Mordechai Dovid Unger

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Mordechai Dovid Unger (Template:Langx, born 1954) is the fifth Rebbe of Bobov Hasidic dynasty.

Biography

Unger was born to Yaakov Yitzchok Unger of Dombrov.Template:Sfn He is the younger son-in-law of Naftali Zvi Halberstam, the fourth Bobover Rebbe.Template:Sfn

Following the death of his father-in-law right before the Purim holiday in 2005, a dispute arose as to who should be the Grand Rebbe of the then 120,000 Bobov Hasidim worldwide.Template:Sfn Some began to follow Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, his father-in-law's half-brother,Template:Sfn while others followed the older (by one year) Unger, who had by then already ensconced himself firmly within the community.Template:Sfn Unger could not challenge his own father for leadership of Dombrov, which anyway was not as substantial a dynasty as Bobov.Template:Sfn The matter of succession was brought before a beth din (religious court) in 2007, which ruled that Halberstam would be declared Rebbe of Bobov () with its headquarters on 48th Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn,Template:Sfn while Unger would be Rebbe of Bobov-45 (), located on 49th Street.Template:Sfn

Rebbes of Bobov

1. Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905), grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Chaim Halberstam
2. Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941)
3. Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000)
4. Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005)
5. Mordechai Dovid Unger (b. 1994), son-in-law of Naftali Halberstam

Politics

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams visited Bobov–45 as part of his 2017 re-election campaign.