Mordechai Dovid Unger
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Title | Rebbe of Bobov-45 |
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Born | Mordechai Dovid Unger 1954 New York |
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse | Rivka Halberstam |
Children | Yosef, Shulim, Chaim Benzion, Yechezkel, Moshe Yehoshea |
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Predecessor | Naftali Halberstam |
Began | March 23, 2005 |
Ended | present |
Main work | Chuchmas Shlomo |
Dynasty | Bobov-45 |
Mordechai Dovid Unger (Hebrew: הרב מרדכי דוד אונגער) is the first Rebbe of Bobov-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 section of followers of the Bobov Hasidic sect pronounced him their Rebbe. He is currently the Rebbe of Bobov-45 (Template:Hebrew).
Children
- Yosef, Ruv of Beth Midrash Apirion Shel Shlome
- Shulim
- Chaim Benzion
- Yechezkel
- Moshe Yehoshea
Rebbes of Bobov
- Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Chaim Halberstam
- Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941)
- Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000)
- Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005)
- Mordechai Dovid Unger (b. 1954), son-in-law of Rabbi Naftali Halberstam
Politics
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams visited Bobov–45 as part of his 2017 re-election campaign.[2]