Lechovitch (

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: לעכוויטש) is a Lithuanian

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, originating from the city of

Lyakhavichy Liachavičy ( be, Ляхавічы, , russian: Ляховичи, pl, Lachowicze, yi, לעכאוויטש ''Lekhavitsh'', lt, Liachivičai) is a city in the southwestern Belarusian Brest Region. History Known since the 15th century in the Grand D ...

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, where it was founded by Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe (ca. 1742 - 1810). Lechovitch is a branch of Karlin Hasidism as Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe was a leading disciple of Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin. The

Slonim Slonim ( be, Сло́нім, russian: Сло́ним, lt, Slanimas, lv, Sloņima, pl, Słonim, yi, סלאָנים, ''Slonim'') is a city in Grodno Region, Belarus, capital of the Slonimski rajon. It is located at the junction of the Ščar ...

Koidanov Dzyarzhynsk or Dzerzhinsk, formerly Koidanova or Koydanava ( be, Дзяржы́нск, Dziaržynsk, formerly , ; russian: Дзержи́нск, Dzerzhinsk, formerly , ; pl, Kojdanów; yi, קוידאַנאָוו, Koydanov; lt, Kaidanava), in t ...

, and

Kobrin Kobryn ( be, Кобрын; russian: Кобрин; pl, Kobryń; lt, Kobrynas; uk, Кобринь, Kobryn'; yi, קאָברין) is a city in the Brest Region of Belarus and the center of the Kobryn District. The city is located in the southwest ...

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 . 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 , 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 killed in the

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. 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).

Lineage

*Grand Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe (ca. 1742 - 1810), 1st Lechovitcher Rebbe **Grand Rabbi Noach Jaffe (died 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),

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of Slonim-Monsey. ********Rabbi Cham Malovitzky 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 Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

*******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.

References

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