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.

Lineage

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

  • 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
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)

Rebbes of the Rubin Family

      • Meir Rubin of Glogov-Dombrova, son-in-law of Yosef of Dombrova
        • Chaim Yechiel Rubin of Dombrova, son of Meir
          • Yissachar Berish Rubin of Dombrova. Rebbe in Berlin, and later in Washington Heights, New York.
            • Esriel Rubin of Dombrova, son in law of Yisachar Ber Shapiro of the Nadvorna dynasty
              • Naftoli Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey, son of Esriel

The current Satmar Rebbes are descendants of the Dombrova dynasty. On their father's grave, it says he is a descendant of Rav Mordechai Dovid of Dombrova.

Ostrov-Kalushin

    • 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

References

  1. ↑ Rotner, David Nachman (2006). Netser mi-shorashim (נצר משרשים). Monsey, New York: N. Tz. Rubin.
  2. ↑ "Moshe Teitelbaum Grave".