The Tetsh Hasidic dynasty

Hasidic dynasty

A Hasidic dynasty is a dynasty of Hasidic spiritual leaders known as rebbes, and usually has some or all of the following characteristics:#Each member of the dynasty is a spiritual leader, often known as an ADMOR or simply as Rebbe and at times called the...

 is a branch of the Ujhel-Siget Hasidic dynasty

Siget (Hasidic dynasty)

Siget or Ujhel-Siget or Sighet Hasidism or Sigter Hasidim is a movement of Hungarian Haredi Jews who adhere to Hasidism, and who are referred to as Sigeter Hasidim....

 founded by Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum

Moshe Teitelbaum (Ujhel)

Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum , also known as the Yismach Moshe, was the Rebbe of Ujhely in Hungary. According to Löw, he signed his name "Tamar", this being the equivalent of Teitelbaum, which is the Yiddish for "palm-tree"...

 (1759-1841), Rabbi of Sátoraljaújhely

Sátoraljaújhely

Sátoraljaújhely or אוהעלי ) is a town located in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county in northern Hungary near the Slovak border. It is east from the county capital Miskolc.- History :...

 in Hungary

Hungary

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, who was a disciple of the Polish Hasidic leader Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin

Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin

Yaakov Yitzchak of Lublin, also Jacob Isaac of Lublin, or Y. Y. Horowitz , known as "The Chozeh of Lublin" , or simply as the "Chozeh", was a Hasidic rebbe from Poland....

 (the Chozeh of Lublin).
Rabbi Chananya Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum (author of Kedushas Yom Tov), a great-grandson of the founder of the Siget dynasty, was also the Rabbi in the town of Tetsh (then Técső, now Tyachiv, Ukraine).

After assuming his father Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum's position in Siget (Sighetu Marmaţiei

Sighetu Marmatiei

Sighetu Marmației , formerly Sighet, is a city in Maramureş County near the Iza River, in north-western Romania. It administers five villages: Iapa, Lazu Baciului, Șugău, Valea Cufundoasă and Valea Hotarului.-Geography:...

, Romania) and continuing the main branch of the Siget dynasty, his brother, Rabbi Elya Betzalel Teitelbaum, formerly rabbi of Polien-Ruskova

Poienile de sub Munte

Poienile de sub Munte is a commune in Maramureş County, northern Romania. It is one of the oldest places in Maramureş, being mentioned for the first time in 1353. It is the biggest commune in the county and is composed of a single village, Poienile de sub Munte....

 (also called Havasmező), became the rabbi of Tetsh.

Rabbi Chaim Teitelbaum, Rabbi Elya Betzalel's son, succeeded him as Rebbe there until his death in the Holocaust.