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    Skulen (סקולען) Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rav Eliezer Zusia Portugal. It was headed by his son, Rav Yisroel Avrohom Portugal until his death on April...
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  • A Hasidic dynasty or Chassidic dynasty is a dynasty led by Hasidic Jewish spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following...
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  • death squad of Romanian troops. The town is the namesake of the Skulen Hasidic dynasty, as its founder, Eliezer Zusia Portugal, initially served as the...
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  • Eliezer Zusia Portugal (category Rebbes of Skulen)
    Zusia Portugal (17 October 1898–18 August 1982) was the first Rebbe of Skulen. He was revered by his followers in Russia, Romania, Israel, and the United...
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    Borough Park, Brooklyn (category Hasidic Judaism in New York City)
    Feivish Hager, also known as the Kosover Rebbe; rebbe of the Kosov Hasidic dynasty, dayan ("rabbinic judge"), and orator Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam...
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    of Skulen (Hasidic dynasty), and three generations of the rebbes of Pshevorsk. Rabbi Moshe Yitzchok Gewirtzman, the founder of the Hasidic Dynasty of...
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  • David Werdyger (category Hasidic entertainers)
    recording albums featuring the music of the Bobov, Boyan, Skulen, Melitz, Radomsk, and Ger Hasidic dynasties, recording 60 albums in all. He also established the...
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  • (1838–1910), (Avnei Nezer), founder and first rebbe of the Sochatchover Hasidic dynasty Lelio Cantoni (1802–1857), Italian writer Zvi Hirsch Chajes (1805–1855)...
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    this practice is followed by the Rebbes of Lelov and Skulen, however the current Rebbe of Skulen discourages people from following his example, in light...
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