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Moshe Greenwald(1853–1910), also spelledGrunwald,arabbiinHungaryat the end of the 19th century. He was the rabbi ofChust,Hungary and progenitor of thePupa Hasidic dynastythrough his son Yaakov Yechezkiya. He was also the author ofArugas Habosem,a book ofresponsacoveringhalakhicissues.
Rabbi Moshe Greenwald | |
|---|---|
 Responsa Arugat HaBosem – First Edition, Svaliava, 1912 | |
| Title | Rabbi |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1853 |
| Died | 1910 |
| Nationality | Hungarian |
| Spouse | Zissel Gestetner |
| Children | Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald |
| Parent | Amram Greenwald |
| Notable work(s) | Arugas Habosem |
| Known for | Author ofArugas Habosem |
| Occupation | Rabbi |
| Senior posting | |
| Post | Rabbi of Khust |
Biography
editHe was the eldest son of Amram Greenwald[1]and studied at theyeshivaof Menachem Katz inDeutschkreutzwith his grandfather Yosef Greenwald, and at thePressburg YeshivaunderAvraham Shmuel Binyamin Sofer.[2] His father died when he was twenty and he worked in timber trading, while continuing his studies. He married his relative Zissel Gestetner.[citation needed]
At the age of twenty-six he began working as a rabbi inHumennéin Hungary (today inSlovakia). In 1887 he became rabbi ofKisvárdain Hungary. Greenwald was originally from anon-hasidicfamily but as a young man he became ahasidand was a disciple of the secondBelzerrebbe,Yehoshua Rokeach.[3]
Greenwald was a rabbi in Humenné, where he established a yeshiva.[2]He became the rabbi ofKisvárdaand in 1887 he moved toKhust,where he also headed a yeshiva.[2]In 1893, Greenwald became rabbi of the city of Khost in Hungary (now in Ukraine).[citation needed]
Greenwald opposedReform Judaismand any deviation from traditional orthodox Judaism.[citation needed]
His descendants include his sonsYaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald,Yaakov's sonYosef Greenwald,and Yosef's sonYaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald II.His students includedLeopold Greenwald.[citation needed]
References
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- ^abcRosenblum, Yonasan (2001)."Reb Shraga Feivel: The Life and Times of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz, the Architect of Torah Life in America".Mesorah Publications, Ltd.Chapter 1.Retrieved3 April2010.
- ^A World That Was,HamodiaMagazine, 18 March 2010, p. 7.
Ben-Menahem, Naphtali; Alfassi, Itzhak (2007). "Grünwald, Amram". In Skolnik, Fred; Berenbaum, Michael (eds.).Encyclopaedia Judaica.Vol. 8 (2 ed.). Farmington Hills: Thomson Gale. p. 113.ISBN978-0-02-865936-7.
Tisbi, Illés (1929)."Grünwald Móse".In Ujvári, Péter (ed.).Magyar Zsidó Lexikon(in Hungarian). Budapest. p. 326.{{cite encyclopedia}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)