Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)

Dombrov is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger (c. 1770-1846). Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a town in present-day Poland.

History

Lineage

Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger was the son of Tsvi Hersh, a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk and Rabbi Avrohom Yehosua Heshil of Apt. He studied under the Kozhnitzer Magid.

Lineage of the Unger Family

• Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger of Dombrov
  • Grand Rabbi Yosef of Dombrov—son of R' Morechai Dovid
    • Grand Rabbi Yisroel Elimelech Unger of Zhabno—son of R' Yosef
      • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger of Tsanz—son of R' Yisroel Elimelech, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Reinman of Narol
        • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Unger, Dombrover Rebbe in America—son of R' Ben Zion
          • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Unger, present Dombrover Rebbe of Boro Park
          • Grand Rabbi Mordechai David Unger of Bobov 45th Street

Lineage of the Rubin Family

• • • Grand Rebbe Myer Rubin of Glogov-Dombrova, son in law of Grand Rebbe Yosef of Dombrova
      • Grand Rabbi Chaim Yechiel Rubin of Dombrova, son of Rebbe Myer of Glogov-Dombrova
        • Grand Rabbi Yissachar Berish Rubin of Dombrova. Rebbe in Berlin, and later in Washington Heights, New York.
          • Grand Rabbi Esriel Rubin of Dombrova, son in law of Rebbe Yisachar Ber Shapiro of Kechneye, Nadvorna Dynasty
            • Grand Rabbi Naftoli Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey, son of Rabbi Esriel of Dombrova^[1]

The Grand Rabbi of Satmar is a descendant of the Dombrov dynasty.

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  Rebbe Chaim Yechiel of Dombrova, son of Grand Rebbe Meir of Glogov

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  Dombrover Rebbe of Monsey with the Nadvorna Rebbe of Bnei Brak

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  Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger, Bobover Rebbe, shlit"a, a scion of the Dombrov dynasty

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  Grand Rabbi Naftoli of Dombrov, at a mitzva tantz

Synagogues

• Washington Heights section of Manhattan - Grand Rabbi Yissachar Berish Rubin the Dombrover Rebbe of Berlin.

• Monsey, New York - Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey of Beis Hamedrash Beis Yisocher Berish of Dombrova

• Borough Park, Brooklyn- Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Ungar of Dombrova - Brooklyn

References

1. ^ נצר משרשים Naytzer miShoroshim (pedigree of Naftoli Tzvi Rubin)