A report on Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer

Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer (right) with Grand Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Leifer of Chust (US), 2006

The third Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty.

- Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer (right) with Grand Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Leifer of Chust (US), 2006

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Pittsburgh (Hasidic dynasty)

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Hasidic 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.

The Hasidut was led by Rabbi Avraham Abba's son, Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer, who died Chol Hamoed Succos 2020, presided over a nucleus of about 100 Pittsburgher families in Ashdod as well as families in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Beit Hilkia, New York City and California.

Avraham Abba Leifer

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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.

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.

His 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.

Yosef Leifer

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The 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.

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.

Leifer in October 2020

Meshulam Eliezer Leifer

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Fourth Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty.

Fourth Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty.

Leifer in October 2020

He succeeded his father, Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer, upon the latter's death in October 2020.

Chassidim of Nadvorna in the Inauguration of a Torah scroll to the beit midrash

Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

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Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within ultra-Orthodox Judaism.

Hasidic rabbinical dynasty within ultra-Orthodox Judaism.

Chassidim of Nadvorna in the Inauguration of a Torah scroll to the beit midrash
Tish in Nadvorna
Gravesite of the Admorim of Nadvorna on the Mount of Olives
Tish in Nadvorna
Chassidim of Nadvorna in the introduction of a Torah scroll to their Beit Midrash
The building of the Nadvorna Hassidic institutions, located in the center of Kiryat Nadvorna.
Rabbi Nathan David Rosenbaum, Rebbe of Zutschka

Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer of Pittsburg author of Pisgumei Oraysa, present Pittsburger Rebbe, son of Rabbi Avraham Abba

Ashdod

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Sixth-largest city in Israel.

Sixth-largest city in Israel.

Ashdod from above
Egyptian ruler Psamtik I during the fall of Ashdod in 635 BCE, illustration by Patrick Gray, 1900.
Aerial view of Minat al-Qal'a
Isdud, c. 1914–1918
Isdud 1930 1:20,000
Isdud 1945 1:250,000
Courtyard of house in Isdud, about 1945
Ashdod in 1957
Isdud 1948
Menachem Begin Boulevard
Port of Ashdod
Ashdod Sea Mall
Assuta Ashdod Medical Center
Ashdod central bus station
Ashdod Marina
Ashdod Ad Halom Railway Station
Ashdod beach
LaMimunia Moroccan culture center
Orot Haim yeshiva
Ashdod city hall
Ashdod MonArt Arts Center
Amphi Ashdod - more than 6,400 seats
Outdoor sculpture of Samson in Ashdod
Maccabi Ashdod basketball game
Yud-Alef Stadium
Nir Bitton

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.