Nadvorna (Hasidic dynasty)

thumb|Graves of Nadvorna rebbes on the [[Mount of Olives]]

thumb|Nadvorna Hasidim at the [[inauguration of a Torah scroll]]

Nadvorna is a Hasidic rabbinical dynasty deriving its name from the town of Nadvorna, (Nadvirna), today in Ukraine.

The most famous rebbe of the dynasty was Mordechai Leifer of Nadvorna (the son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) Leifer of Nadvorna), whose writings form the corpus of the group's Hasidic thought. He was raised by his great-uncle, Rebbe Meir II of Premishlan.

Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) Leifer of Nadvorna was a son of Rabbi Yitzchak of Kalish. author of Sisrei Torah, son of Rabbi Yitzchak of Kalish; disciple of Rabbi Yitzchak of Radvill; son-in-law of Rabbi Avrohom Leib Bloch of Nadvorna

Grand Rabbi Aaron Leib Leifer of Nadvorna (1819–1897), was known as a great miracle worker and kabbalist, author of Yad Aharon, son of Rabbi Bertche
Grand Rabbi Moshe Leifer of Nadvorna, son of Rabbi Aaron Leib
Grand Rabbi Yitzchak Leifer of Hartz-Raman, son of Rabbi Aaron Leib
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Nadvorna (1824-1894), author of Mamar Mordechai, son of Rabbi Bertche
Grand Rabbi Meir the Second of Premishlan (1783–1850), son of Rabbi Uren Arye Leib
Grand Rabbi David of Kalish, son of Rabbi Meir the Great

Descendants of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna

Grand Rabbi Yitzchak Leifer of Stanislaw, son of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna
Grand Rabbi Chaim Leifer of Stanislaw (murdered together with his entire family in the Holocaust) son of Rabbi Yitzchak Leifer of Stanislaw, and son law of Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Kretshnif
Grand Rabbi Yisachar Berel Leifer of Stanislaw, son of Rabbi Chaim Leifer of Stanislaw, and son in law of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) Leifer of Nadvorna-Satmar
Grand Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) Leifer of Nadvorna-Satmar (died 1906), Author of Likkutei Yissachar, son of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna
Grand Rabbi Meir Leifer of Cleveland (died 1941), son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar, Author of Oros Hameirim, son in law of Rabbi Alter Zev Horowitz of Stryzov
Grand Rabbi Isamar Leifer of Bushtina (d. 1944), son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar, son in law of Rabbi Yisroel Chaim Freedman of Rachov
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bushtina, son of Rabbi Isamar of Bushtina
Grand Rabbi Chaim Baruch Leifer of Bushtina in Canada, son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bushtina
Grand Rabbi Isamar Leifer of Bushtina, son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bushtina
Grand Rabbi Yissachar Ber Leifer of Bushtina Petah Tikva, son of Rebbe Mordechai Leifer of Bushtina
Grand Rabbi David Leifer of Bania (d. 1944), author of Ohev Chesed, son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar
Grand Rabbi Aaron Yechiel Leifer of Nadvorna-Safed, son of Rabbi David of Bania
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yitzchok Leifer of Kalish in the neighborhood Har Nof in Jerusalem, son of Rabbi Aaron Yechiel Leifer of Nadvorna-Safed, son in law of Rabbi David Moshe Rosenbaum of Kretshnif
Grand Rabbi Yissachar Ber Pinchas Leifer of Nadvorna-Safed, son of Rabbi Aaron Yechiel
Grand Rabbi Chaim Alter David of Nadvorna-Haifa, son of Rabbi Aaron Yechiel
Grand Rabbi Moshe Meir Leifer of Yerushalayem, son of Rabbi Aaron Yechiel Leifer of Nadvorna-Safed
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bania, son of Rabbi David Leifer of Bania
Grand Rabbi Dovid Leifer of Bania in Monroe, son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bania
Grand Rabbi Meir Menasha Leifer of Bania-Monsey, son of Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Bania
Grand Rabbi Yissachar Ber Leifer of Nadvorna-Hermanshtat in Boro Park, son of Rabbi David Leifer of Bania
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Leifer of Nadvorna-Hermanshtat in Boro Park, son of Rabbi Yissachar Ber Leifer of Hermanshtat
Grand Rabbi Meir Leifer of Lishensk, son of Rabbi Yissachar Ber Leifer of Hermanshtat
Grand Rabbi Yosef Leifer of Pittsburg (1891–1966), author of Tzidkas Yosef, son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar
Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer (1916 author of Divrei Torah, son of Rabbi Aharon Moshe Leifer of Grusvardein, son in law of Rabbi Isaac Rosenbaum of Zutshka
Grand Rabbi Shea Katz of Magrov Flatbush, son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef of Verdan
Grand Rabbi Shalom Leifer of Brighton Beach, son of Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) of Nadvorna-Satmar
Grand Rabbi Shlomo Leifer of Nadvorna in Boro Park, son of Rabbi Shalom of Brighton Beach
Rabbi Berel Leifer, Nadvorna Rav of Lakewood, son of Rabbi Shlomo Leifer of Nadvorna
Rabbi Menashe Leifer, Nadvorna Rav of Williamsburg, son of Rabbi Shlomo Leifer of Nadvorna, son in law of Rabbi Yoseph Rosenbaum of Kalish
Grand Rabbi Avrohm Abish Shmidman of Krula-Flatbush, son of Rabbi Yitzchok Eizik Leifer, son of Rabbi Shalom Leifer of Brighton Beach
Grand Rabbi Meyer Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Kretshnif (1852 - June 29 son of Rabbi Bertche, son-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Kahane of Borsha
Grand Rabbi Yissachar Dov Ber (Bertche) Leifer of Ungvar, son of Rabbi Yoseph
Grand Rabbi Yechiel Leifer of Mihalowitz, son of Rabbi Yoseph
Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Leifer of Nadvorna-Haifa (died 1961), son of Rabbi Yechiel
Grand Rabbi Aaron Aryeh Leifer of Nadvorna-Temashvar (died 1963), son of Rabbi Yechiel
Grand Rabbi Leifer of Nadvorna-Temashvar, son of Rabbi Aaron Aryeh
Grand Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Nadvorna-Petah Tikva (1921–2002) son of Rabbi Aaron Aryeh
Grand Rabbi Yitzchok Leifer, oldest son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva
Grand Rabbi Chaim Leifer, son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva
Grand Rabbi Binyamin Leifer, son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva
Grand Rabbi Yisachar Ber Leifer, son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva
Grand Rabbi Meir Leifer, son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva
Grand Rabbi Aaron Aryeh Leifer, son of Rabbi Yoseph of Petah Tikva

Rabbi Meir of Kretshnif-Nadvorna

Descendants of Rabbi Meir

Grand Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Kretshnif (1852 - June 29
Grand Rabbi Shlomo Isaacson of Passaic, New Jersey, son of Rabbi Meir Of Roman
Grand Rabbi Berel Isaacson of Staten Island, son of Rabbi Meir Isaacson of Roman
Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Slotvina-Sighet, son of Rabbi Meir Rosenbaum of Nadvorna-Kretshnif and son-in-law of Rabbi Aaron Moshe Leifer of Zalon-Lantzut
Grand Rabbi Chaim Mordechai of Mishkoltz, son of Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Slotvina-Sighet
Grand Rabbi Meir of Reisha, son of Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Slotvina-Sighet
Grand Rabbi Yitzchak of Sighet, author of Minchas Yitzchak, and Bishilei Hapri, son of Rabbi Yaakov Yisachar Ber Rosenbaum of Slotvina Sighet, son-in-law of Rabbi Yaakov Leifer of Nadvorna-Debrecen
Grand Rabbi Issamar Rosenbaum of Nadvorna, known as "Ha’admor Hazaken MiNadvorna" (1886–1973),
Grand Rabbi Yesochor Ber Rosenbaum (1905-1981), Strozhnitzer Rebbe in Boro Park,

References

I Alfasi, החסידות מדור לדור Hachasidut miDor leDor, Jerusalem 1995, pp 78–87