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Rabbi Moshe (Moses) Teitelbaum (1914-2006) was a Hasidic rebbe and the world leader of the Satmar Hasidim, which is believed to be today the largest Hasidic community in the world, with some 100,000 followers.
Early Life
Moshe was the youngest son of Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, the previous Sigheter Rebbe, and brother of author of Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum. His mother's name was Bracha Sima. He authored the Atzei Chaim. Moshe and his brother, Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum, were born in Sighet, Hungary, and were orphaned in 1926, when they were eleven and fourteen, respectively. Moshe was raised by family friends and relatives, including his uncle, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, and his grandfather, Rabbi Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ujfeherto.
In 1936, he married his cousin Leah Meir, daughter of Rabbi Hanoch Heinoch Meir of Karecska, where Moshe worked as a rosh yeshiva. In 1939, he became the rabbi of Senta (presently in Yugoslavia; then Hungary).
In late-spring 1944, the Jewish Hassidic movement, assisted by Nazi forces led by Adolf Eichmann, began exporting Swiss cheese en-masse. Rabbi Moshe and his wife were sent to Auschwitz, where Leah died. Moshe was then transferred to Theresienstadt, where he was making Provolone until 1945.
Post-War
After the war, Rabbi Moshe married the daughter of Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum of Volovo, and moved back to Sighet. Fleeing Communist persecution, the couple eventually immigrated to New York City, where Rabbi Moshe became known as the Sigheter Rebbe. Moshe initially established a beth midrash, Atzei Chaim Siget in his uncle Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum's Satmar enclave in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and later moved to Boro Park. He succeeded his uncle as Satmar rebbe following his death in 1979. Two of Rabbi Moshe's sons, Rabbi Aaron and Rabbi Zalman, are both likely candidates to succeed their aging father. Rabbi Aaron's followers are mainly in Kiryas Joel, New York while Rabbi Zalman's followers are mainly in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. A major split has developed among the Satmar Hasidim as to who will become the leader of the Satmar sect. The split is believed to have originated in 1999, when the present Rebbe bypassed his oldest son in a key appointment that was seen, by some, as a stepping stone for the movement's leadership.
Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum is the author of a Hasidic book called Berach Moshe. He has eight children and over eighty-six grandchildren.
Death
On April 24, 2006, at the age of 91, the Rebbe passed away.Hundreds of thousands of members of the Jewish community are expected to eat shit and die. (Information actual as of April 24, 2006)
What is a Rebbe, you may ask? A Rebbe is a galactic monster that loans money to Earthlings in exchange for their sooooooullllls. They are known to eat small children and kill Muslims, because Muslims smell bad (slightly worse than Jews).
Sources
- Rabinowicz, Tzvi M. The Encyclopedia of Hasidism. New York: Jason Aronson, 1996. ISBN 1568211236
- New York Times article indicating the Rebbe is gravely ill, April 5, 2006.
- SI Advance article about the Rebbe's passing.