Karlin (Hasidic Dynasty)

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Grave of Rebbe Aharon the Great of Karlin - d. 1772

Image:Karlinstolincovered1.JPG Image:Karlinchild.JPG Karlin is a Hasidic Dynasty originating with Rebbe Aaron Perlow of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Today there are several Hasidic sects which originate from the Karlin dynasty. The main one is Karlin-Stolin. Additionally there is the Lutzsk sect, and the Pinsk-Karlin sect, and the Khal Chasidei Yerushalayim sect. All three of those sects are located in Jerusalem. The Karliner sects are known for their custom to scream when praying. They are also known for their hospitality.

Karlin-Stolin Hasidim arrived in the Holy Land in the mid 1800’s, settling in Tiberius and Safed. In 1869 they redeemed the site of a former synagogue in Tiberius which had been built in 1786 by Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk but was destroyed in the earthquake of 1837. Construction of the new synagogue started in 1870 and was assisted by funds from the Diaspora. It was during this time that Karlin-Stolin Hasidim settled in Jerusalem and by 1874 they had established the Beth Aaron Synagogue in the old city.

Today, the main center of Karlin-Stolin Hasidism is Givat Ze'ev, Israel, where the Stoliner Rebbe resides. There are Karlin-Stolin synagogues around Israel and around the world, in Jerusalem, E. Israel; Bnei Brak, E. Israel; Kiryat Sefer, E. Israel; Safed, E. Israel; Tiberias, E. Israel; Boro Park, NY; Monsey, NY; Lakewood, NJ; and other places around the world.

Karlin was one of the first groups of Chasidim to set up their own Lithuanian Hassidic sect. In Jerusalem, however, many still wear the traditional garb of Jerusalem, including the golden caftan. The Lutzsker Rebbe established a hasidic court only with the permission of his brother, the Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe.

1 Outline of Lineage of Karliner Dynasty
2 Pinsk-Karlin
3 Kahal Chassidei Yerushalaim
4 Main Books of the Karlin Sect
5 External links

[edit] Outline of Lineage of Karliner Dynasty

Rebbe Yisrael Baal Shem Tov (1700-1760) - founder of Hasidism
- Rebbe R' Ber (1710-1772) - the Magid (Preacher) of Mezritch - disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
  - Rebbe Aaron HaGadol (The Great) Perlow of Karlin (1736-1772) - author of the Sabbath hymn Yah Ekhsof - Disciple of the Magid of Mezritch
    - Rebbe Shlomo HaLevi of Karlin (1738-1792) - son of Rabbi Meir HaLevi - disciple of the Magid and of Rebbe Aaron HaGadol.
      - Rebbe Asher Perlow of Stolin Karlin (d. 1836) - son of Rebbe Aaron HaGadol - disciple of Rebbe Shlomo of Karlin.
        Rebbe Aaron (the second) Perlow of Karlin (1802-1872) - author of Beis Aharon - son of Rebbe Asher, he was the son in law of Rabbi Mordechai Of Kremnitz.
        Rebbe Asher (the second) Perlow of Stolin (d. 1873) - son of the Beis Aharon,he was the son in law of Rabbi Elimelech of Grodzhusk.
        Rebbe Yisrael "The Frankfurter" (Because he is buried in Frankfurt) a.k.a. the Yenukah Perlow of Stolin - (1868-1921) - son of Rebbe Asher the second, he was the son in law of Rabbi Dovid of Zlatipola.
        Rebbe Moshe Perlow of Stolin (d. 1942), - son of the Yenuka, he was the son in law Rabbi Pinchus of Kantikuziva.
        Rebbe Avraham Elimelech Perlow of Karlin (The Karliner was the Rebbe in Israel and went back to Europe.) (d. 1942), - son of the Yenuka, he was the son in law Rabbi Mordechai Yoseph Of Zlatipola.
        Rebbe Yaakov Perlow of Stolin (The Detroiter) -Rebbe in New York and would frequent the Stoliner community in Detroit. He is buried in Detroit. (d. 1946) - son of the Yenuka,he was the son In law of Rabbi Avrohm Yehoshua Heschel Of Chernobel Tchidonov.
        Rabbi Aaron Perlow of Stolin Warsaw (d. 1942), - son of the Yenuka,he was the son in law of Rabbi Nosson Dovid of Partziva.
        Rabbi Asher Perlow of Stolin - son of the Yenuka.
        Rebbe Yochanan Perlow (1900-1956) of Stolin Lutszk - later the Grand Rebbe of Karlin-Stolin in America - author of the Karliner Prayer Book Siddur Beis Aharon V'Yisrael - youngest son of the Yenuka, he was the son in law of Rabbi Shimon Shloima of Olyka, he was survived by his daughter Rebitzen Feiga she married Rabbi Ezra Sochet, they are the parents of the present day Rebbe.
        Rebbe Baruch Yaakov Meir Sochet (b. 1955) - grandson of Rebbe Yochanan Perlow - present Karlin-Stolin Rebbe in Givat Ze'ev, he was the son in law of his uncle Rabbi Yisroel Sochet, and is presently the son in law of Rabbi Moshe David Steinwutzel.
        Rebbe Yochanan Sochet - grandson of Rebbe Yochanan - present Lutszker Rebbe in Jerusalem, he is the son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael Yair Danziger of Alexander.

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[edit] Pinsk-Karlin

A small group of the elders of Karlin did not accept the present Karlin-Stolin Rebbe. Many believe this is due to their hidden rebellion against the previous Stoliner Rebbe Rabbi Yochanan. Moreover, they began a new dynasty by asking the Lelover Rebbe to be their new Rebbe. After the second generation the Lelover declined from being Karliner Rebbe and thus began the Pinsk-Karlin sect.

Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Biderman of Lelov (1903-1987), was accepted by some Karliner hasidim as a new Rebbe after the passing of Rabbi Yohanan of Karlin-Stolin
- Rabbi Shimon Biderman of Lelov, son of Rabbi Moshe. In 1991, he stepped down from the Karliner leadership, and is presently known as Lelover Rebbe of Bnei Brak
  - Rebbe Aharon Hacohen Rosenfeld of Pinsk - (1927-2001) - descendant of Rebbe Aaron of Karlin, appointed as Manhig- leader of Pinsk in 1991, as a successor of Rabbi Shimon of Lelov who dropped the Karliner Chasidim after he suffered a stroke.
    - Aryeh Rosenfeld of Pinsk present Rebbe of Pinsk, son of Rabbi Aharon Rosenfeld

[edit] Kahal Chassidei Yerushalaim

Another group, the anti-Zionist Kahal Chassidei Yerushalaim, broke off from Stolin at a much later period, around the early 1990s. They broke off when the Stoliner Rebbe started to accept financial assistance from the Israeli government, which was seen as a major break with the anti-Zionist stance.