Rabbi Yaakov Yehezkiya Grunwald (born April 17, 1948) is an American rebbe, the current leader of the Pupa Hasidic group in the United States.
Rabbi Yaakov Yechezkiya Grunwald | |
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![]() Pupa Rebbe leading a Tish in Kiryas Pupa | |
Title | Pupa Rebbe |
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Born | Jacob Grunwald 8 Nisan, 5708 Antwerp, Belgium |
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse | Bracha Frieda Grunwald |
Parents |
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Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Rabbi Yosef Grunwald |
Dynasty | Pupa |
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.
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