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Grand Rabbi Shlomo of Zvill-Jerusalem
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Grand Rabbi Shlomo of Zvill-Jerusalem

Grand Rabbi Gedaliah Moshe of Zvill-Jerusalem
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Grand Rabbi Gedaliah Moshe of Zvill-Jerusalem

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Grand Rabbi Avraham Goldman, the present Zviller Rebbe of Jerusalem
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Grand Rabbi Avraham Goldman, the present Zviller Rebbe of Jerusalem

Grand Rabbi Shlomo Goldman, the present Zviller Rebbe of Union City, NJ
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Grand Rabbi Shlomo Goldman, the present Zviller Rebbe of Union City, NJ

Zvill(Zvyahel) is a Hasidic dynasty originating with Rabbi Moshe of Zvill, the son of Rabbi Yechiel Michael, the Magid (Preacher) of Zlotchov. Rabbi Moshe passed away in 1831 and was succeeded by his son Rabbi Mordechai. The original town of Zvyahel is located today in the Ukraine and is known as Novograd Volynski. The custom to call themselves Zvil instead of Zvyahel can be attributed to several reasons:1)similarity between Zvill and Zvul-one of the holy Temple names,2)a matter of difficulty to write the Ukrainian word Zvyahel in English, or Hebrew.

Today there are three Zviller Rebbes, one in Jerusalem, one in Union City, NJ, and one in Boston, MA. However the Zviller Rebbe of Boston is not well respected in Haredi circles.

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