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Boston is a Hasidic sect, named after Boston, Massachusetts. The Bostoner Rebbe is currently Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz. The community is headquartered in the city of Brookline and has their central synagogue, Beis Pinchas, on Beacon Street. He spends the summer in the Har Nof section of Jerusalem, Israel.
Outline of Bostoner Lineage
- Grand Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz (1876-1941) first Bostoner Rebbe
- Grand Rabbi Moshe Horowitz (d. 1981) Bostoner Rebbe of New York and son of Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz.
- Grand Rabbi Avraham Horowitz, Present Bostoner Rebbe of Boro Park
- Grand Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz, Present Bostoner Rebbe of Flatbush
- Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, Present Bostoner Rebbe and son of Rabbi Pinchas David
Origins
Grand Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz, the first Bostoner Rebbe, a scion of the Nikolsburg dynasty, first arrived in Boston in 1915 from Palestine via Europe. Shortly after his arrival, Rabbi Pinchas David was coronated Rebbe by the residents of Boston. In 1939, the Bostoner Rebbe moved to Brooklyn, 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 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, his son Reb Avraham 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, Lawrence, Monsey and Beitar Illit in E. Israel, the congregation of the Rebbe's eldest grandson, Rabbi Moshe Shimon Horowitz.
ROFEH - Reaching Out Furnishing Emergency Healthcare
One of the most exceptional of the Rebbe's achievements is Project ROFEH, the New England Chassidic Center's organization dedicated to providing Medical Referral and Support Services to those in need of help. Boston is home to some of the world's finest medical facilities that are sought out by people throughout the world. ROFEH assists the sick and their families with referrals to expert physicians, hospitality & a furnished apartment if a hospital stay in Boston is required. More than the physical though, ROFEH provides a shoulder to lean on for people in time of need. Skillfully managed by the Rebbe's son Rabbi Naftali Horowitz, ROFEH epitomizes the devotion of the Rebbe and his son to others.
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