Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty)
- Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty)
Pittsburg, Israel is a Hasidic dynasty lead by Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer of Pittsburg and concentrated in Ashdod, a city on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Israel. It was named in honor of the American city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where this dynasty existed for two generations. It is a scion of the Nadvorna dynasty.
For a brief time the Pittsburger Rebbe had a yeshivah in Newark, New Jersey.
Pittsburg is famous for their Hassidic "Niggunim".
*Grand Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Pittsburg, author of "Tzidkas Yoseph", son of Rabbi Bertchi of Satmar
**Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer of Pittsburg, author of "Emunas Avraham", son of Rabbi Yoseph, and son in law of Rebbe "Issamar of Nadvorna"
***Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissacher Dov Ber Leifer of Pittsburg, author of "Pisgamei Oraisa", son of Rabbi Avraham Abba, son-in-law of Rabbi Isaac Liebes, "Av Beis Din" of the "Iggud HaRabannim" Rabbinical Council.
This dynasty is an offshoot and it's rebbes scions of the Nadvorna dynasty.
External links
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6750102222090781896&q=pittsburger The Rebbe on Hannukkah]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3529129759512516398&q=pittsburger The Rebbe on the Jewish Holidays]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6103134604731045092&q=pittsburger The Rebbe visiting a Yeshivah in America]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1548707750423196674&q=pittsburger The Rebbe visiting Queens]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-220649868355975225&q=rebbe The Rebbe dedicating a new Torah Scroll to the memory of his father, the previous Rebbe]
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