Zalman Teitelbaum

Rebbe
Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum
(Zalman Leib)
יקותיאל יהודה טייטלבוים
TitleGrand Rebbe of Satmar – Williamsburg
Personal
Born (1951-12-23) 23 December 1951 (age 72)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.
ReligionJudaism
SpouseChaya Sarah
Children10
DenominationHasidic
OccupationDean
Jewish leader
PredecessorMoshe Teitelbaum
SynagogueCongregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Rodney Street, Brooklyn)
BeganMay 1999 (1999-05)
DynastySatmar
Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum
Teitelbaum (left) with his father Moshe Teitelbaum

Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum (III), known by the Yiddish colloquial name Zalman Leib (born 23 December 1951),[1] is one of the two Grand Rebbes of Satmar. He leads the dynasty's Williamsburg, Brooklyn faction, which is based at the community's central Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar on Rodney Street there. He is the dean of a Satmar yeshiva in Queens, New York.

  1. ^ Arye Ehrlich. Malkhut shel Khesed. Mishpacha, 13 December 2012 (p. 28).