Premishlan (Hasidic dynasty)

Premishlan is a Hasidic dynasty. It was founded by Grand Rabbi Meir Hagadol of Peremyshliany (Yiddish: פרעמישלאן, Premishlan)

Dynasty [edit]

Grand Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism

• The Great Grand Rabbi Meir Hagadol of Premishlan (1703–1773), disciple of the Baal Shem Tov
  • Grand Rabbi Aharon Arye (Uren Leib) of Premishlan (died 1813), disciple of Rabbi Yechiel Michl of Zlotshov; son of Rabbi Meir the Great
    • Grand Rabbi Isaac of Kalish, son of Rabbi Uren Leib of Premishlan
    • Grand Rabbi Meir (Meirl) the Second of Premishlan (1783–1850), son of Rabbi Uren Leib, and the most famous rabbi of the dynasty. He was widely known as a 'miracle worker'.^[1]
      • Grand Rabbi Tzvi Frankel of Premishlan (son in law of Rabbi Meir the second)
        • Grand Rabbi Yisroel Aryeh Frankel of Premishlan, son of Rabbi Tzvi
          • Grand Rabbi Yisroal Arya Margulies of Pramishlan (Lviv-London); his father, Rabbi Efrayim Zalman was married to the daughter of Rabbi Yisroel Aryeh Frankel

Current leadership [edit]

This section requires expansion. (October 2012)

There are several Rebbes presently known as Premishlaner Rebbe; all from the Premishlan dynasty, .

Quotes [edit]

• "If you are connected to God, you never fall".

References [edit]

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