Mordechai Dovid Unger

Mordechai Dovid Unger
Bobover Rebbe (disputed)
Term	23 March 2005 – present
Full name	Mordechai Dovid Unger
Born	1954 New York
Predecessor	Naftali Halberstam
Father	Yaakov Yitzchok Unger
Wife	Rivka Halberstam

Status is disputed with Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam of Bobov

Mordechai Dovid Unger (מרדכי דוד אונגער), disputed Grand Rabbi of the Bobov Hasidic movement, was born in 1954 to Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchok Unger of Dombrov. He is a son-in-law of the late Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam of Bobov, the fourth Bobover Rebbe. Rabbi Mordechai Dovid is regarded by many as the Bobover Rebbe ( כ"ק אדמו"ר מבאבוב, שליט"א ).

Following the death of his father-in-law Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam in 2005, a dispute arose as to who should succeed him as Bobover Rebbe. Many claim the title for his son-in-law, Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger, while many others claim the title for his younger brother Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam. A Beth Din is currently deciding this issue among other issues of the Bobover dispute.

In the house of the late Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam, before his funeral took place, his sons-in-law Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger and Rabbi Yehoshua Rubin were both crowned as his successors. This was announced in the presence of the lay president of Bobov Rabbi Moshe Meir Einhorn. Decisions on how to divide the leadership was left to be decided among themselves. On the next day the coronation of Rabbi Mordechai David Unger as Rebbe (אדמו"ר מבאבוב) and Rabbi Yehoshua Rubin as Ruv (אבד"ק באבוב) took place in the Beis Yaakov building on 45th Street in Borough Park. Its current Beth Midrash for Shabbos is located there and is referred to as "Bobov 45". Its temporary headquarters and weekdays synagogue is on 49th Street and 14th Avenue, in the former Beth Yaakov (Balkany) building.

Rebbes of Bobov

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

Disputed:

5. Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger (b. 1954) son-in-law of Rabbi Naftali Halberstam

5. Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (b. 1955) son of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam

See also

• Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1793–1896)
• Bobowa (in Poland)
• Borough Park, Brooklyn
• Belz (Hasidic dynasty)
• Satmar succession feud
• Dombrov (Hasidic dynasty)
• Klausenburg (Hasidic dynasty)
• Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)
• Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

External links

• Mitzvah Tantz in Bobov, of Rabbi Mordche Duvid Unger
• Mitzvah Tantz in Bobov, of Rabbi Mordche Duvid Unger
• Mitzvah Tantz (with the Choson) in Bobov, of Rabbi Mordche Duvid Unger
• Mitzvah Tantz in Bobov, of Rabbi Mordche Duvid Unger
• Sheva Broches in Bobov, of Rabbi Mordche Duvid Unger
• Sheva Broches (with the Ruv, Rabbi Yehoshua Rubin) in Bobov, of Rabbi Mordche Duvid Unger
• Wedding of Bobover Ruv's, Rabbi Yehoshua Rubin's daughter
• Wedding of Bobover Ruv's daughter (the Ruv and the Rebbe dancing Rebbe Elimelech's dance)
• Wedding of Bobover Ruv's daughter (the Ruv dancing with the Rebbe together with the Pupa'r Dayen)
• Wedding of Bobover Ruv's daughter (the Bobover Rebbe dancing with the Choson)
• Wedding of Bobover Ruv's daughter (the Ruv's fathe the Sasregener Rebbe dancing mitzvah tantz)
• Wedding of Bobover Ruv's daughter (the Pupa Rebbe dancing mitzvah tantz)
• Wedding of Bobover Ruv's daughter (the Chupah)
• Wedding of Bobover Ruv's daughter (the Chupah)
• A video clip of Grand Bobover Rabbi visiting the Klausenberger Rebbe of Boro Park
• Several Video Clips of Grand Rabbi Mordechai David Unger
• Photos etc.

Preceded by Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam of Bobov

Rebbe of Bobov 2005–

Succeeded by Current incumbent

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Name	Unger, Mordecai David
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Date of birth	1954
Place of birth	New York
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