 Karlin-Stolin synagogue, Tiberias | |
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 2,200 families[1] | |
| Founder | |
| Rabbi Aaron ben Jacob of Karlin | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Israel,United States,Russia,England,Mexico,Ukraine | |
| Religions | |
| Hasidic Judaism |
Karlin-Stolin is aHasidicdynasty, originating withRebbeAaron ben Jacob ofKarlin in present-dayBelarus, and later expanded to nearbyStolin. One of the first centres of Hasidim to be set up inLithuania, manyLithuanian Hasidic groups are its offshoots. After the murder of many of its followers byNazi Germany in theHolocaust, the dynasty continued to exist with followers in Israel, the United States, Russia, England, Canada, and Ukraine.
In the mid-19th century, members of the Karlin-Stolin dynasty immigrated toEretz Yisrael (the land of Israel), settling inTiberias,Hebron, andSafed. In 1869 they took over the site of a formersynagogue in Tiberias built in 1786 by RabbiMenachem Mendel of Vitebsk which had been destroyed in theGalilee earthquake of 1837.[2] Reconstruction commenced in 1870. Around this time, Karlin-Stolin Hasidim began to settle inJerusalem. By 1874, they had established theBeis Aharon Synagogue of Karlin-Stolin in the old city.
Today, most of the Karlin-Stolin Hasidim reside in or around Jerusalem. There are also synagogues inBeitar Illit,Bnei Brak,Kiryat Sefer,Brachfeld,Safed, andTiberias, as well as in theUnited States, inBorough Park, Brooklyn,Monsey, New York,Los Angeles, California,Lakewood, New Jersey,London,Ukraine andBelarus.
The Karlin-Stoliner rebbe (also referred to as the "Stoliner Rebbe"), Boruch Meir Yaakov Shochet, resides inGivat Ze'ev.[3]
In Jerusalem some of the Karliner Hasidim wear the traditional garb of Jerusalem Haredim onShabbat, the goldencaftan. The version of the prayer book used by Karliner Hasidim is calledBeis Aharon V'Yisrael. It is the second published prayer book produced by Karliner Hasidim; the first was published in New York City by the then-rebbe, Yochanan Perlow of Karlin-Stolin.
The institutional center of the dynasty in Jerusalem is located in a historic building which was formerly the home ofJames Finn, the 19th century British consul.[4] Funding for the purchase of the building was provided by the Ministry of Education and local authorities. Renovations were supervised by the architectDavid Kroyanker. During the construction work, an ancientcolumbarium was discovered on the site.[3]
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