Zhvill (Hasidic dynasty)

Grand Rabbi Shlomo of Zvill-Jerusalem

Grand Rabbi Gedaliah Moshe of Zvill-Jerusalem

Grand Rabbi Avraham Goldman, the present Zviller Rebbe of Jerusalem

Grand Rabbi Shlomo Goldman, the present Zviller Rebbe of Union City, NJ

Zvill(Zvyahel) is a Hasidic dynasty originating with Rabbi Moshe of Zvill, the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michael, the Magid (Preacher) of Zlotchov. Rabbi Moshe passed away in 1831 and was succeeded by his son Rabbi Mordechai. The original town of Zvyahel is located today in the Ukraine and is known as Novograd Volynski. The custom to call themselves Zvil instead of Zvyahel can be attributed to several reasons:1)similarity between Zvill and Zvul-one of the holy Temple names,2)a matter of difficulty to write the Ukrainian word Zvyahel in English, or Hebrew.

Today there are three Zviller Rebbes, one in Jerusalem, one in Union City, NJ, and one in Boston, MA. However the Zviller Rebbe of Boston is not well respected in Haredi circles.

Lineage

*Rabbi Isaac of Drovitch (d. 1750)
**Rabbi Yechiel Michael, the Maggid of Zlotchov (d. 1786), son of Rabbi Isaac. A disciple of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, founder of Hasidism. Son-in-law of Rabbi Mordechai Twersky, the Maggid of Chernobyl
***Rabbi Moshe of Zvill (d. 1831), son of the Maggid of Zlotchov.
****Rabbi Yechiel Michael of Zvill (d. 1856), son of Rabbi Moshe.
*****Rabbi Mordechai of Zvill (d. 1900), son of Rabbi Yechiel Michael.
******Rabbi Yechiel Michael of Zvill (d. 1917), elder son of Rabbi Mordechai.
*******Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael of Zvill-Mezibozh in Boston, son of Rabbi Mordechai of Mezibozh, disciple of Rabbi Yechiel Michael of Zvill.
********Rabbi Eliezer Adler, Zviller Rebbe of Los Angeles.
********Rabbi Dr. Yisroel A. Korff Ph.D., M.A., of Zhvill-Mezibozh , grandson of Rabbi Yaakov Yisrael. Chaplain of the city of Boston.
******Rabbi Shlomo "Shlomke" Goldman of Zvill-Jerusalem (d. 1945), younger son of Rabbi Mordechai.
*******Rabbi Gedaliah Moshe Goldman of Zvill-Jerusalem (d. 1950), son of Rabbi Shlomo.
********Rabbi Mordechai Goldman of Zvill, son of Rabbi Gedaliah Moshe
*********Rabbi Yehudah Leib Goldman, zt"l, of Zvill
**********Rabbi Eliezer Goldman, shlit"a, son-in-law of the Skverrer Rebbe, shlit"a
*********Rabbi Avraham Goldman, shlit"a, Present Zviller Rebbe of Jerusalem, son of Rabbi Mordechai.
*********Rabbi Shlomo Goldman, shlit"a, Present Zviller Rebbe of Union City, NJ, son of Rabbi Mordechai, Son-in-law of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam of Klausenberg

Links

*Zhvill of Boston