Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar ( yi, קהל יטב לב ד'סאטמאר) is a large
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 dynast ...
Hasidic
Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...
synagogue
A synagogue, ', 'house of assembly', or ', "house of prayer"; Yiddish: ''shul'', Ladino: or ' (from synagogue); or ', "community". sometimes referred to as shul, and interchangeably used with the word temple, is a Jewish house of worshi ...
located at Rodney Street in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Williamsburg is a Neighborhoods in Brooklyn, neighborhood in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Bedford–Stuyvesant to the s ...
. It was constructed to replace the previous main Satmar synagogue on Bedford Avenue, which could no longer accommodate its growing membership. It is now the main synagogue for followers of
Zalman 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 ...
, son of the deceased Satmar ''
rebbe
A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...
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Moshe Teitelbaum Moshe Teitelbaum may refer to:
* Moshe Teitelbaum (Ujhel) (1759–1841), Hasidic Rebbe
* Moshe Teitelbaum (Satmar)
Moshe (Moses) Teitelbaum (Yiddish: משה טײטלבױם; November 1, 1914 – April 24, 2006) was a Hasidic rebbe and the w ...
.
The monument of the Sigeter Rebbe,
Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum (1808–1883), spells ''Yetev'' with two
yuds, whereas the Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar on Rodney Street spells ''Yetev'' with only one.
["Kehal Yetev Lev D'Satmar"; see :File:KehalYetevLev.jpg]
See also
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Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Hooper Street, Brooklyn)
Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar is a large Hasidic synagogue located at Kent Avenue and Hooper Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Its building was constructed in 2006 by followers of Aaron Teitelbaum, as a result of a feud with followers of Zalm ...
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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 ver ...
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Hasidic Judaism in New York City
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Orthodox synagogues in New York City
Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)
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