Zvhil (Hasidic Dynasty) - Lineage

Lineage

• Rabbi Isaac of Drubitsh (d. 1752)
  • Rabbi Yechiel Michl, the Maggid of Zlotshev (1726-1781), son of Rabbi Isaac. A disciple of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism.
    • Rebbe Moshe of Zvhil (d. 1831), son of the Maggid of Zlotshev.
      • Rebbe Yechiel Michl Goldman of Zvhil (1788-1856), son of Rebbe Moshe.
        • Rabbi Mordechai Goldman of Zvhil (d. 1900), son of Rabbi Yechiel Michel.
          • Rabbi Yechiel Michl of Zvhil (d. 1917), elder son of Rabbi Mordechai.
            • Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael of Zvhil-Mezhbizh in Boston, son of Rabbi Mordechai of Mezhbizh, son-in-law of Rabbi Yechiel Michel of Zvhil.
              • Rabbi Dr. Yitzhak Aharon Korff of Zvhil-Mezhbizh, grandson of Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel, son-in-law of the Shomer Emunim Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Avrohom Chayim Roth of Jerusalem and Bnei Brak (son of Reb Areleh). Chaplain of the city of Boston.
          • Rabbi Shlomo "Shlomke" Goldman of Zvhil-Jerusalem (d. 1945), younger son of Rabbi Mordechai.
            • Rabbi Gedalia Moshe Goldman of Zvhil-Jerusalem (d. 1950), son of Rabbi Shlomo.
              • Rabbi Mordechai Goldman (II) of Zvhil (1910-1981), son of Rabbi Gedalia Moshe
                • Rabbi Avraham Goldman of Zvhil-Jerusalem (1933-2009), son of Rabbi Mordechai
                  • Rabbi Shlomoh Goldman, present Zvhiller Rebbe of Jerusalem, son of Rabbi Avraham
                • Rabbi Shlomo Goldman, present Zvhiller Rebbe of Union City, NJ, son of Rabbi Mordechai, son-in-law of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam of Klausenberg
              • Rabbi Elazar Adler, Zvhiller Rebbe of Los Angeles (1921 – February 27, 2007), son of Rabbi Yosef Yehoshua Aharon of Lelov, married the daughter of Rebbe Moshe of Blendov (of the Kozhnitz dynasty), whose wife was the daughter of R' Shlomke. Originally of Jerusalem, he emigrated to America in early June 1938 and settled in the West Adams section of Los Angeles, California; later relocating to the Beverly-Fairfax area of West Hollywood. He was a beloved and revered figure in Los Angeles. His home was a source of hospitality and his assistance critical to many immigrants who settled in Los Angeles after World War II. One of Rabbi Adler’s early staunch supporters was Mr. Harry Maizlish, general manager, later owner of radio station KFWB of Los Angeles and a close associate and friend of Jack and Harry Warner, founders of Warner Brothers Studios. World War II began before Rabbi Adler could bring his wife and only daughter Miriam, from Jerusalem. Mr. Maizlish introduced a number of Hollywood personalities to his Orthodox Chasidic rabbi including Mrs. Edward G. Robinson, who helped provide assistance to bring the Rabbi’s family from Israel to Los Angeles in July 1944.

• Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Korff of Zvhil-Mezhbizh, Boston

• Grand Rabbi Shlomo Goldman, the present Zvhiller Rebbe of Union City, NJ

• The present Zvhil-Mezhbizh Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Yitzhak Aharon Korff of Boston, Center, with cousins the late Tolner Rebbe (left), Rabbi Yitzhak Twersky of Boston, and the Grand Rabbi Shlomo Goldman, Zvhiller Rebbe of Union City