Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald II

Rabbi Yaakov Yechezkiya Grunwald
Rabbi Yaakov Yechezkiya Grunwald
	Pupa Rebbe leading a Tish in Kiryas Pupa
Title	Pupa Rebbe
Personal
Born	Jacob Grunwald; 8 Nisan, 5708; Antwerp, Belgium
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Bracha Frieda Grunwald
Parents	Rabbi Yosef Grunwald (father); Miriam Weber (mother);
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Rabbi Yosef Grunwald
Dynasty	Pupa

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

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

^ 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.

[1] ttps://kevarim.com/rabbi-meir-greenwald/ ^{[bare URL]}

[2] 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.

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