Major Hasidic dynasties include Satmar, Chabad-Lubavitch, Breslov, Ger, Belz, and Bobov, among others. These sects often differ in their approach to religious observance, their interpretation of ...

Belz and the Stoliner. Currently, the Hasidic population in Boro Park is expanding rapidly. It is difficult to obtain accurate estimates of the Hasidic population. The Hasidim are reluctant to ...

A letter sent out by the Belz sect’s rabbinic leaders said that allowing women to drive goes against “the traditional rules of modesty in our camp.” (JTA) — The Hasidic Belz sect of ...

In an essay written shortly before her death, Faigy Mayer rejected the Belz Hasidic sect of her childhood, saying that “Hasidic Judaism shouldn’t exist at all,” and lamenting that her three ...

one Bobov (with a Satmar branch), and one Belz. Because of their proselytizing efforts, the Lubavitch (originally from Russia) are the most visible and best-known Hasidim to the non-Hasidic world.