I. Genealogy of the Kinever Rebbe1
The current Kinever Rebbe R. Abraham is the son of R. Jacob Joseph who first settled in Kineve and thereby founded the Kinever-Ostroher dynasty.
R. Jacob Joseph led a following from when he was thirty years old. He was raised by the elder Skverer – R. Isaac. R. Jacob Joseph’s wife’s name was Sarah Sosia and she was the daughter of a wealthy man, R. Hirsh Leib Shapira – a nice respectable Jew to whom both the Ruzhiner and the Chernobyler wrote nice letters. She passed away on the forty-eighth day of sefirah counting and was forty-eight years old. They said about her forty-eight praises. They called her mother Sarah – they considered her such a saint.
The Skverer said about R. Jacob Joseph – “Have a look – Hasidim – how a child grows up without a father.” When he was thirty years old a group of Jews came from Kineve and asked him to settle in their town. They even said that Kineve ascribes itself to the Rebbe and the Rebbe ascribes himself to Ostroh from whence he originates.
- Jacob Joseph passed away in Warsaw at the age of seventy-two – eighteenth of Shvat [5]682.
The Kinever says that his father R. Jacob Joseph had followers almost all of whom were God-fearing and perfect, of good character and scholars. R. Jacob Joseph put in great effort to impart unity in the world and he only wished that among his followers there should be unity – not to make any differentiation between the rich and poor.
R. Alter – the Konstantiner Rabbi – a world-renowned scholar – was one of his followers.
R. Jacob Joseph had a brother, R. Isaac Isack who was a rebbe in Ostroh. He was forty when he passed away. His children were householders.
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The Kinever’s grandfather, R. Abraham was a rebbe in Ostroh. He passed away on Simhat Torah [5]626 at the age of forty-seven. He is buried in Ostroh. His wife Odel was R. Isack’s daughter. R. Isack Was R. Nahman Breslaver’s son-in-law.
- Re: the following, see https://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3927&sid=34cf8b724d49fcefe69cc30daf0fd0ec
