Rebbe Meir Greenwald
מאיר ב"ר אברהם יוסף
Tetcher RebbeDate of Death:
Sat. September 25, 1965 -
Elul 25 5725
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Biographical Notes:
Photo Caption: Rav Greenwald is standing the 4th from the right, Credit: MCA
Bio Information:
The Rav’s grandfather was the Arugas Habosem, his father, Rav Avroham Yosef was his oldest son.
Credit: David Weider, Williamsburg, Brookly
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Was he a nephew of the Tzelimer Rav z”l.
David, you really travel around allot.
Yes. The Tzelimer zatz”l was the youngest son of the Arugas Habosem.
In his first marriage he married the daughter of Reb Moshe Teitelbaum of Tech who was a grandchild of the Yetev Lev through his son Reb Eli Betzalel of Tech, thats why he was the Tech rav in Hungary pre-war, he lost his wife and kids during WWII and remarried.
The Skulener Rebbe’s son of Montreal is his SIL.
Asher, see here: http://kevarim.vohost.us/rebbe-levi-yitzchok-greenwald/.
OCTOBER 1, 1965
Rabbi Meir Grunwald, Known As Tetcher Rebbe, Dies in Toronto; Was 56
TORONTO, Sep. 30 (JTA) –
Rabbi Meir Grunwald, the Tetcher Rebbe, died here of a heart attack at the age of 56 on the eve of Rosh Hashanah.
He settled in Toronto after World War II and established the Shlomei Emunei Yisroel Yeshiva which recently moved from downtown Toronto to a new building in the suburbs. A native of Hungary, he was deported by the Nazis to occupied Byelorussia to do forced labor.
http://archive.jta.org/article/1965/10/01/3079287/rabbi-meir-grunwald-known-as-tetcher-rebbe-dies-in-toronto-was-56
Another son in law is Rabbi Yaakov Yechezkel Greenwald, Pupa Rebbe in Williamsburg.
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