Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum
אהרן ב"ר יעקב יצחק הלוי
Rav, New York CityDate of Death:
Wed. August 16, 1950 -
Elul 3 5710
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Photo Caption: Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, a prominent member of the Agudath Arabonim was among the over 400 Rabbanim and Admorim who on the day before Erev Yom Kippur, 1943 marched on Washington demanding that the Roosevelt administration help save the Jews of Europe. Credit: IFJCAH
Source: Four years of relief and war work by the Jews of America, 1914-1918
Photo Caption: Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, Credit: Zahava Teitelbaum
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Rav Teitelbaum should not be confused with Grand Rebbe Aaron Teitelbaum of Satmar.
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Rav Teitelbaum was Niftar in Eretz Yisroel where he was originaly from 3 Elul 5710-1950
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His wife was a grandaughter of Rabbi Baruch Mandelbaum the Rav of Turov one of the formost talmidmidim of the Bais Ahron of Karlin. Rabbi Teitelbaum served as the Rabbi of the Stoliner Shtiebel in the lower East Side.
A book about Rav Teitelbaum was written in 2002 – “His Name is Aaron” by Mordechai Staiman. The rav is metioned here at the 2:16 mark of this video (in Yiddish) about the history of Karlin-Stolin in America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnCz3b2ao8M&t=136
He was a great askan for the Central Relief Committe, JDC and Mizrachi in the first half of the 20th century.
In addition to being on the Near East Relief Committee and Vaad Ha hatzolah he was one of the founders of the Joint Distribution Committee or JDC. He fathered 11 children and lived on and off in both America and Israel. He traveled the world and worked his entire life to help the Jewish People.