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Koidanov ( Yiddish : קאידנאוו) is a Hasidic dynasty originating from the city of Dzyarzhynsk (Koidanov) , Belarus , where it was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Perlow (1797 - 1862) in 1833. Koidanov is a branch of both Lechovitch Hasidism and Karlin-Stolin Hasidism as Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Perlow was the paternal grandson of Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitch and the maternal grandson of Rabbi Asher of Stolin . Koidanov was the smallest of the three Lithuanian Hasidic dynasties ( Slonim and Karlin-Stolin), with most of its Hasidim being murdered in the Holocaust . The dynasty was re-established after the war in Tel Aviv , then moved to Bnei Brak , where the majority of the dynasty is located, but there are Chassidim located around the world.
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Koidanov (also spelled Koidenov ) is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Perlow (alternately: Solomon Ḥayyim Perlow) in 1833 in the town of Koidanov (present-day Dzyarzhynsk , Belarus ). According to the YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, Koidanov was the smallest of the three Lithuanian Hasidic dynasties, the others being Slonim and Karlin-Stolin . On the eve of World War II, its centers of influence were in the regions of Koidanov and Minsk . After its Rebbes and most of its Hasidim were murdered in the Holocaust , the dynasty was re-established in 1948 in Tel Aviv , where it thrives to this day. The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe .
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Belarusian Hasidic dynasty Koidanov ( Yiddish : קאידנאוו) is a Hasidic dynasty originating from the city of Dzyarzhynsk (Koidanov) , Belarus , where it was founded by Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Perlow (1797–1862) in 1833. Koidanov is a branch of both Lechovitch Hasidism and Karlin-Stolin Hasidism as Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Perlow was the paternal grandson of Rabbi Mordechai of Lechovitch and the maternal grandson of Rabbi Asher of Stolin . Koidanov was the smallest of the three Lithuanian Hasidic dynasties ( Slonim and Karlin-Stolin), with most of its Hasidim being murdered in the Holocaust . The dynasty was re-established after the war in Tel Aviv , then moved to Bnei Brak , where the majority of the dynasty is located, but there are Chassidim located around the world.
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