Slonim is aHasidicdynasty originating in the town ofSlonim, which is now inBelarus.Today, there are two Slonimer factions. Slonim, based inJerusalem, and the Slonim community inBnei Brak. They are two distinct groups today, and have many differences between them.
The firstRebbe of Slonim, Rabbi Avraham Weinberg (1804–1883), was the author ofYesod HaAvodah.[1] In 1873, he sent a group of his grandchildren and other Hasidim to settle inOttoman Palestine; they set up their community inTiberias. Almost all of the Slonimer Hasidim in Europe perished at the hands of theNazis in theHolocaust. The present-day Slonimer community was rebuilt from the Slonimer Hasidim who had settled in Israel.
RabbiAvraham of Slonim (1804 - 11Cheshvan 1883),[2] author ofYesod HaAvodah, first Slonmer Rebbe.
RabbiShmuel Weinberg (1850-1916) of Slonim, author ofDivrei Shmuel, also known as the "Foter", grandson of the Rabbi Avraham, author ofYesod HaAvodah.
RabbiYissachar Leib Weinberg of Slonim (1873 - 1928), son of the Rabbi Shmuel, author ofDivrei Shmuel.
RabbiAvraham Yehoshua Heshel Weinberg of Slonim-Tel Aviv, son of Rabbi Yissachar Leib.
RabbiNoah Weinberg of Slonim andTiberias, grandson of the author ofYesod HaAvodah, brother of the author ofDivrei Shmuel, amenahel ofYeshivaOr-Torah of Tiberias.
RabbiMatisyohu of Slonim, grandson of the author ofYesod HaAvodah.
RabbiAvraham Weinberg of Slonim (1884 - 1Iyar 1933),[3] author ofBeis Avraham, son of Grand Rabbi Shmuel.
RabbiShlomo David Yehoshua Weinberg of Slonim-Baranovitch (1912 – 1943),[4] son of theBeis Avraham.
RabbiMordechai Chaim of Slonim-Tiberias, grandson of theYesod HaAvodah's brother, disciple of theBeis Avraham, successor of Rabbi Shlomo David Yehoshua Weinberg.
RabbiAvraham Weinberg of Tiberias and Jerusalem (Rosh ChodeshTammuz 1889 - 12Sivan 1981),[5] author ofBirkas Avraham, son of Rabbi Noah, disciple and nephew of theDivrei Shmuel, successor of Rabbi Mordechai Chaim.
Slonimer Rebbe Shlita
RabbiSholom Noach Berezovsky (1911-2000), Slonimer Rebbe of Jerusalem, author ofNesivos Shalom, son-in-law of theBirkas Avraham (R Avraham Weinberg). Worked diligently to reestablish Slonimer Hasidus from its small remnants after World War II. Published many Slonimer Hasidic books from original manuscripts and lost documents.
RabbiShmuel Berezovski, author ofDarchei Noam, present Slonimer Rebbe of Jerusalem, son of theNesivos Shalom.
In addition to thoseworks revered by all Hasidim, the Slonimer Hasidim particularly revere the following books:Yesod HaAvodah, "Toras Avos",Divrei Shmuel,Beis Avraham,Birkas Avraham.
The Slonimer rebbes of Jerusalem have also authored two tremendously popularHasidic works,Nesivos Shalom, by the previous Slonimer Rebbe of Jerusalem, andDarchei Noam, by the present Slonimer Rebbe of Jerusalem.Nesivos Shalom is extremely popular even outside of Hasidic circles.
Currently, in Israel, there reside approximately 1,900 families that follow the Slonimer Rebbe from Jerusalem.[6] In 2010, a dispute arose inImmanuel, a Jewish settlement in the northernWest Bank, over the integration ofAshkenazi Slonim girls in a school withSephardi girls from non-religious families. Over 120,000Torah-observant Jews, includingHaredi andDati Leumi Jews, rallied in Israel to keep the groups separate, with the fathers of 40 girls being jailed for their refusal to comply. The families insisted it was not a "racial" issue, as 30% of those in the Hasidic track are Sephardic, and three fathers jailed were Sephardic, but, rather, that the "desire to remove their daughters from the influence of those less strict in their religious observance, watchingTV at home, havingaccess to the internet, and a more laxdress code among the other track in the school have been cited".[7]
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