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    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...
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    טשערנאָביל) is a Hasidic dynasty which was founded by Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky, known by his work as the Meor Einayim. The dynasty is named after...
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  • 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...
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    population by native language according to the 2001 census: The Twersky Skver Hasidic dynasty line emanating from Skvyra eventually settled in the United States...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    David Twersky (Skverer Rebbe) (category Skver (Hasidic dynasty))
    Skvira) David Twersky of Skvira Yakov Yosef Twersky, previous Rebbe of Skver David Twersky Menachem Nachum Twerski of Chernobyl Mordechai Twersky of...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Shulem Deen (category Skver (Hasidic dynasty))
    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...
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    New Square, New York (category Skver (Hasidic dynasty))
    New Square (Yiddish: שיכון סקווירא, romanized: Shikun Skvir) is an all-Hasidic village in the town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, United States...
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  • Yakov Yosef Twersky (category Skver (Hasidic dynasty))
    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...
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    Williamsburg, Brooklyn (category Satmar (Hasidic dynasty))
    Brooklyn) Yakov Yosef Twersky (1899–1968), Grand Rebbe of the Skver Hasidic dynasty New York City portal KCDC (skateshop) List of Brooklyn neighborhoods...
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  • Mates Friesel (category Skver (Hasidic dynasty))
    Mates Friesel (c. 1924 – August 1, 2015) was an American Skver Hasidic politician and businessman. Friesel was a co-founder and the first, and only, Mayor...
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    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...
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    Lipa Schmeltzer (category Skver (Hasidic dynasty))
    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...
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  • powerful Hasidic dynasties (e.g. Chernobyl, Karlin-Stolin), producing many dynasties, including some of the dynasties still active today (e.g. Skver, Vizhnitz)...
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  • Menachem Nachum Twersky (category Lithuanian Hasidic rabbis)
    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....
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  • Mayer Schiller (category Skver (Hasidic dynasty))
    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...
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    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...
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    History of the Jews in Antwerp (category Hasidic Judaism in Europe)
    rebounded to become a major European centre of Haredi (and particularly Hasidic) Orthodox Judaism. Antwerp is now one of only two cities in Europe (together...
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    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...
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    Yisrael Friedman of Ruzhin (category Hasidic rabbis in Europe)
    Sadigura, and Shtefanesht. The founders of the Vizhnitz, Skver, and Vasloi Hasidic dynasties were related to the Ruzhiner Rebbe through his daughters...
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    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...
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  • Karlin-Stolin Sanz-Klausenburg Satmar Shomer Emunim Toldos Aharon Skver Vizhnitz Other dynasties Misnagdim (Lita'im, Lithuanian) Musar movement Sephardic Haredim...
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    Borough Park, Brooklyn (category Hasidic Judaism in New York City)
    Munkacz, Spinka, Klausenburg, Skver, and Puppa communities also reside here, among others. There is a minority of Haredi non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jews (typically...
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  • Belz Hasidic dynasty through the Holocaust and was known for his piety and leadership. Rabbi Aharon Roth, founder of the Shomer Emunim Hasidic dynasty. He...
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    Munkacz, Spinka, Klausenburg, Skver, and Puppa communities, among others. Additionally, a community of Haredi non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jews (typically called...
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    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...
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