Chananyah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum
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Rabbi Chanayah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum (d. 1904, 29 Shevat
5664 on the Hebrew calendar
) was the Grand Rebbe of Siget
. He was the author of Kedushath Yom Tov, a Hasidic
commentary on the Torah
. He was the son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum of Sighet, the Yeitev Lev and a disciple of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam
of Sanz
, the Divrei Chaim.
Rabbi Chananyah Yom Tov was born on Shovuos
5596 (1836 CE). He had two sons: Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum
, the Atzei Chaim, Rebbe and Rav of Sighet; and Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum
, author of Divrei Yoel and VaYoel Moshe, who was the Rebbe of Satmar and of the Satmar Hasidic community
and survived the war to come to the Holy Land before settling in America.
Shevat
Shevat is the fifth month of the civil year and the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a winter month of 30 days...
5664 on the Hebrew calendar
Hebrew calendar
The Hebrew calendar , or Jewish calendar, is a lunisolar calendar used today predominantly for Jewish religious observances. It determines the dates for Jewish holidays and the appropriate public reading of Torah portions, yahrzeits , and daily Psalm reading, among many ceremonial uses...
) was the Grand Rebbe of Siget
Siget (Hasidic dynasty)
Siget or Ujhel-Siget or Sighet Hasidism or Sigter Hasidim is a movement of Hungarian Haredi Jews who adhere to Hasidism, and who are referred to as Sigeter Hasidim....
. He was the author of Kedushath Yom Tov, a Hasidic
Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...
commentary on the Torah
Torah
Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five books of the bible—Genesis , Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and Deuteronomy Torah- A scroll containing the first five books of the BibleThe Torah , is name given by Jews to the first five...
. He was the son of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum of Sighet, the Yeitev Lev and a disciple of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam
Chaim Halberstam
Chaim Halberstam of Sanz , known as the Divrei Chaim after his magnum opus on halakha, was a famous Hasidic Rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic dynasty....
of Sanz
Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)
The Sanz Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Rabbi of Nowy Sącz , author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim , Rabbi of Lipník nad Bečvou , author of Boruch Taam.-Founder of dynasty:The Divrei Chaim was a disciple of Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz, who was...
, the Divrei Chaim.
Rabbi Chananyah Yom Tov was born on Shovuos
Shavuot
The festival of is a Jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the Hebrew month of Sivan ....
5596 (1836 CE). He had two sons: Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum
Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum
Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, , , the Sigheter Rebbe, author of Atzei Chaim, was the oldest son of Rabbi Chananyah Yom Tov Lipa Teitelbaum the Kedushas Yom Tov...
, the Atzei Chaim, Rebbe and Rav of Sighet; and Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum
Joel Teitelbaum
Joel Teitelbaum, known as Reb Yoelish or the Satmar Rav , was a prominent Hungarian Hasidic rebbe and Talmudic scholar. He was probably the best known Haredi opponent of all forms of modern political Zionism...
, author of Divrei Yoel and VaYoel Moshe, who was the Rebbe of Satmar and of the Satmar Hasidic community
Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)
Satmar is a Hasidic movement comprising mostly Hungarian and Romanian Hasidic Jewish Holocaust survivors and their descendants. It was founded and led by the late Hungarian-born Grand Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum , who was the rabbi of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary...
and survived the war to come to the Holy Land before settling in America.