A report on Avraham Abba Leifer
The second Rebbe of the Pittsburg Hasidic dynasty and the instigator for the relocation of the Hasidut from its original location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod.
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Pittsburgh (Hasidic dynasty)
4 linksHasidic dynasty founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1924 by Rabbi Yosef Leifer, a Hungarian rabbi and descendant of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna.
Hasidic dynasty founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1924 by Rabbi Yosef Leifer, a Hungarian rabbi and descendant of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna.
After flourishing in America for 46 years, the Hasidut was relocated to the Israeli coastal city of Ashdod under the leadership of Rabbi Yosef Leifer's son and successor, Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer.
Yosef Leifer
5 linksThe founder and first Rebbe of the Pittsburg Hasidic dynasty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which he led for 42 years.
The founder and first Rebbe of the Pittsburg Hasidic dynasty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, which he led for 42 years.
The eldest, Avraham Abba, was the only one who survived him and acceded to the position of Pittsburger Rebbe after his death.
Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer
5 linksThe third Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty.
The third Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty.
Born in the United States, he joined his father, Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer, in Ashdod, Israel, to serve as rosh yeshiva of a new Pittsburgher yeshiva in that city in 1981.
Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)
2 linksHasidic rabbinical dynasty within ultra-Orthodox Judaism.
Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within ultra-Orthodox Judaism.
Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer (1916 -1990) Pittsburger Rebbe of Newark and later Ashdod, author of Emunas Avraham, son of Rabbi Yosef, and son-in-law of Rabbi Isamar of Nadvorna
Ashdod
2 linksSixth-largest city in Israel.
Sixth-largest city in Israel.
About 100 families are affiliated with the Pittsburg Hasidic group, established there in 1969 by Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer and continued today by his son, Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer.
Meshulam Eliezer Leifer
3 linksFourth Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty.
Fourth Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty.
His paternal great-grandfather, Grand Rabbi Yosef Leifer, established the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the late 1920s, and his grandfather, Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer, moved the Hasidut to Ashdod, Israel, in 1970.
Carei
1 linksCity in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary.
City in Satu Mare County, northwestern Romania, near the border with Hungary.
Avraham Abba Leifer (1918–1990), second Rebbe of the Pittsburg Hasidic dynasty
Har HaMenuchot
0 linksLargest cemetery in Jerusalem.
Largest cemetery in Jerusalem.
Avraham Abba Leifer, Pittsburger Rebbe