Rabbi Menachem Yehuda Greenwald
מנחם יהודה ב"ר יעקב יחזקיהו
Son of the Seredne RavDate of Death:
Thu. May 6, 1920 -
Iyar 18 5680
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Name Listed on Cemetery Database: GREENWALD, EMANUEL
Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rabbi Menachem Greenwald, Credit: MCA
Bio Information:
The Rabbi Greenwald’s father was Rav Yaakov Yechezkiyahu Greenwald of Seredn.
Credit: Yosef Nussbaum, New York City
Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY
Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY
Credit: Shmuel Amsel, Brooklyn, NY
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R’ Menachem Yehuda Greenwald was the son of Rav Yaakov Yechezkiyahu Greenwald, rav of Seredne. His father’s brother was Rav Amrom Greenwald, the father of the Arugas Habosem. Rav Yaakov Yechezkiyahu was niftar at ayoung age and R’ Menachem Yehuda was raised by his uncle Rav Sholom Adler, the next Rav of Seredne and the author of the seforim Rav Sholom on Torah and Moadim. His grandmother was Raizel Lichtenstein, the sister of Rav Hillel Mikalamaya.
Q. Is it known when and why he immigrated to the U.S.?
I believe that it was in the 1890s. His children were very involved in Kollel Shomre Hachomos in the early American years.
Joe,
Any additional information on “his children”?
I believe that he had 6 children. His oldest son R’ Abe Greenwald Z”L was counsel to Kollel Shomrei Hachomos and his grandson Mr. Manny Greenwald, still serves in that position today. Another grandson Rabbi Eli Greenwald is a Rov in Manhattan Beach, NY. His Great-Grandson Rabbi Shaya Greenwald serves as Rosh Yeshiva in Yeshivas Yishrei Lev in Telshe Stone, Israel. His youngest daughter Esther Z”L worked for the Kollel as well and her husband was the kollel’s accountant, a position currently served by a grandson as well. Another granddaughter, Alice Greenwald is the curator of the 9/11 museum currently being built in downtown Manhattan.
His children (married names) included Lillian R.
Hayt, Rose Rothwax , later known as Rose Roy, Ethel Nussbaum, and
Edmund M. Greenwald.
A family tree was created by
Jordan Auslander who maintains a web site under his own name.
Another daughter was Annie Morgenbesser.
See link for additional information about his father Rabbi Yaakov Yechezkiyahu Greenwald, Rav of Seredne:
http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=34977&st=&pgnum=6
It had been mentioned by family members
that there were also two sons who remained in Hungary and died in the Holocaust. They were
the sons by an earlier marriage. One of the
sons was Joseph Greenwald.
According to a family history prepared by Jordan Auslander,
Joseph Greenwald had two daughters, Leah and
Eva, both of whom were in America and were
married to Yitzak Seldinger and Moshe Mendelsis, respectively. There are two
additional generations identified in the
family history prepared by Jordan Auslander.
I would be happy to provide copies of the
family history to any relative having an interest.
Jonathan Hayt
Emnjonh@gmail.com
Today is his Yahrtzeit. May his Neshama have an Aliya and may he be a Meilitz Yosher for his Mishpacha and Klal Yisroel!