rebbe, Shmuel Weinberg, and established a branch of Lechovitch Hasidism in the United States and was succeeded by his grandson, Yehoshua Malovitzky (1923 - 1987).
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Lineage
Grand Rabbi
Mordechai Jaffe (ca. 1742 - 1810), 1st Lechovitcher Rebbe
Grand Rabbi
Noach Jaffe (1775 - 1832), 2nd Lechovitcher Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Malovitzky (maternal grandson of
R. Shlomo HaLevi of Karlin ), 3rd Lechovitcher Rebbe - son-in-law of R. Noach.
Grand Rabbi Aharon Malovitzky (died 1851), fourth Lechovitcher Rebbe - grandson-in-law of
R. Zev Wolf of Zhitomyr
Grand Rabbi Noach Malovitzky (died 1920), fifth Lechovitcher Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Yochanan Malovitzky (1902 - 1942), sixth Lechovitcher Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Pinchas Betzalel Malovitzky (1870 - 1948), Slonim-Lechovitcher Rebbe - son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Shmuel Weinberg of Slonim
Rabbi Avraham Aaron Malovitzky (1890 - 1942)
Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Malovitzky (1923 - 1987), Slonim-Lechovitcher Rebbe - son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Yaakov Halberstam,
Tshakover Rebbe
Rabbi Shlomo Pinchas Malovitzky (b. 1949),
Av Beis Din of Slonim-Monsey.
Rabbi Chaim Malovicki of
Williamsburg (b. 1951)
Rabbi Aharon Jaffe of Lechovitch (d. 1807) - Son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Asher Perlow of Karlin-Stolin
Grand Rabbi Solomon Haim Perlow, 1st
Koidanover Rebbe - Adopted his mother's maiden name.
Grand Rabbi Baruch Mordecai Perlow (1818 - 1870), 2nd Koidanover Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Aaron Perlow (1839 - 1897), 3rd Koidanover Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Joseph Perlow (1853 - 1915), 4th Koidanover Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Perlow (1903 - 1919), 5th Koidanover Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Nehemiah Perlow (1860 - 1927), 6th Koidanover Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Shalom Alter Perlow (1904 - 1940), 7th Koidanover Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Meshullam Zalman Joseph Zilberfarb (1870 - 1944), 8th Koidanover Rebbe - son-in-law of R. Aaron
Grand Rabbi Chanoch Henoch Dov Zilberfarb (1890-1978), 9th Koidanover Rebbe of
Tel Aviv
Grand Rabbi Aharon Zilberfarb (d. 1994), 10th Koidanover Rebbe
Grand Rabbi Yaakov Tzvi Meir Ehrlich, 11th Koidanover Rebbe - Grandson of R. Chanoch Henoch
Grand Rabbi Moshe Aaron Levin (1780 - 1846),
Amdurer Rebbe - son-in-law of R. Mordechai
Grand Rabbi Boruch Chaim Levin (1804 - 1867) - son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Moshe Polier of Kobrin.
See also
References