Mordechai Dovid Unger

Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita (Hebrew: הרב מרדכי דוד אונגער) is the first Rebbe of Bobov-45.

Mordechai Dovid Unger
TitleRebbe of Bobov-45
Personal
Born
Mordechai Dovid Unger

1954
New York
ReligionJudaism
NationalityAmerican
SpouseRivka Halberstam
ChildrenYosef, Shulim, Chaim Benzion, Yechezkel, Moshe Yehoshea
Parent
  • Yaakov Yitzchok Unger (father)
Jewish leader
PredecessorNaftali Halberstam
BeganMarch 23, 2005
Endedpresent
Main workChuchmas Shlomo, Sheira D'bei Rav
DynastyBobov-45

Biography

Unger was born in 1954 to Yaakov Yitzchok Unger of Dombrov.[1] 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 of Bovov. Some began to follow Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, while others followed Unger. In the end, a beth din (religious court) decided to split the two congregations, with Halberstam being declared Rebbe of Bobov (אדמו"ר מבאבוב) and Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita Grand Rabbi of Bobov-45 (אדמו"ר מבאבוב-45). 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.[2]

Rebbes of Bobov

Bobov
  1. Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Chaim Halberstam
  2. Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941)
  3. Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000)
  4. Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005)
  5. Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (b. 1955)
  • Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita (b. 1954)

Politics

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams visited Bobov–45 as part of his 2017 re-election campaign.[3]

See also

References
  1. Rebbes of Bobov: Ben Zion Halberstam, Mordechai Dovid Unger, Naftali Halberstam, Shlomo Halberstam. General Books. 2010. ISBN 9781157267386.
  2. (October 26, 2017) "Watch: Bobov-45 Rebbe Dances at Wedding", Arutz 7. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
  3. "Brooklyn Boro President Eric Adams Visits Bobov-45 Rebbe in Preparation to his Upcoming Re-election". September 28, 2017.

Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita

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