Rebbe Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum
יקותיאל יהודה ב"ר משה דוד
Lapish (Lapush) RebbeDate of Death:
Sun. November 12, 1972 -
Kislev 6 5733
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The right pernounceation of the town is “Lapush”.
His father Reb Moshe Dovid was the son of Reb Yaakov Yokel Tietelbaum of Volove, son of Reb Schmuel of Gorlitz son of Reb Eluzer Nissan of Drohbitch son of the Yismach Moshe founder of the Uhel-Siget-Satmer Dynasty.
Reb Yokel was the SIL of his Uncle Reb Yekusiel Yehuday TB of Siget known as the Yetev Lev.
Reb Moshe Dovid was one of the oldest grandchildren of the Yetev Lev and therefore was asked by him to work on printing the Seforim of the Yismach Moshe, which he fullfilled and printed some of the seforim including the famous Tehillim Tefiloh LeMoshe.
This Lapusher Rebbe reb Yekusiel Yehuda (Zalmen Leib) came here to the US pre WWII, his son Reb Altor Ahron HY”D perished in Auschwitz, but RAA’s Son was saved and came to the US named Reb Yaakov Yokel Teitelbaum, he succeeded his Grandfather as the Lapusher Rebbe, he passed away a few years ago and is buried in KJ, Monroe NY.
The town in Magyar-Lapos in Hungarian, and Tirgu Lapus in Romanian.
The Rebbe’s mother Chaye Halberstam, was a daughter of R’ Aryeh Leibush Halberstam of Dukla.
The Rebbe’s father R’ Moshe Dovid of Lapos, had two brothers (R’ Naftali Teitelbaum of Nyirbator and R’ Ahron Teitelbaum of Nyirbator), and a sister, Rosa Blime Teitelbaum, who married R’ Rafael Gross, who became Rav in Berbesht, when his father-in-law R’ Yisroel Yakov Yokel Teitelbaum left Berbesht and settled in Volove.
R’ Rafael Gross’s son R’ Ahron Gross married a daughter of R’ Moshe Dovid Teitelbaum, and was the Rav in Lapos, from abt. 1935 till 1944.
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Y.D MIller
who is today laposher Rov
Reb Moshe Aron Tietlebaum lived in Kiryas Joel, Monroe NY, he is unofficially the successor of the Laposher Dynasty as the direct Grandson of Reb Zalmen Lieb.
thanks
did anyone take over in rego park
Y.D Miller
i saw not long ago in one of the yiddisher newspapers a photo of a hachnosas sefer torah in queeens and a photo of a lapasher rov of rego park who would that be?
also a certain katz from the dziboy dynasty gave out a sefer when he married the daughter of the laposher rov of rego park and if i remember he wrote about his father in laws yichus and he wroth that the reshab from lubavitch had met one of his grandfathers from the laposhe dynasty and the reshb was very nispoel from him would you know what sefer this is thanks
The Laposher Rav of Rego Park Reb Yokel Teitelbaum was the grandson of this Laposher Rav and father of Reb Moshe Ahron that I mentioned above, and the Father In Law of the Zibouer rav of BP. he is buried in Kiryas Joel, Monroe.
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