Lechovitch (Yiddish: לעכוויטש) is a Lithuanian Hasidic dynasty, originating from the city of Lyakhavichy, Belarus, where it was founded by Rabbi Mordechai Jaffe (ca.
The Slonim, Koidanov, and Kobrin dynasties derive from Lechovitch Hasidism.
[1][2] After Shlomo HaLevi's death in 1792, Jaffe succeeded him as rebbe.
Following Jaffe's death in 1810 he was succeeded by his son, Noach Jaffe [he], who was the Lechovitcher rebbe until his death in 1832 after which the community split between the followers of his son-in-law Mordechai Malovitzky and his nephew and student Shlomo Chaim Perlow, who founded the Koidanov Hasidic dynasty.
His uncle, Pinchas Betzalel was the son-in-law of the Slonimer rebbe, Shmuel Weinberg, and established a branch of Lechovitch Hasidism in the United States and was succeeded by his grandson, Yehoshua Malovitzky (1923 - 1987).