Skver (also Skvir, Skvere, Skwere, or Square; Yiddish: סקווירא) is a Chasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yitzchok Twersky in the city of Skver (known in...

טשערנאָביל) is a Hasidic dynasty that was founded by Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky, known by the name of his work as the Meor Einayim. The dynasty is named...

population by native language according to the 2001 census: The Twersky Skver Hasidic dynasty line emanating from Skvyra eventually settled in the United States...

A Hasidic dynasty or Chassidic dynasty is a dynasty led by Hasidic Jewish spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following...

is a Hasidic dynasty originating in Shpykiv. The dynasty is derived from the Skver dynasty, which in turn is derived from the Chernobyl dynasty. The first...

extant Hasidic group which survived the Holocaust. Its Hasidic court is now located in Bnei Brak, Israel. Machnovka is also a sub-dynasty of Skver. It is...

Rabbi David Twersky of Skvira Rabbi Yakov Yosef Twersky, previous Rebbe of Skver Rabbi David Twersky Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl Rabbi Mordechai...

Rachmastrivka is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Rotmistrivka, Ukraine. It is an offshoot of the Chernobyl dynasty dating back to the 19th century...

growing all-Hasidic enclaves, one founded by the Skver dynasty and the other by Satmar. In Britain, Stamford Hill is home to the largest Hasidic community...

Deen (born 1974) is an American author, essayist, former Skver Hasid, and critic of Hasidic Judaism. He is the author of the memoir All Who Go Do Not...

New Square (Yiddish: שיכון סקווירא, romanized: Shikun Skvir) is an all-Hasidic village in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States...

Brooklyn) Yakov Yosef Twersky (1899 - 1968), Grand Rebbe of the Skver Hasidic dynasty New York City portal List of Brooklyn neighborhoods List of former...

Hasidic dynasty that bears its name and as a symbolic name for the roots of Hasidism. The Mezhbizh dynasty served as the earliest "trunk" of Hasidic Judaism...

Biography of Rabbi Yakov Yosef (Twerski) of Skver, by Mechon Mishkenos Yakov, 2005 "Jacob J. Twerski. Hasidic Rabbi, 68, founder of New Square in Rockland...

Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty. He was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov and the Maggid of Mezritch, and published one of the first works of Hasidic thought....

Mates Friesel (c. 1924 – August 1, 2015) was American Skver Hasidic politician and businessman. Friesel was a co-founder and the first, and only Mayor...

December 2016). "First Hasidic woman judge sworn in with Yiddish song". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 26 December 2016. "The Skver Rebbe Is Menachem Avel...

powerful Hasidic dynasties (e.g. Chernobyl, Karlin-Stolin), producing many dynasties, including some of the dynasties still active today (e.g. Skver, Vizhnitz)...

the second rebbe of the Chernobyl Hasidic dynasty. The family surname is Russian for "native of Tver", although Hasidic tradition connects it with the city...

Schiff. Rabbi Schiff, a follower of the current Grand Rabbi of Belz (Hasidic dynasty), Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, is an alumnus of the Erlau yeshiva in...

York, who identifies himself as a member of Skver and Rachmastrivka groups, and is a spokesperson for the Skver community in New Square. Schiller also maintains...

heritage for the congregation of Jacob" (Deut 33:4). Among some Hasidic sects, such as Skver, Chernobyl, and Gur, the upsherin is held at age two. This custom...

Sadigura, and Shtefanesht. The founders of the Vizhnitz, Skver, and Vasloi Hasidic dynasties were related to the Ruzhiner Rebbe through his daughters...

Karlin-Stolin Sanz-Klausenburg Satmar Shomer Emunim Toldos Aharon Skver Vizhnitz Other dynasties Misnagdim (Lita'im, Lithuanian) Musar movement Sephardic Haredim...

growing Haredi communities, such as the Hasidic communities in Kiryas Joel of Satmar Hasidim, and New Square of the Skver. A vast community of Haredi Jews lives...

Munkacz, Spinka, Klausenburg, Skver, and Puppa communities also reside here, among others. There is a minority of Haredi non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jews (typically...

(1838–1910), (Avnei Nezer), founder and first rebbe of the Sochatchover Hasidic dynasty Lelio Cantoni (1802–1857), Italian writer Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855)...

Fălticeni) Hasidic dynasty was founded in Fălticeni, by Rabbi Eluzar Twersky, a scion of the Skver Hasidic sect, and part of the prestigious royal Hasidic Twersky...

Boyan, Bobov-45, Belz, Chabad, Ger (Hasidic dynasty), Karlin-Stolin, Vizhnitz, Munkacz, Spinka, Klausenburg, Skver, and Puppa communities, among others...

Edah gradually broke away from it; these include the Hasidic movements Belz and Skver. The Hasidic group Ger was never part of the Edah. Aside from the...