Skulen (Hasidic dynasty)
Skulen (סקולען)
dynasty was founded by Rav Eliezer Zusia Portugal. It was headed by his son, Rav Yisroel Avrohom Portugal until his death on April 1, 2019. Its name is originated from Sculeni (Yiddish: סקולען Skulen), a town in Bessarabia
where Rabbi Eliezer Zusia was born and served as rabbi.
Biography
Rabbi Eliezer Zusia Portugal succeeded his father as rabbi of Skulen at the age of 17 upon his father's death in 1915.[Viznitzer Cemetery in Monsey, New York.
Reb Eliezer Zusia was succeeded by his son, Rebbe Yisroel Avrohom Portugal[citation needed] who continued his father's work by running the Chesed L'Avraham organization to help the needy in Israel and around the world, and also wrote many Hasidic melodies.[citation needed] Portugal died on April 1, 2019.[citation needed]
Reb Yisroel Avrohom was succeeded by his 5 sons, the oldest son Rebbe Boro Park community was crowned as Skulen Rebbe in jerusalem,
The central Skulener synagogue is located on 54th street in the
Boro Park section of Brooklyn, New York, near 13th avenue.[citation needed
]
Lineage of Skulener Dynasty
- Rebbe Yeshayah Shor of Yas - author of K'lil Tiferes[1] - disciple of Rebbe Mordechai of Kremnitz (Kremenets) - son of the Maggid of Zlotshov.
- Rebbe Yisrael Avraham Portugal (d. 1915) of Skulen - author of Shem uSh'aris Yisrael - disciple of the K'lil Tiferes.
- Rebbe Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulen (1898-1982) - author of Noam Eliezer - son of the Shem uSh'aris Yisrael, disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Shalom Yosef Friedman (1863-1923), of Bohush and Rabbi Mordechai Shalom Yosef Friedman (1886-1979), of Sadigura.
- Rebbe Yisroel Avrohom Portugal (1923-2019) - son of the Noam Eliezer.
- Rebbe Yeshaya Yakov Portugal of Boro Park (rebbe since 2019) - eldest son of Rebbe Yisroel Avrohom
- Rebbe Meir Portugal of Williamsburg (rebbe since 2022) - son of Rebbe Yisroel Avrohom
- Rebbe Efraim Yehuda Portugal of Monsey (rebbe since 2019) - son of Rebbe Yisroel Avrohom
- Rebbe Zvi Noach Portugal of Lakewood (rebbe since 2019) - son of Rebbe Yisroel Avrohom
- Rebbe Shmiel Mordche of Yerushalayim (rebbe since December 2020) - son of Rebbe Yisroel Avrohom
- Rebbe Yisroel Avrohom Portugal (1923-2019) - son of the Noam Eliezer.
- Rebbe Eliezer Zusia Portugal of Skulen (1898-1982) - author of Noam Eliezer - son of the Shem uSh'aris Yisrael, disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Shalom Yosef Friedman (1863-1923), of Bohush and Rabbi Mordechai Shalom Yosef Friedman (1886-1979), of Sadigura.
- Rebbe Yisrael Avraham Portugal (d. 1915) of Skulen - author of Shem uSh'aris Yisrael - disciple of the K'lil Tiferes.
References
- ^ כליל תפארת. HebrewBooks.org (in Hebrew). Zhovkva. 1865. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
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