Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita ( he, הרב מרדכי דוד אונגער) is the first

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 ...

Bobov-45 Bobov (or Bobover Hasidism) ( he, חסידות באבוב, yi, בּאָבּאָװ) is a Hasidic community within Haredi Judaism, originating in Bobowa, Galicia, in southern Poland, and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in ...

Biography

Unger was born in 1954 to Yaakov Yitzchok Unger of

Dombrov Dombrov is a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Mordechai Dovid Unger (c. 1770-1846). Dombrov is the Yiddish name of Dąbrowa Tarnowska, a town in present-day Poland. Lineage Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger was the son of Tsvi Hersh, a disciple of Rabb ...

. He is the younger son-in-law of the Naftali Zvi Halberstam, the fourth Bobover Rebbe, and the second oldest grandson of Shlomo Halberstam, the third Bobover Rebbe. Following the death of his father-in-law in 2005, a dispute arose as to who would be named

Grand 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 ...

of Bovov. Some began to follow

Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam ( he, בן ציון אריה לייבוש הלברשטאם) is the current leader of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty. He was born in 1955 to the third Bobover rebbe, Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam and his second wif ...

, while others followed Unger. In the end, a

beth din A beit din ( he, בית דין, Bet Din, house of judgment, , Ashkenazic: ''beis din'', plural: batei din) is a rabbinical court of Judaism. In ancient times, it was the building block of the legal system in the Biblical Land of Israel. Today, it ...

(religious court) decided to split the two congregations, with Halberstam being declared Rebbe of Bobov () and Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita Grand Rabbi of

(). Although many leading Jewish Torah scholars, such as the late Rav Wosner and the late Rav Roth, fundamentally disagreed with the ruling, Rabbi Unger agreed to the ruling for the sake of peace.

Rebbes of Bobov

Bobov

# Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe,

Chaim Halberstam Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793–1876) ( he, חיים הלברשטאם מצאנז), known as the ''Divrei Chaim'' after his sefer (works), was the rabbi of Sanz ( pl, Nowy Sącz), a famous Hasidic Rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic dyn ...

Ben Zion Halberstam Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941) was the second Bobover Rebbe. He was murdered by the Nazis in 1941. Biography Halberstam was born in Bikofsk in 1874. His father was Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905), the first Rebbe of Bobov, and a scion of t ...

(1874–1941) # Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000) #

Naftali Halberstam Naftali Tzvi Halberstam ( he, ר' נפתלי צבי הלברשטאם) (1931–2005) was the Grand Rebbe of Bobov from August 2000 until March 2005. He succeeded his father, Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000), as Grand Rebbe of Bobov. Early life Na ...

(1931–2005) #

(b. 1955) :* Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita (b. 1954)

Politics

Brooklyn Borough President

Eric Adams Eric Leroy Adams (born September 1, 1960) is an American politician and retired police captain serving as the 110th mayor of New York City since January 1, 2022. Adams was an officer in the New York City Transit Police and then the New York C ...

visited Bobov–45 as part of his 2017 re-election campaign.

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Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita {{DEFAULTSORT:Unger, Mordechai Dovid 1954 births Living people American Hasidic rabbis Rebbes of Bobov Rabbis from New York (state) People from Borough Park, Brooklyn Descendants of the Baal Shem Tov

Biography

Rebbes of Bobov

Bobov

Politics

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