Satmar (Hasidic Dynasty) - Outline of Satmar Rebbe's Hasidic Lineage

Outline of Satmar Rebbe's Hasidic Lineage

• Rebbe Yisroel Baal Shem Tov (1698–1760), founder of Hasidism
• his disciple, Rebbe Dov Ber (1710–1772), the Maggid of Mezritch
• his disciple, Rebbe Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717–1786), the Noam Elimelech
• his disciple, Rebbe Yaakov Yitzchak (1745–1815), the Chozeh of Lublin

• 1. his disciple, Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum of Ujhely (1759–1841), the Yismach Moshe
  • 2. his son, Rebbe Eluzer Nissan Teitelbaum of Drubitsch (1786–1854)
    • 3. his son, Rebbe Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum of Sighet (1808–1883), the Yetev Lev
      • 4. his son, Rebbe Chananyah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum of Sighet (1836–1904), the Kedushas Yom Tov
        • 5. Rebbe Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum of Sighet (1884–1926), the Atzei Chaim, eldest son of Kedushas Yom Tov
        • 5. Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), Satmar Rebbe, author of Divrei Yoel and VaYoel Moshe; youngest son of Kedushas Yom Tov
          • 6. Rebbe Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum of Sighet (1911–1944), son of Atzei Chaim and son-in-law of his uncle Rebbe Yoel
          • 6. Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum (1914–2006), the previous Satmar Rebbe, author of Berach Moshe; son of Atzei Chaim
            • 7. Rebbe Aaron Teitelbaum (born 1947), current Satmar Rebbe living in Kiryas Joel; eldest son of Berach Moshe. Son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, the Viznitzer Rebbe of Bnei Brak
              • 8. Rabbi Menachem Mendel Teitelbaum (born 1967), Rabbi of the Satmar Congregation in Williamsburg on Hooper Street; former leader of the small Satmar Community in Antwerp; eldest son of Rabbi Aaron
              • 8. Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Hirsh Teitelbaum (born 1976), Rabbi of the Sighet Synagogue of Williamsburg; son of Rabbi Aaron
              • 8. Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum (born 1984)
            • 7. Rebbe Chananyah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum, the second son of Berach Moshe; President of the weekend only shul, called Berach Moshe of Zenta in Williamsburg
            • 7. Rebbe Yekusiel Yehuda (Zalman Leib) Teitelbaum (born 1952), current Satmar Rebbe living in Williamsburg; third son of Berach Moshe
              • 8. Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, Rabbi of Satmar Congregation of Jerusalem; son of Rabbi Zalman Leib
              • 8. Rabbi Yaakov Dov Ber Teitelbaum, Rabbi of the small but affluent Sighet Synagogue of Boro Park; son of Rabbi Zalman Leib
            • 7. Rabbi Shulom Eliezer Teitelbaum, Rabbi of a small Satmar Synagogue in Boro Park (15th Avenue), youngest son of Berach Moshe, affiliated with Rabbi Aaron.
            • 7. Rabbi Duvid Dov Berish Meisels, leader of the main Satmar Shul in Boro Park, affiliated with Rabbi Aaron; son-in-law of Berach Moshe; his wife Rebbitzin Chaya Meisels the eldest child of Berach Moshe, died in 1993 at age of 48, from cancer.
              • 8. Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Meisels, official leader of Rabbi Aaron's followers within the Satmar Congregation in Bnei Brak; son of Rabbi David Dov Berish Meisels of Boro Park.
              • 8. Rabbi/Activist Mordechai Aharon Meisels, leader of Congregation Ichud HaTalmidim D'Satmar of Williamsburg, affiliated with Rabbi Aaron; founder and administrator of Rofeh Cholim Cancer Society and a popular mohel in the Charedi community. son of Rabbi David Dov Berish Meisels of Boro Park.
            • 7. Rabbi Duvid Meisels, Satmar leader in Montreal, Canada; son-in-law of Berach Moshe.
            • 7. Rebbe Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, Current Satmar Rebbe Living In Monsey NY; son-in-law of Berach Moshe