Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)
# Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)

Dombrov is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger (c. 1770-1846). Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a town in present-day Poland.

## Lineage

Unger was the son of Tsvi Hersh, a disciple of Elimelech of Lizhensk and Avrohom Yehosua Heshel of Apt. He studied under the Kozhnitzer Magid.

### Rebbes of the Unger Family

* Mordechai Dovid Unger of Dombrov
   * Yosef of Dombrov—son of Morechai Dovid
      * Yisroel Elimelech Unger of Zhabno—son of Yosef
         * Mordechai David Unger of Tsanz—son of Yisroel Elimelech
            * Ben Zion Unger of Tsanz—son of Mordechai Davi, son-in-law of Rabbi Sholom Reinman of the Narol hasidic dynasty
               * Yaakov Yitzchak Unger, Dombrover rebbe in America—son of Ben Zion
                  * Ben Zion Unger, present Dombrover Rebbe of Boro Park
                  * Mordechai David Unger of Bobov-45

**Another section of the family**

   * Menachem Mendel Unger of Dombrov-Stobnitz son of Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov
      * Yisro§el of Dombrov-Stobnitz son of Menachem Mendel
         * Meir Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov-Stobnitz son of Yisroel
            * Yerachmiel of Dombrov-Stobnitz son of Meir Mordechai and son-in-law of Chaim Yaakov, Safrin rebb of Komarno
               * Yisroel Unger of Dombrov-Stobnitz son of Yerachmiel (in Boro Park)

### Rebbes of the Rubin Family

      * Meir Rubin of Glogov-Dombrova, son-in-law of Yosef of Dombrova
         * Chaim Yechiel Rubin of Dombrova, son of Meir
            * Yissachar Berish Rubin of Dombrova. Rebbe in Berlin, and later in Washington Heights, New York.
               * Esriel Rubin of Dombrova, son in law of Yisachar Ber Shapiro of the Nadvorna dynasty
                  * Naftoli Tzvi Rubin of Dombrova-Monsey, son of Esriel

The Satmar rebbe is a descendant of the Dombrov dynasty.

### Ostrov-Kalushin

   * Grand Rabbi of Kaloshin R' Avraham Elchanan Unger - son of Rabbi Mordechai Dovid of Dombrov and son-in-law of Rabbi Klonimus Kalman Szternfeld (Horowitz) of Paritzk.
      * Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak Unger of Kalushin - son of R' Avraham Elchanan
         * Grand Rabbi of Ostrov-Kalushin Rabbi Naftali Aryeh Spiegel - son-in-law of R' Yaakov Yitzchok
            * Grand Rabbi Pinchas Eliyahu Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin - son of Naftali Aryeh
               * Grand Rabbi Moshe Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin (Long Beach) - son of Pinchas Eliyahu
               * Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin (Boro Park) - son of Pinchas Eliyahu
               * Grand Rabbi Dovid Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin (Cedarhurst) - son of Pinchas Eliyahu
            * Grand Rabbi Elchonon Yochanon Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin - son of Naftali Aryeh
            * Grand Rabbi Moshe Menachem Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin - son of Naftali Aryeh
* Rebbe Chaim Yechiel of Dombrova, son of Grand Rebbe Meir of Glogov
* Dombrover Rebbe of Monsey with the Nadvorna Rebbe of Bnei Brak
* Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger, a scion of the Dombrov dynasty
* Seated: Grand Rabbi Naftali Aryeh Spiegel of Ostrov-Kalushin. Back (l-r) Rabbis Elchonon Yochanan, Pinchas Eliyahu, and Moshe Menachem Spiegel.
