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

References

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