Ozharov (Hasidic dynasty)

The Ozerov Hasidic dynasty is a Hasidic Jewish dynasty founded in 1827 when Yehudah Leib Epstein, rabbi of Ożarów in Poland since 1811, assumed leadership of his Hasidim ("disciples").

Epstein was a disciple of the Seer of Lublin, Yaakov Yitzchak Rabinowicz of Prshiskhe, the Ohev Yisrael of Apt, Poland[citation needed], and Myer of Apt.

When Myer died in 1827, his hasidim (dynastic followers) asked Epstein to be their new rebbe (hereditary dynastic rabbinical leader).

He moved to Opole towards the end of his life and died in 1837.

He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Yechiel Chaim Epstein, who was succeeded by his own son, Rabbi Arye Yehuda Leib Epstein, author of the Hasidic work Birkas Tov, in 1887.