Mordechai Dovid Unger

Mordechai Dovid Unger (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
Parents
  • Yaakov Yitzchok Unger (father)
Jewish leader
PredecessorNaftali Halberstam
BeganMarch 23, 2005
Endedpresent
Main workChuchmas Shlomo
DynastyBobov-45

Biography

Rabbi Unger was born in 1954 to Rabbi 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 section of followers of the Bobov Hasidic sect pronounced him their Rebbe. He is currently the Rebbe of Bobov-45 (אדמו"ר מבאבוב–45-‎).

Children
  • Rabbi Shulim, rosh yeshiva of bobov-45
  • Rabbi Yosef, Ruv of Beth Midrash Apirion Shel Shlome
  • Rabbi Chaim Benzion
  • Rabbi Yechezkel
  • Rabbi Moshe Yehoshea

Rebbes of Bobov
  1. Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Chaim Halberstam
  2. Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941)
  3. Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000)
  4. Rabbi Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005)

Rebbe of Bobov-45

Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger (b. 1954), son-in-law of Rabbi Naftali Halberstam & son of the Dombrover rabbi zt"l

Politics

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams visited Bobov–45 as part of his 2017 re-election campaign.[2]

See also

References
  1. Rebbes of Bobov: Ben Zion Halberstam, Mordechai Dovid Unger, Naftali Halberstam, Shlomo Halberstam. General Books. 2010. ISBN 9781157267386.
  2. "Brooklyn Boro President Eric Adams Visits Bobov-45 Rebbe in Preparation to his Upcoming Re-election". September 28, 2017.
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