Boyan (Hasidic dynasty)

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Boyan is a Hasidic dynasty, a scion of the Ruzhiner dynasty. The dynasty began with Rabbi Isaac Friedman (1850-1917) of Boyan, known as the Pachad Yitzchak of Boyan. He was the son of Rabbi Abraham Jacob Friedman of Sadigura, who was the son of the Holy Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin, the founder of the Ruzhiner dynasty.

Grand Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo Friedman, the previous Boyaner Rebbe, zt"l

Grand Rabbi Nachum Dov Brayer, the Boyaner Rebbe, shlit"a, of Jerusalem

He was succeeded by his four sons. His son, Rabbi Mordecai Solomon Friedman, moved to America, and was the only one of them who continued the Boyaner Dynasty. upon his passing in 1971, he was succeeded by his grandson (his daughter's son), Grand Rabbi Nahum Dov Brayer of Boyan, who resides in Jerusalem, E. Israel.

[edit] Lineage of the Boyaner Dynasy

Rebbe Israel Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760), the founder of Hasidism
- Rebbe Dov Ber (1710-1772), the Magid of Mezeritch, disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
  - Rebbe Abraham the Angel, son of the Magid
    - Rebbe Shalom Shachne of Prohobist, the son of the Angel
      - Rebbe Israel Friedman (1797-1851), the Holy Rebbe of Ruzhin, son of Rabbi Shalom Shachne
        
        Rebbe Abraham Jacov Friedman of Sadigura (1820-1883), son of the Ruzhiner
        
        Rebbe Isaac Friedman (1850-1917), the Pachad Yitzchak of Boyan, first Boyaner Rebbe, son of the Sadigurer
        
        Rebbe Menahem Nahum Friedman (1869-1936), Boyanaer Rebbe of Chernowitz, son of the Pachad Yitzchak
        
        Rebbe Moshenu Friedman (1841-1943), Boyaner Rebbe of Cracow, son of Rabbi Shalom Joseph of Hustayin, son-in-law of Rabbi Menahem Nahum
        
        Rabbi Aaron Friedman, (1890-1942) son of Rabbi Menahem Nahum
        
        Rabbi Mordecai Shraga Friedman, (1895-1942) son of Rabbi Menahem Nahum
        
        Rebbe Israel Friedman (1878-1951) Boyaner Rebbe of Leipzig and Tel-Aviv, son of the Pachad Yitzchak
        
        Rebbe Abraham Jacob Friedman (1884-1941) Boyaner Rebbe of Lemberg, son of the Pachad Yitzchak
        
        Rebbe Mordecai Solomon Friedman (1891-1971) Boyaner Rebbe of New York, son of the Pachad Yitzchak
        
        Rabbi Menahem Brayer, shlit"a, son-in-law of the Boyaner Rebbe of New York (did not become Rebbe)
        
        Rebbe Nahum Dov Brayer, shlit"a, Present Boyaner Rebbe of Jerusalem, son of Rabbi Menahem Brayer