Karlin-Stolin (Hasidic dynasty)

Karlin-Stolin is the name of a hasidic dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Karlin was one of the first centres of chasidim to be set up in Lita ('Lithuania').

Today the Karliner dynasty is thriving once again after receiving a major loss during the holocaust. Karlin-Stolin chassidim can be found all over the world, America, England, Mexico and Israel. The Rebbe has a brother who also lives in Jerusalem and is known as the Lutsker Rebbe. The Lutsker Rebbe established a hasidic court only with the permission of his brother, the Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe.

The Karliner chasidim are known for their custom to scream when praying. They are also known for their hospitality.

Karlin-Stolin Hasidim arrived in the Holy Land in the mid 1800s, settling in Tiberias and Safed. In 1869 they redeemed the site of a former synagogue in Tiberias which had been built in 1786 by Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk but was destroyed in the earthquake of 1837. Construction of the new synagogue started in 1870 and was assisted by funds from the diaspora. It was during this time that Karlin-Stolin chasidim settled in Jerusalem and by 1874 they had established the Beth Aaron Synagogue in the old city.

Today, the main center of Karlin-Stolin Hasidism is Givat Ze'ev, Israel, where the Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe Boruch Yaakov Meir Shochet resides. There are various Karlin-Stolin synagogues in Israel — Jerusalem, Beitar, Bnei Brak, Kiryat Sefer, Safed, Tiberias — in the USA, in Boro Park, NY; Monsey, NY; Lakewood, NJ, England, and other places around the world.

In Jerusalem many Karliner chasidim wear the traditional garb of Jerusalem, including the golden caftan.

Outline of Lineage of Karliner Dynasty

The founder of the dynasty, Rebbe Aharon the Great, was a disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch, who was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.

*Rebbe Aaron "HaGadol" (The Great) of "Karlin" (1736-1772) - author of the Sabbath hymn "Yah Ekhsof"
**(Rebbe Shlomo HaLevi of "Karlin" (1738-1792) - son of Rabbi Meir HaLevi - disciple of the "Magid" and of Rebbe Aaron "HaGadol")
***Rebbe Asher Perlow (the first) of "Stolin Karlin" (1760-1826) - son of Rebbe Aaron "HaGadol" and disciple of Rebbe Shlomo of Karlin.
****Rebbe Aaron (the second) Perlow of "Karlin" (1802-1872) - author of "Beis Aharon" - son of Rebbe Asher, he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai of Kremnitz.
*****Rebbe Asher (the second) Perlow of "Stolin" (d. 1873) - son of the "Beis Aharon"; by his third marriage he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Elimelech of Grodzhisk.
******Rebbe Yisrael Perlow "The Frankfurter" (because he is buried in Frankfurt) a.k.a. the "Yenuka" of "Stolin" (1868-1921) son of Rebbe Asher the second; he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Dovid of Zlatipola.
*******Rebbe Moshe Perlow of "Stolin" (d. 1942) - son of the "Yenuka"; son-in-law of Rabbi Pinchos of Kantikuziva.
*******Rebbe Avrohom Elimelech Perlow of "Karlin" (was rebbe in Erets Israel and went back to Europe) (d. 1942) - son of the "Yenuka"; he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Yoseph of Zlatipola.
*******Rebbe Yaakov Chaim Perlow of "Stolin" (The Detroiter) (d. 1946) - rebbe in New York and would frequent the Stoliner community in Detroit. He is buried in Detroit - son of the "Yenuka"; he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel Of Chernobyl Tchidonov.
*******Rabbi Aaron Perlow of "Stolin " (d. 1942) - son of the "Yenuka"; he was the son-in-law of Rabbi Nosson Dovid of Partzev.
*******Rabbi Asher Perlow of "Stolin" (d. 1942) - son of the "Yenuka".
*******Rebbe Yochanan Perlow (1900-1956) of "Stolin Lutsk" - later the Grand Rebbe of Karlin-Stolin in America - author of the Karliner Prayer Book "Siddur Beis Aharon V'Yisrael" - youngest son of the "Yenuka"; he was the son in law of Rabbi Shimon Shloima of Olyka, he was survived by his daughter Rebitzen Feiga she married Rabbi Ezra Shochet, they are the parents of the present day Rebbe.
********Rebbe Baruch Yaakov Meir Shochet (born 1955) - grandson of Rebbe Yochanan Perlow - present Karlin-Stolin Rebbe in Givat Ze'ev, he was the son-in-law of his uncle Rabbi Yisroel Shochet, and is presently the son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe David Steinwutzel.
********Rebbe Yochanan Shochet - grandson of Rebbe Yochanan - present Lutsker Rebbe in Jerusalem, son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael Yair Danziger of Alexander.

Main books of the Karliner chasidim

The main Hasidic book of the Karliner chasidim is "Beis Aharon", by the second Rebbe Aharon of Karlin.

The current version of the prayer-book used by Karliner Hasidim is called "Beis Aharon V'Yisrael" published by the Rebbe Reb Yochanan Perlow of Karlin-Stolin.

External links

* [http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Pinsk1/Pine12_005.html#Page9 Hasidim in Pinsk and Karlin - Karlin Hasidism]
* [http://www.judaicaplus.com/Tzadikim/tz_viewer.cfm?page=karlin.htm Rebbe Aaron of Karlin I]
* [http://www.diapozytyw.pl/en/site/slownik_terminow/chasydzi_karlina Karlin-Stolin at Diapositive dictionary]