Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald II
Appearance
Rabbi Yaakov Yechezkiya Grunwald | |
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Title | Pupa Rebbe |
Personal life | |
Born | Jacob Grunwald 8 Nisan, 5708 Antwerp, Belgium |
Spouse | Bracha Frieda Grunwald |
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Religious life | |
Religion | Judaism |
Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Rabbi Yosef Grunwald |
Rabbi Yaakov Yehezkiya Grunwald (born April 17, 1948) is an American rebbe, the current leader of the Pupa Hasidic group in the United States.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Antwerp, the second son of Yosef Greenwald (the last rabbi of Papa, Hungary before the Holocaust) and his second wife, Miriam Weber. When he was a child the family emigrated to the United States, where his father founded the Pupa hasidic dynasty.
He is married to Bracha Frieda.[1]
He served as a dayan (rabbinic judge) and posek of the Pupa hasidim, and on his father's death 1984 succeeded him as the Pupa rebbe.[2]
Most of his followers live in the United States (mainly the state of New York) and Canada, and a few in Israel and London.
References
[edit]- ^ https://kevarim.com/rabbi-meir-greenwald/ [bare URL]
- ^ Eli Ben, David (3 July 2013). "מונסי: בנו של האדמו"ר מפאפא הוכתר במעמד מיוחד לכהן כאב"ד הקהילה - חדשות JDN". JDN - חדשות, המגזר החרדי, כלכלה, דעות - עדכונים שוטפים מהארץ ומהעולם (in Hebrew). Retrieved 29 June 2023.