Karlin-Stolin is a Hasidicdynasty, originating with RebbeAaron ben JacobofKarlin in present-day Belarus. 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.
The Karlin-Stoliner rebbe (also referred to as the "Stoliner Rebbe"), Boruch Meir Yaakov Shochet, resides in Givat Ze'ev.[1]
In Jerusalem some of the Karliner Hasidim wear the traditional garb of Jerusalem Haredim on Shabbat, the golden caftan. The version of the prayer book used by Karliner Hasidim is called Beis Aharon V'Yisrael. It is the second published prayer book produced by Karliner Hasidim; the first was published in New York City by the then-rebbe, Yochanan Perlow of Karlin-Stolin.
The institutional center of the dynasty in Jerusalem is located in a historic building which was formerly the home of James Finn, the 19th century British consul. Funding for the purchase of the building was provided by the Ministry of Education and local authorities. Renovations were supervised by the architect David Kroyanker. During the construction work, an ancient columbarium was discovered on the site.[2]
R' Asher (the second) Perlow of Stolin (d. 1873) - son of the above.
R' Yisrael Perlow of Stolin, "The Frankfurter" (because he is buried in Frankfurt) a.k.a. the "Yenuka of Stolin" (1868–1921), son of the above.
R' Asher Perlow of Stolin - son of Yisrael Perlow of Stolin.
R' Aaron Perlow of Warsaw - son of Yisrael Perlow of Stolin.
R' Yaakov Chaim Perlow of Stolin ("The Detroiter") (d. 1946), son of Yisrael Perlow of Stolin.
R' Moshe Perlow of Stolin (d. 1942) - son of The Frankfurter.
R' Avrohom Elimelech Perlow of Karlin (was rebbe in Israel, and went back to Europe) (killed 1942) - son of The Frankfurter.
R' Yochanan Perlow (1900–1956) of Stolin Loitzk - later the Grand Rebbe of Karlin-Stolin in America, youngest son of Yisrael Perlow of Stolin; his daughter, Feiga, and her husband Ezra Shochet were the parents of Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet.
R' Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet (born 1955), grandson of Yochanan Perlow.
