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| | JEWS IN THE 16TH CENTURY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03) |
 | | After the death of Dov Baer, the Maggid of Mezzerich, the Chasidim split into many different sects (today 120, led by dynasties named after the towns of their origins, these are; Lubavitch, Bobov, Bostoner, Belz (Belzer), Ger (Gur), Satmar, Vizhnitz, Breslov, Puppa, Bialer, Munkacz, and Rimnitz, in the USA (Espec. |
 | | Some of the different dynasties and their present state. |
 | | Owes its inspiration to its founder, Israel Friedman of Ruzhyn (1797-1851) as well as the dynasties that his six sons founded, i.e. |
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