Komarno (Hasidism)

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Rabbi Burech Safrin, the last in Komarno, was murdered in the Holocaust.
Rabbi Chaim Ya'akov safrin of Komorna, father of the post-Holocaust dynasty

Komarno or Komarne is a Hasidic movement. Until the Shoah, the origin and center of the movement was the small western Ukrainian town of Komarno , from whose Yiddish name the name is derived. Today the movement has small centers in Israel and the United States . The movement is characterized by an emphasis on the study of Kabbalah and the Zohar .

Dynasty of rabbis

  • Rabbi Aleksander Eichenschtein
  • Son of Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Yechiel Safrin (He changed his name after his grandfather from Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac, who came from the village of Safrin.)
  • Son of Rabbi Eliezer Zvi Safrin
  • Son of Rabbi Yakov Moshe Safrin
  • Son of Rabbi Shulom Safrin
  • Son of Rabbi Burech Safrin (the last rabbi in the city itself)
  • Son of Rabbi Eliezer Zvi, Rabbi Avram Mordechy Safrin (He lived in Borislav.)
  • Son of Rabbi Chaim Yakoov Safrin, father of the post-Holocaust dynasty