Puppa is the name of a Hasidic dynasty within Judaism

Judaism

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. The dynasty is named after the town of its origin (according to the Yiddish name), also known in Hungarian as Pápa

Pápa

Pápa is a historical city in Veszprém county, Hungary, located close to the northern edge of the Bakony Hills, and noted for its baroque architecture. With its 33,000 inhabitants, it is the cultural, economic and tourism centre of the region....

. Before World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Puppa had an important yeshiva

Yeshiva

Yeshiva is a Jewish educational institution that focuses on the study of traditional religious texts, primarily the Talmud and Torah study. Study is usually done through daily shiurim and in study pairs called chavrutas...

 which produced many well-known Orthodox

Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism , is the approach to Judaism which adheres to the traditional interpretation and application of the laws and ethics of the Torah as legislated in the Talmudic texts by the Sanhedrin and subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and...

 rabbis in Hungary. The whole community was deported to Auschwitz and only a very few individuals came back. Currently there are no Jews in Puppa.

The group is based in the Williamsburg

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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 section of Brooklyn, New York, with branches in Boro Park section of Brooklyn, Ossining, New York

Ossining (town), New York

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, London

London

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, and Israel

Israel

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. It is headed by the Pupa Rebbe

Rebbe

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 who has several thousand followers. In their Williamsburg location in Brooklyn.

Lineage of Pupa Dynasty

Grand Rabbi Moshe Greenwald

Moshe Greenwald

Moshe Greenwald , also spelled Grunwald, was the Rav of Chust, Hungary and progenitor of the Puppa Hasidic dynasty through his five sons. He was also the author of Arugas Habosem, a book of responsa covering a wide breadth of halakhic issues.He was the eldest son of Rabbi Amram Greenwald , one of...

, the founder of the Pupa dynasty, was a disciple of Grand Rabbi Yehoshua Rokeach

Yehoshua Rokeach

Yehoshua Rokeach was the second rebbe of the Belz Hasidic dynasty. He combined Torah scholarship with practical common sense to guide thousands of Hasidim and to fight the Haskalah movement that was making inroads in Jewish communities in Poland during the nineteenth century...

, the second Belzer Rebbe

Rebbe

Rebbe , which means master, teacher, or mentor, is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word Rabbi. It often refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement...

, son and disciple of Grand Rabbi Shalom Rokeach

Shalom Rokeach

Sholom Rokeach , also known as the Sar Sholom , was the first Belzer Rebbe.To Belzer Hasidim, he is known as "Der Ershter Rov" , but in the city of Belz itself he was called "Der Alter Rov" in deference to the Bach, who presided as rabbi of Belz in the sixteenth century.-Biography:His father was...

 of Belz.
The latter was a disciple of Rabbi Shlomo of Lutsk, a disciple of the Rebbe Dovber

Dovber of Mezeritch

Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezeritch was a disciple of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidic Judaism, and was chosen as his successor to lead the early movement...

, the Maggid (Preacher) of Mezritch, who was the primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.

• Grand Rabbi Moshe Greenwald of Chust
  Khust
  Khust is a city located on the Khustets River in the Zakarpattia oblast in western Ukraine. It is near the confluence of the Tisza and Rika Rivers...
  
  - author of Arugas HaBosem - disciple of Rebbe Yehoshua of Belz.
  • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Chizkiah Greenwald of Pupa - author of Vayaged Yaakov - son of the Arugas HaBosem.
    • Grand Rabbi Yosef Greenwald of Pupa - author of Vaychi Yosef - son of the Vayaged Yaakov.
      • Grand Rabbi Yaakov Chizkiah Greenwald of Pupa - present Rebbe of Pupa - son of the Vayechi Yosef.

External links

• Pupa Hasidic Synagogue Branches around the world from Kosher Travel Info

• Video of the Pupa Rebbe during the Jewish feast of Tabernacles

• more info on Pupa