The progenitor of the dynasty was Rabbi Ya'akov Horowitz, the son of Rabbi Naftali Zvi Horowitz of Ropshitz.
Grand Rabbi Naftali Asher Yeshayahu Moscowitz is the current Melitzer Rebbe of Ashdod, Israel and author of the Peiros Hailan halachic discourses on the laws of Chol HaMoed and the Nefesh Chaya a commentary and linear interpretation of the Book of Psalms.
His saintly grandfathers also include the Baal Shem Tov, The Degel Machane Ephraim, The Noam Elimelech, Rebbe Meir of Premishlan, Rebbe Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz, and other well-known tzaddikim.
[22] Grand Rabbi Moscowitz is married to Mrs. Shaindel Kahana Stern of London, daughter of an understudy of the Shotzer Rov of London, the Melitzer rebbe's grandfather.
[23] In 1996, Rabbi Lazer Brody who is a Melitzer Chosid, became the understudy of The Melitzer Rebbe, a position he kept for two years.