Pittsburg (Hasidic dynasty)
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Pittsburg, Israel is a Hasidic dynasty lead by Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer of Pittsburg and concentrated in Ashdod, a city on the Mediterranean Sea coast of Israel. It was named in honor of the American city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where this dynasty existed for two generations. It is a scion of the Nadvorna dynasty.
For a brief time the Pittsburger Rebbe had a yeshivah in Newark, New Jersey.
Pittsburg is famous for their Hassidic Niggunim.
- Grand Rabbi Yoseph Leifer of Pittsburg, author of Tzidkas Yoseph, son of Rabbi Bertchi of Satmar
- Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer of Pittsburg, author of Emunas Avraham, son of Rabbi Yoseph, and son in law of Rebbe Issamar of Nadvorna
- Grand Rabbi Mordechai Yissacher Dov Ber Leifer of Pittsburg, author of Pisgamei Oraisa, son of Rabbi Avraham Abba, son-in-law of Rabbi Isaac Liebes, Av Beis Din of the Iggud HaRabannim Rabbinical Council.
- Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer of Pittsburg, author of Emunas Avraham, son of Rabbi Yoseph, and son in law of Rebbe Issamar of Nadvorna
This dynasty is an offshoot and it's rebbes scions of the Nadvorna dynasty.
