Karlin-Stolin (Hasidic dynasty)

Karlin-Stolin Hasidic Dynasty

Karlin-Stolin synagogue, Tiberias
Total population
2,200 families[1]
Founder
Rabbi Aaron ben Jacob of Karlin
Regions with significant populations
Israel, United States, Russia, England, Mexico, Ukraine
Religions
Hasidic Judaism

Karlin-Stolin is a Hasidic dynasty, originating with Rebbe Aaron ben Jacob of Karlin in present-day Belarus, and later expanded to nearby Stolin. One of the first centres of Hasidim to be set up in Lithuania, many Lithuanian Hasidic groups are its offshoots. After the murder of many of its followers by Nazi Germany in the Holocaust, the dynasty continued to exist with followers in Israel, the United States, Russia, England, Mexico, and Ukraine.