Zalman Teitelbaum
| Yekusiel Yehuda III Teitelbaum | |
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| Born |
23 December 1951 Williamsburg, Brooklyn, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Zalmen Leib |
| Occupation | Grand Rebbe |
| Spouse(s) | Chaya Sarah |
| Children | 10 |
Yekusiel Yehuda III Teitelbaum, known by the Yiddish colloquial name Zalman Leib (born 23 December 1951; Hebrew: יקותיאל יהודה טייטלבוים, Yiddish: זלמן לייב טייטלבוים) is one of two Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the third son of Grand Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the late Rebbe of the Satmar Hasidim. He is the son-in-law of the previous Bistritzer Rebbe of Brooklyn. He is the grand rabbi of the Satmar congregations in Williamsburg and the Dean of a Satmar Yeshiva in Queens.
Prior to taking up his position in Williamsburg, Rabbi Teitelbaum was the rabbi of the Satmar Hasidim in Jerusalem. Before that, he was the rabbi of the Sighet Synagogue in Boro Park, which had once been his father's synagogue. Presently, both of those synagogues are led by sons of Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum. He is currently in control of the central Satmar synagogue in Williamsburg at 152 Rodney Street. Additionally, he controls approximately ten smaller synagogues, as well as a boys' school and girls' schools that teach over 10,000 children plus a high school of about 1,100 students, charitable funds and several large organizations.
In 2007, Newsweek named him the 15th most prominent rabbi.
In 1999, a major turn of events transpired in Satmar with respect to the future succession of the late Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum. The—until then unthinkable—idea of splitting up the dynasty into two separate sects, started to circulate and gain momentum.
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