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==Origins==
Grand Rabbi Pinchas DovidDavid Horowitz, the Firstfirst Bostoner Rebbe, a [[scion]] of the [[Nikolsburg]] [[List of Hasidic dynasties|dynasty]], first arrived in Boston in [[1915]] from [[Palestine]] via [[Europe]]. Shortly after his arrival, Rabbi Pinchas DovidDavid was coronated Rebbe by the residents of Boston. In [[1939]], the Bostoner Rebbe moved to [[Brooklyn]], NY and opened the Bostoner [[Bais Medrash]] of [[Williamsburg]]. After his death in [[1941]], his son Rav Moshe succeeded him. In [[1943]], Rav Levi Yitzchak became another Bostoner Rebbe and moved back to Boston and built the [[New England Chassidic Center]].
The Bostoner Rebbe of Brooklyn, (Rav Moshe), was instrumental in the early development of [[Yeshiva Torah Vodath]], active in the leadership of [[Agudath Israel of America]], and in [[Vaad Hatzolah]]. He later founded the Bostoner Bais Medrash of [[Crown Heights]] and the Bostoner Bais Medrash of [[Boro Park]]. In [[1981]], upon the passing of Reb Moshe, z"tl, his son, Reb AvrohomAvraham Horowitz succeeded his father as the Bostoner Rebbe of Boro Park. Reb Avrohom's younger brother, Reb Pinchas David, founded [[Yeshiva Darchei Noam]] and brought Bostoner Chassidus to his new Bais Medrash in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
The Bostoner Rebbe of Boston, Massachusetts and Har Nof, Jerusalem, E. Israel, Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, became very popular and is more commonly considered "The Bostoner Rebbe"
There are also Bostoner communities in the Boro Park and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn NY, [[Lawrence, NYNew York|Lawrence]], [[Monsey, NYNew York|Monsey]] and Beitar Illit in E. Israel, the congregation of the Rebbe's eldest grandson, [[Rabbi Moshe Shimon Horowitz]].
[[Image:Mvc-223f.jpg|thumb|The Bostoner Rebbe preparing to pray in the Boston synagogue in Beitar Illit]]
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