Novominsk_(Hasidic_dynasty)
Novominsk
Polish Hasidic dynasty
Novominsk is a Hasidic dynasty, originating in Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland, and now based in the United States.[1] It also runs a yeshiva known as Yeshivas Novominsk - Kol Yehuda, currently led by Rabbi Yosef Mermelstein.[2]
From 1976 until his death in 2020, it was led by its Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Yaakov Perlow,[3] who served as Rosh Agudas Yisroel in America:[4] The spiritual head of Agudath Israel of America,[5] and was also a member of its Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah ("Council of Torah Sages").[6][7] He was succeeded by his sons, Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Perlow, and Grand Rabbi Yisrael Perlow, as the new Novominsker Rebbes.