Boyan (Hasidic dynasty)

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,^[1] Bnei Brak, Manchester, Australia, Beit Shemesh, London, Antwerp, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Monsey, Lakewood, and Atlanta ^{[citation needed]}. Boyan is one of the branches of the Ruzhiner dynasty, together with Bohush, Chortkov, Husiatyn, Sadigura, Kapishnitz, Vaslui and Shtefanesht.