 Three years later, his brother Avrohom died without offspring and he performed Halizah and succeeded his brother as leader of the Prohobisht Hasidim.After living first in Prohobisht and then in Skvyra, Friedman settled in Ruzhyn, where he achieved the reputation of a great holy man and attracted thousands of followers, making the Ruzhin dynasty "the largest and most influential Hasidic community in the southwestern districts of the Pale of Settlement".His leadership also promoted widespread acceptance of the Hasidic movement, allowing Hasidism to flourish in Ukraine and Volhynia without opposition for the next hundred years.