Ashlag (Hasidic dynasty)

The Baal HaSulam

Ashlag (Template:Lang-he) is the name of a number of Hasidic courts that were established in Israel by the students and descendants of Kabbalist Rebbe Yehuda Leib Haleivi Ashlag from Warsaw, Poland, known as Baal HaSulam.

Although Hasidic dynasties are most often named for their town of origin, this dynasty is known by the surname of its rebbes.

There are a few Ashlag Rebbeim. The current Ashlag leader in Bnei Brak is Rebbe Simcha Avraham Ashlag. The leader in Telse Stone and Tel Aviv is Rebbe Avraham Mordechai Gottlieb. The leader in the Old City of Jerusalem is Rebbe Moshe Hayyim Brandwein. There is an Ashlag community in Or HaGanuz in the north of Israel.

Rebbe Simcha Avraham was born to the previous Ashlag Admor, Rebbe Shlomo Binyamin ztz"l and Marat Ahuva Liba, in 5708. As a child, he was close to his grandfather, the renowned Ba’al Hasulam, who saw great promise in him and told him to commence study of the Zohar together with his other studies at the age of 13.

Lineage

• Rebbe Yehuda Leib Haleivi Ashlag (1885–1954), disciple of the rebbes of Porisov
  • Rebbe Shlomo Binyomin Haleivi Ashlag (1906–1983), son of Rebbe Yehuda Leib
    • Rebbe Yechezkel Yosef Haleivi Ashlag, (1935–2016), son of Rebbe Shlomo Binyomin
    • Rebbe Simcha Avrohom Haleivi Ashlag (1948- ), present rebbe, son of Rebbe Shlomo Binyomin - Rebbe in Bnei Brak
  • Rebbe Boruch Shalom HaLevi Ashlag (1907–1991), son of Rebbe Yehuda Leib
    • Rebbe Avraham Mordechai Gottlieb (1963 - ), present rebbe, student of Rebbe Baruch Shalom - Rebbe in Telse Stone and Tel Aviv
  • Stretyn Branch: Rebbe Yehuda Tzvi Brandwein (1903 - 1969).
    • Rebbe Avraham Brandwein (1945 - 2013), son of Rebbe Yehuda Tzvi Brandwein.
    • Rebbe Moshe Hayyim Brandwein, son of Rebbe Avraham Brandwein - Rebbe in the Old City of Jerusalem