Rabbi Yaakov Yehezkiya Greenwald of Pupa Surroundad with Talmidim

Greenwald Vayaged Yaakov cutting wheat for Pesach

Ya'akov Yechezkiya Greenwald (

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: יעקב יחזקי' גרינוואלד.

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: Jakab Grünwald. Also called the "Vayaged Ya'akov", 1882 – c. 1 March 1941 (2 Adar 5701)) was the

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of the Etz Chaim community in Pápa, Hungary, and the '' rosh yeshiva'' there. He was the predecessor of the Pupa Hasidic dynasty.

Early life

Greenwald was born in

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Moshe Grunwald Moshe Greenwald (1853–1910), also spelled Grunwald, a rabbi in Hungary at the end of the 19th century. He was the rabbi of Khust, Chust, Hungary and progenitor of the Pupa (Hasidic dynasty), Pupa Hasidic dynasty through his son Yaakov Yechezkiy ...

, rabbi and '' rosh yeshiva'' of

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, and studied under his father until his marriage in 1900 to his cousin Sara Rivkah Brown.

Career

In 1906 Greenwald was appointed rabbi of Likov. In 1912 he was appointed rabbi of Deutschkreutz, replacing his uncle Eliezer David Greenwald. In 1924 he became rabbi of

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and headed a

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in the city. In 1929, he became rabbi of

Pápa Pápa is a historical town in Veszprém county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, and noted for its baroque architecture. With its 32,473 inhabitants (2011), it is the cultural, economic and tourism centre of the re ...

, Hungary. He established a

there which soon numbered 300 students, and became one of the largest and most important Hungarian yeshivas. Greenwald was a

Belz Belz ( uk, Белз; pl, Bełz; yi, בעלז ') is a small city in Lviv Oblast of Western Ukraine, near the border with Poland, located between the Solokiya river (a tributary of the Bug River) and the Richytsia stream. Belz hosts the adminis ...

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and sent many of his disciples to Belz.

Death and succession

Greenwald died in 1941 and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Pápa, where he was succeeded by his son,

Yosef Greenwald Yosef Greenwald ( he, יוסף גרינוואלד 1903 – Brooklyn 1984) was the second Rebbe of the Pupa Hasidic dynasty, and the charismatic leader of all the Pupa Hasidim. Prior to World War II, he was a rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Pápa, Hun ...

, as Rabbi of the Etz Chaim community in Pápa and as ''rosh yeshiva''. His successors as rebbe include his son

and Yosef's son Ya'akov Yehezkiya Greenwald II.

Students

* Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann, rabbi of the

community in

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, member of the

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on behalf of

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External links

Manuscript – Speech for the Blowing of the Shofar from the Holy Admor R’ Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald Aba”d Zelem and Papa

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greenwald, Yaakov Yehezkiya Greenwald family Hungarian Hasidic rabbis People from Pápa 1882 births 1941 deaths