Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak Neumann or Neimann (1920, Pápa, Hungary – 2007,

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), also known as "Pupa Rav," was the

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of Montreal's

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from 1953 until his death in 2007.

Life

Neumann was born in Pápa, Hungary. His father Yosef ben Benzion Neuman was also a rabbi.

Rabbinical career

After surviving the

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, in which his wife and only son, Nuchem, was killed, Neumann served as head of the remaining Hungarian Pápa community (abt. 1948), from which he gained the title, Puper Rav. He then emigrated to

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and then in 1953 to

where there was a

er community. He died in 2007, at the age of 87 without children.

Sources

* Bauer, Julien, “Les communautés hassidiques de Montréal.” Dans P. Anctil et I. Robinson (dir.), Les communautés juives de Montréal, Sillery, Septentrion, 2011, p. 216-233. * Gutwirth, Jacques. "Hassidism and Urban Life." Jewish Journal of Sociology 38, 1996, p. 107-15. * Gutwirth, Jacques. "The Structure of a Hassidic Community in Montreal." The Jewish Journal of Sociology 14, 1972, p. 43-62. * Lapidus, Steven
"The Forgotten Hassidim: Rabbis and Rebbes in Prewar Canada."
Canadian Jewish Studies Journal/Revue d’études juives canadiennes, vol. 12, 2004, p. 1-30. * Shaffir, William. "Chassidic Communities in Montreal." The Canadian Jewish Mosaic. Eds. Morton Weinfeld,

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, William Shaffir ed.

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, Ont.: J. Wiley & Sons Canada, 1981, p. 273-86. Print. * Tannenbaum, Gershon
"Rabbi Koppelman Visits Australia."
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: Americas Largest Independent Jewish Weekly''. Web. 01 Nov. 2010. *Besser, Yisroel. "Posek, Father, Friend" in Mishpacha Magezine: issue 145 February 2007

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Neumann, Yaakov Yitzhak People from Pápa 2007 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Australian Orthodox rabbis Canadian Hasidic rabbis Canadian people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Holocaust survivors Hungarian emigrants to Canada Hungarian expatriates in Australia Hungarian Orthodox rabbis People from Montreal Belz (Hasidic dynasty) 1920 births