Background
He acceded to the position of Rebbe following the sudden death of his father, Rabbi Menachem Shlomo Bornsztain, the fifth Rebbe of Sochatchov, in a traffic accident in Jerusalem.
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Shmuel Bornsztain
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He was only eight years old at the time of the accident. The Rebbe leads the Sochatchover dynasty from the Bayit VeGan neighborhood of Jerusalem, where the Sochatchov yeshiva, Yeshivat Avnei Nezer, is located. Avrohom Bornsztain, the Avnei Nezer (1838–1910)
Shmuel Bornsztain, the Shem Mishmuel (1856–1926)
Dovid Bornsztain (1876–1942)
Chanoch Henoch Bornsztain (d 1965)
Menachem Shlomo Bornsztain (1934–1969)
Shmuel Bornsztain (b 1961).
