A report on Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer, Avraham Abba Leifer and Nadvorna (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.
- Mordechai Yissachar Ber LeiferHe was the son of Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer and the grandson of Grand Rabbi Yosef Leifer, a scion of the Nadvorna Hasidic dynasty who founded the Hasidut in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1924.
- Mordechai Yissachar Ber LeiferHe married Rachel Rosenbaum, the daughter of Rabbi Isamar Rosenbaum, Admor of Nadvorna.
- Avraham Abba LeiferHis son, Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber, testified that his father detached himself from worldly pleasures and did everything for the sake of fulfilling the mitzvos of the Torah.
- Avraham Abba LeiferGrand 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
- Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer of Pittsburg author of Pisgumei Oraysa, present Pittsburger Rebbe, son of Rabbi Avraham Abba
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Yosef Leifer
0 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.
Known as the Tzidkas Yosef after the name of his posthumously-published sefer, he was a scion of the Nadvorna dynasty.
The eldest, Avraham Abba, was the only one who survived him and acceded to the position of Pittsburger Rebbe after his death.
After Rabbi Avraham Abba's death in 1990, his son, Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer, succeeded him as Rebbe and further built up the Hasidic presence in Ashdod with a cheder, yeshivas, and kollels.