The Bnei Yoel (Sons of Joel) are a group of
Satmar
Satmar (Yiddish: סאַטמאַר, Hebrew: סאטמר) is a Hasidic group founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania). The group is an offshoot of the Sighet Hasidic dynasty ...
Hasidim
Ḥasīd ( he, חסיד, "pious", "saintly", "godly man"; plural "Hasidim") is a Jewish honorific, frequently used as a term of exceptional respect in the Talmudic and early medieval periods. It denotes a person who is scrupulous in his observ ...
, who, after the death of
Joel Teitelbaum
Joel Teitelbaum ( yi, יואל טייטלבוים, translit=Yoyl Teytlboym, ; 13 January 1887 – 19 August 1979) was the founder and first Grand Rebbe of the Satmar dynasty.
A major figure in the post-war renaissance of Hasidism, he espoused a ...
, refused to accept the leadership of the new Grand Rabbi of Satmar, Rebbe
Moshe Teitelbaum, and instead decided to remain followers of Rabbi Joel.
They are also known as:
*"The Rebbetzin's Hasidim", referring to Joel Teitelbaum's surviving wife,
Alte Feiga Teitelbaum (1912-2001). (A "
rebbetzin
Rebbetzin ( yi, רביצין) or Rabbanit ( he, רַבָּנִית) is the title used for the wife of a rabbi—typically among Orthodox, Haredi, and Hasidic Jews—or for a female Torah scholar or teacher.
Etymology
The Yiddish word h ...
" is the title for an
Orthodox
Orthodox, Orthodoxy, or Orthodoxism may refer to:
Religion
* Orthodoxy, adherence to accepted norms, more specifically adherence to creeds, especially within Christianity and Judaism, but also less commonly in non-Abrahamic religions like Neo-pa ...
rabbi
A rabbi () is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi – known as ''semikha'' – following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of ...
's wife.)
*"''keygeners''", meaning those "who go against" something (in
Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...
.)
*"''misnagdim''," "opponents" in Yiddish, but not to be confused with the non-Hasidic movement of the
misnagdim, the ideological opponents of the original Hasidic movement in the 18th century.
Some members of the Bnei Yoel have taken the side of Rabbi
Zalman Leib Teitelbaum
Yekusiel Yehuda III Teitelbaum, known by the Yiddish colloquial name Rav Zalman Leib (born 23 December 1951),Arye Ehrlich. Malkhut shel Khesed'. Mishpacha, 13 December 2012 (p. 28). is one of two Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the son of Grand Ra ...
in the dispute that erupted about the succession of Moshe Teitelbaum, in which brothers
Aaron Teitelbaum
Aaron Teitelbaum (born 20 October 1947) is one of the two Grand ''Rebbe''s of Satmar, and the chief rabbi of the Satmar community in Kiryas Joel, New York.
Background
Aaron Teitelbaum is the oldest son of the late Grand Rabbi of Satmar Moshe ...
and Zalman Leib Teitelbaum both claimed the right to become the new Rebbe.
Some of the Bnei Yoel who have taken the side of Zalman Leib, but opposed Zalman's father, Moses, are often referred to as the "Hasidim of ''Ahava Nesiteres''" (Hasidim of "Hidden Love"), based on a discourse of Zalman Leib.
References
External links
Jewish Women's Archive encyclopedia article on Rebbetzin Teitelbaum
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Satmar (Hasidic dynasty) members