Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)

Dombrov is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger (c. 1770-1846). Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a town in present-day Poland.

Lineage

Unger was the son of Tsvi Hersh, a disciple of Elimelech of Lizhensk and Avrohom Yehosua Heshel of Apt. He studied under the Kozhnitzer Magid.

Rebbes of the Unger family

Mordechai Dovid Unger of Dombrov
- Yosef of Dombrov, son of Morechai Dovid
  - Yisroel Elimelech Unger of Zhabno, son of Yosef
    - Mordechai David Unger of Tsanz, son of Yisroel Elimelech
      - Ben Zion Unger of Tsanz, son of Mordechai Davi, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Reinman of the Narol hasidic dynasty
        Yaakov Yitzchak Unger, Dombrover rebbe in America—son of Ben Zion
        Ben Zion Unger, present Dombrover Rebbe of Boro Park
        
        Mordechai David Unger of Bobov-45

Another section of the family

- Menachem Mendel Unger of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov
  - Yisroel of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Menachem Mendel
    - Meir Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Yisroel
      - Yerachmiel of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Meir Mordechai and son-in-law of Chaim Yaakov, Safrin rebb of Komarno
        Yisroel Unger of Dombrov-Stobnitz, son of Yerachmiel (in Boro Park)

Rebbes of the Rubin Family

- - Meir Rubin of Glogov-Dombrova, son-in-law of Yosef of Dombrova
    - Chaim Yechiel Rubin of Dombrova, son of Meir
      - Yissachar Berish Rubin of Dombrova. Rebbe in Berlin, and later in Washington Heights, New York.
        Esriel Rubin of Dombrova, son in law of Yisachar Ber Shapiro of the Nadvorna dynasty
        Naftoli Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey, son of Esriel^[1]

The Satmar rebbe is a descendant of the Dombrov dynasty.^{[citation needed]}

Ostrov-Kalushin

- Grand Rabbi of Kaloshin R' Avraham Elchanan Unger, son of Rabbi Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov and son-in-law of Rabbi Klonimus Kalman Szternfeld (Horowitz) of Paritzk.
  - Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak Unger of Kalushin, son of R' Avraham Elchanan
    - Grand Rabbi of Ostrov-Kalushin Rabbi Naftali Aryeh Spiegel, son-in-law of R' Yaakov Yitzchok
      - Grand Rabbi Pinchas Eliyahu Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin, son of Naftali Aryeh
        Grand Rabbi Moshe Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin (Long Beach), son of Pinchas Eliyahu
        
        Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin (Boro Park), son of Pinchas Eliyahu
        
        Grand Rabbi Avrohom Elchonon Spiegel (Chuni) of Ostrov-Kalushin (Boro Park), son of Pinchas Eliyahu
        
        Grand Rabbi Dovid Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin (Cedarhurst), son of Pinchas Eliyahu
      - Grand Rabbi Elchonon Yochanon Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin, son of Naftali Aryeh
      - Grand Rabbi Moshe Menachem Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin, son of Naftali Aryeh

Rebbe Chaim Yechiel of Dombrova, son of Grand Rebbe Meir of Glogov
Dombrover Rebbe of Monsey with the Nadvorna Rebbe of Bnei Brak
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger, a scion of the Dombrov dynasty
Seated: Grand Rabbi Naftali Aryeh Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin. Back (l-r) Rabbis Elchonon Yochanan, Pinchas Eliyahu, and Moshe Menachem Spiegel.

References

^ Rotner, David Nachman (2006). Netser mi-shorashim (נצר משרשים). Monsey, New York: N. Tz. Rubin.

[1] Rotner, David Nachman (2006). Netser mi-shorashim (נצר משרשים). Monsey, New York: N. Tz. Rubin.

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