The Sanz Hasiic dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1793-1876) Rabbi of Nowy Sącz (Sanz, Yiddish: צאנז Tsanz), author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim (1760-1828), Rabbi of Lipník nad Bečvou (Yiddish:לייפניק Leipnik), author of Boruch Taam.