Nachum Dov Brayer
| Nachum Dov Brayer | |
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| Boyaner Rebbe | |
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| Term | 1984–present |
| Full name | Nachum Dov Brayer |
| Born |
April 15, 1959 New York City |
| Predecessor | Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo Friedman |
| Father | Rabbi Menachem Mendel Brayer |
| Mother | Malka Friedman |
| Wife | Shoshana Bluma Reizel Heschel |
| Children | Yosef Chaya Mordechai Shlomo Chava Sara Bracha Avraham Yehoshua Heschel Yitzchak Meir |
Nachum Dov Brayer (born 15 April 1959) is the Rebbe of the Boyan Hasidic dynasty. He is the grandson of the former Boyaner Rebbe of New York, Rabbi Mordechai Shlomo Friedman, who died when he was 11 years old. On Hanukkah 1984, at the age of 25, he was crowned Boyaner Rebbe. He lives in Jerusalem.
The Rebbe's father, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Brayer (1922–2007), was a Modern Orthodox academic researcher, student psychologist, and lecturer in Bible, education, and Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University. His mother, Malka (1923–31 August 2012), was the only daughter of the Boyaner Rebbe of New York. On his mother's side, Nachum Dov is the great-grandson of the founder of Boyaner Hasidut, Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman (also known as the Pachad Yitzchok), the great-great-grandson of the first Sadigura Rebbe, Rabbi Avrohom Yaakov Friedman, and the great-great-great-grandson of the founder of Ruzhiner Hasidut, Rabbi Yisroel of Ruzhin. He has a brother, Yigal Yisroel Avrohom, and a sister, Nechama Chaya, wife of Rabbi Gedalyah Block.
When the Boyaner Rebbe of New York died of a stroke on 2 March 1971, the Boyaner Hasidim were left leaderless. They asked the Rebbe's eldest son, Yisroel, to become the next Rebbe, but he declined. The Hasidim then asked the Rebbe's daughter Malka and her husband, Rabbi Dr. Brayer, to offer one of their two young sons for the leadership. The eldest, Yigal, who was studying to be an aerospace engineer, was suggested and then rejected. The lot fell to the younger son, Nachum Dov, who originally studied at Yeshiva Chasan Sofer in Brooklyn then enrolled at the Ruzhiner Yeshiva in Jerusalem to prepare himself for the task.
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