Boyan (Hasidic dynasty)
Home of the first Boyaner Rebbe, the Pachad Yitzchok, in Boyan | |
| Founder | |
|---|---|
| Rabbi Yitzchok Friedman | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Israel, United States, United Kingdom, Belgium, Australia, Canada | |
| Religions | |
| Hasidic Judaism |
Boyan (Yiddish: באיאן) is a Hasidic dynasty named after the town of Boiany in the historic region of Bukovina, now in Ukraine. The Hasidut is headquartered in Jerusalem, with communities in Beitar Ilit, Bnei Brak, Manchester, Australia, Beit Shemesh, London, Antwerp, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Monsey, Lakewood, and Atlanta . Boyan is one of the branches of the Ruzhiner dynasty, together with Bohush, Chortkov, Husiatyn, Sadigura, Kapishnitz, Vaslui and Shtefanesht.