Bnei Yoel
The Bnei Yoel are a group of Satmar Hasidim, followers of Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, who after the death of Joel Teitelbaum refused to accept the leadership of the new Grand Rabbi of Satmar, Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum a nephew of Joel Teitelbaum, as well as a leadership from any other Rebbe.[1]
They are also known as:
- "The Rebbetzin's Hasidim," referring to Joel Teitelbaum's surviving wife. (A "rebbetzin" is the title for an Orthodox rabbi's wife.)
- "kegeners," meaning those "who go against" something (in Yiddish.)
- "misnagdim," "opponents" in Yiddish, but not to be confused with the non-Hasidic movement of the misnagdim the ideological opponents of the original Hasidic movement in the 18th century.
Some members of the Bnei Yoel have taken the side of Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum in the dispute that erupted about the succession of Moshe Teitelbaum, in which brothers Aaron Teitelbaum and Zalman Leib Teitelbaum both claimed the right to become the new Rebbe.[2]
Some of the Bnei Yoel who have taken the side of Zalman Leib but did oppose Zalman's father, Moses, are often referred to the "Hasidim of Ahava Mesiteres" (Hasidim of "Hidden Love"), based on a discourse of Zalman Leib.
References
- ^ Tamar Rotem (29 August 2007). "The Aharoynim vs. the Zoylinim". Haaretz. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
- ^ "Nachal Charedi Meeting Turns into Political Mess". HasidicNews.com. 28 December 2001.