Brooklyn (NY)ברוקלין
New York, USA
Modern center of multiple Hasidic dynasties (Lubavitch in Crown Heights, Satmar in Williamsburg, Bobov in Borough Park) plus Modern Orthodox communities.
16 teachers · 3 works
Teachers who lived here
Rabbi Yonasan Steif
Rabbi Yonasan Steif (1877–1958)
death 1947–1958
Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky
Rabbi Reuven Grozovsky (1886–1958)
rabbinate 1946–1947
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz
Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz (1886–1948)
death 1944–1948
Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz
Rabbi Avraham Kalmanowitz (1887–1964)
death 1946–1964
The Satmar Rebbe
Yoel Teitelbaum (Divrei Yoel; founder of Satmar) (1887–1979)
rabbinate 1946–1979
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R. Aharon Kotler
Aharon Kotler (1891–1962)
rabbinate 1949–1962
R. Yaakov Kamenetsky
Yaakov Kamenetsky (Emet L'Yaakov) (1891–1986)
rabbinate 1945–1968
The Lubavitcher Rebbe
Menachem Mendel Schneerson (7th Lubavitcher Rebbe) (1902–1994)
death 1942–1994
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The Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe
R. Yekutiel Yehuda Halberstam (Divrei Yatziv) (1905–1994)
residence 1947–1960
R. Yitzchak Hutner
Yitzchak Hutner (Pachad Yitzchak) (1906–1980)
rabbinate 1934–1950
- אמ
R. Avigdor Miller
R. Avigdor Miller (1908–2001)
death 1945–2001
Rabbi Yisrael Zev Gustman
Rabbi Yisrael Zev Gustman (1908–1991)
rabbinate 1945–1971
Rav Avraham Pam
Rabbi Avraham Yaakov HaKohen Pam (1913–2001)
rosh yeshiva 1927–2001
- מה
The Mishneh Halachot
Menashe Klein (1923–2011)
rosh_yeshiva 1964–2011
The Kaliver Rebbe
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Taub (1923–2019)
rabbinate 1963–1965
R. Aryeh Kaplan
Aryeh Kaplan (1934–1983)
Works composed here
- 1979
The Bahir: An Ancient Kabbalistic Text
- 1981
The Living Torah
- 1985
Jewish Meditation: A Practical Guide