Nikolsburg (Hasidic dynasty)

Grave of Shmelke of Nikolsburg
The Nikolsburger Rebbe of Monsey

Nikolsburg (Yiddish: ניקאלשפורג) is the name of a Hasidic dynasty descending from Shmelke of Nikolsburg, a disciple of Dov Ber of Mezeritch. From 1773 to 1778 he was the Chief Rabbi of Moravia, in the city of Nikolsburg, today Mikulov, Czech Republic, from which the dynasty gets its name.

Nikolsburg lineage

Boston and Lelov

  • Shmuel Shmelke ha-Levi Horowitz (1726–1778), Chief Rabbi of Nikolsburg.

Nikolsburg-Monsey

  • Baruch'l Schnitzler (died 1822), rabbi in Kaliv. Son-in-law of Zevi Joshua Horowitz.
    • Yoel Schnitzler (died 1865), Chief Rabbi of Kotaj.
      • Baruch Yehuda Schnitzler (1845-1894), Chief Rabbi of Derecske.
        • Shragei Shmuel Shmelke Schnitzler (1889–1979), the Tchabe Rav.
          • Baruch Yehuda Lebovitch (1909–1951), religious judge of Kish. Son-in-law of Shragei Shmuel Shmelke Schnitzler.

Mordechai Zev Jungreis

Mordechai Zev Jungreis, a descendant of Mordecai Benet is also known as the Nikolsburger rebbe and is the rabbi of the B'nai Israel Synagogue in Woodbourne, New York.