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19-554: The Skver dynasty is a branch of the Chernobyl dynasty. Its founder, Rebbe Yitzchok, also known as Reb Itzikl, was one of the eight sons of Rabbi Mordechai , the Maggid of Chernobyl . There are currently three rebbes of the Skverer dynasty: Skverer Hasidism stresses Torah study , prayer, and abstention from excessive earthly pleasures, in order to achieve purity of heart and mind. To that end,

38-520: A general term for the sects of the descendants of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl ; the dynasties of Chernobyl, Skver , Trisk , Rachmastrivka , Hornosteipel , and the past dynasty of Machnovka . It is similar to the Belz , Makarov and Shpikov dynaties and their offshoots. Scions of the dynasty include: Ustyluh Ustyluh ( Ukrainian : Устилуг ; Polish : Uściług ; Yiddish : אוסטילע , romanized :  Ustile ), also known as Ustilug ,

57-626: A granddaughter of Rabbi Yitzchok of Radvil and the Apter Rov , in 1783. They had two sons: Avrohom Yehoshua Heshil of Makhnovka , and Menachum Nochum of Shpikov . His second wife, Chaya Malka, was a daughter of Rabbi Yisroel Friedman of Ruzhin . His third wife, Chana Sima, was the daughter of Rabbi (Tsvi) Hershele of Skver . Itzikl is known in Hasidic legend as the filozof eloki ("the Godly philosopher"). The Haskala movement (the "Jewish Enlightenment "),

76-503: A wig, often with an additional covering over it, such as a scarf or a hat, and wear modest clothing, with long, conservative skirts, long sleeves, fully covered necklines, and stockings. The first Rebbe of Skver was Rabbi Hershele of Skver (Reb Hershele Skverer), a direct descendant of the Baal Shem Tov . When Rabbi Hershele settled in Skver (Skvira), he was elected to become the town rabbi in

95-526: Is a small city in Volodymyr Raion , Volyn Oblast , Ukraine . It is situated on the east side of the border with Poland , and 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) west of the city of Volodymyr . Population: 2,060 (2022 estimate). Igor Stravinsky had an estate in Ustyluh and visited it frequently between 1890 and 1914. His mansion is now a museum. The oldest settlement in the territory of Ustyluh existed back in

114-656: Is seen as a conduit to God for the masses. Modes of dress for Skverer Hasidim are generally similar to those of other Hasidic groups, especially that of Vizhnitz , Belz , and Klausenburg . Weekday attire for men consists of long coats, called rekls , and velvet hats. On Shabbos (the Jewish Sabbath), Jewish holidays , and special occasions, the men wear long black coats made of silk (or imitation silk made from polyester ), called bekishes . Today, married men also wear fur hats, called shtreimels , and knee-high leather boots known as shtievl . Married women usually wear

133-860: The Bolshevik revolution . He stayed in Kiev until his death (on 15 Kislev 5680) later that year. He left no published works. Dovidl's son, Rebbe Yakov Yosef (1899–1968) married Trana, the daughter of Rabbi Pinye of Ustilla and granddaughter of Yissachar Dov Rokeach of Belz , in 1925. As a young man, he lived in Belz , and later adopted some of the Belzer customs. A few years later, he set up court in Kalarash, Romania (now Călăraşi, Moldova ), and later in Iaşi . After World War II , he lived in Bucharest . In 1948, after surviving

152-567: The Copper Age . During the times of Kievan Rus (9th to 12th centuries CE), there was a fortified settlement in the same location, with a necropolis nearby consisting of 29 burial mounds. In 1897, archaeologist M. F. Bilyashevsky excavated three of these mounds. Ustyluh was among the fortified towns taken by Volodymyr the Great . To this day, a pentagonal fortress remains, surrounded by earthen ramparts made of beaten clay, which in height are not inferior to

171-514: The Meor Einayim . The dynasty is named after the northern Ukrainian city of Chernobyl , where Rabbi Nachum was the maggid ( lit.   ' [communal] preacher ' ). The lineage continues to exist, although not always with the name Chernobyl. Several rebbes are named Chernobyl. The central court is in Bnei Brak , headed by Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky . "Chernobyl dynasty" is also used as

190-446: The shtutishe shil ( Yiddish : שטאטישע שול , "main shul in the city"). Rabbi Hershele's daughter later married Rabbi Yitzchok Twersky (called Reb Itzikl), the seventh son of Rabbi Mordechai of Chernobyl . After Hershele died on Chol Hamoed Succos , 5548 (1788), Itzikl , the seventh son of Mordechai of Chernobyl and Hershele's son-in-law, became the next rabbi of Skver. Itzikl was married three times. He married his first wife,

209-568: The Germans killed 900 Jews from the town intelligentsia . The Germans transferred the remaining Jews of Ustyluh to the Volodymyr ghetto between September 1 and 15, 1942, and murdered them there along with the local Jews in pits prepared for the killings in the village of Piatydnie. In January 1989 the population was 2,404 people. With the opening of the Ustyluh-Zosyn international border crossing,

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228-756: The group maintains institutions in Canada, England, and Israel . Its school in New Square has close to five-thousand students. Reb Dovidl's eldest son, Rabbi Mordechai Twersky, died in the same year, before his father in Kiev. During those difficult times, many Jews fled Ukraine and came to America . Rabbi Mordechai's son, Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky , also left Bessarabia and came to America, arriving in 1923. Eventually, he settled in Borough Park, Brooklyn , and opened his shul on 47th Street, between 13th and 14th Avenue. Rabbi Yitzchak Twersky died while his son Rabbi Dovid Twersky

247-528: The morning of 22 June 1941, the day of the outbreak of war between the Soviet Union and Germany . The German Army conquered the town toward evening. The Germans established a Jewish ghetto , a Judenrat , and a ghetto police force , and used the town's Jews for slave labor . From time to time the Germans took groups of Jewish youth to a valley next to the Jewish cemetery and shot them. In October 1941 alone,

266-623: The ramparts of Volodymyr's capital, and it is pierced from the east by the city gate. Until the Russian Revolution of 1917, it was a settlement in Vladimir-Volynsky Uyezd of Volhynian Governorate of the Russian Empire ; from 1921 to 1939 it was part of Wołyń Voivodeship of Poland . It has been a town since 1940. Prior to World War II it had a population of at least 3,200 Jews . The Germans bombarded Ustyluh heavily on

285-575: The village of New Square was established, where residents are sheltered from influences deemed decadent. A central part of the lifestyle is the attachment to the Rebbe . As with most Hasidic groups today, the Rebbe's position is generally attained through his lineage. However, to be accepted by the masses, the Rebbe is expected to display behaviors such as humility, love for fellow Jews, and general devotion to God's service. The rebbe, as tzadik , or righteous person,

304-635: The war in Romania, Yakov Yosef came to the United States . After spending a few years in Williamsburg, Brooklyn , he established a community in what was then rural Rockland County, New York , and named it New Square , where he moved with a few followers in 1956. After Yakov Yosef's death in 1968 his son Duvid Twersky became rebbe. Aside from its headquarters in New Square and its branches in New York City,

323-471: Was still young. Although there were not many vibrant Hasidic communities in America in those days, he was raised in a Hasidic atmosphere in his mother's house where he was guarded against what they considered the "harmful influences" of American culture. Rabbi Dovid Twersky was known for his expertise and influence with many in the medical field, and consequently, was often sought out for advice. He died in 2001, and

342-427: Was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Yechiel Mechel Twersky , the rebbe of Skver-Boro Park. Institutions of Skver-Boro Park include: There are also summer camps for the boys and girls where they enjoy a range of programs in the summer months. Chernobyl (Hasidic dynasty) Chernobyl ( Yiddish : טשערנאָביל ) is a Hasidic dynasty which was founded by Grand Rabbi Menachem Nachum Twersky , known by his work as

361-558: Was sweeping through Eastern Europe in the late eighteenth century, and Itzikl frequently attempted to debate and confront the Maskilim . There are no published works by Itzikl himself, but a collection of oral teachings called "Yalkut Meorei Or" (among other books) has been published by Skverer Hasidim in recent years under the imprint of Mechon Mishkenos Yakov . Itzikl's son by his third wife Chana Sima, Dovidl, succeeded his father as Skverer Rebbe. In 1919, Dovidl left Skvira for Kiev due to

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