Mordechai Dovid Unger

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Mordechai Dovid Unger
Title	Rebbe of Bobov-45
Personal
Born	Mordechai Dovid Unger 1954 New York
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	American
Spouse	Rivka Halberstam
Children	Yosef, Shulim, Chaim Benzion, Yechezkel, Moshe Yehoshea
Parents	Yaakov Yitzchok Unger (father)
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Naftali Halberstam
Began	March 23, 2005
Ended	present
Main work	Chuchmas Shlomo
Dynasty	Bobov-45

Mordechai Dovid Unger (Hebrew: הרב מרדכי דוד אונגער‎) is the first Rebbe of Bobov-45.

Biography[]

Unger was born in 1954 to Yaakov Yitzchok Unger of Dombrov.^[1] He is the younger son-in-law of the Naftali Zvi Halberstam, the fourth Bobover Rebbe, and the second oldest grandson of Shlomo Halberstam, the third Bobover Rebbe.

Following the death of his father-in-law in 2005, a section of followers of the Bobov Hasidic sect pronounced him their Rebbe. He is currently the Rebbe of Bobov-45 (אדמו"ר מבאבוב–45-‎).

Children[]

• Yosef, Ruv of Beth Midrash Apirion Shel Shlome
• Shulim, rosh yeshiva of Bobov-45
• Chaim Benzion
• Yechezkel
• Moshe Yehoshea

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)

Politics[]

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams visited Bobov–45 as part of his 2017 re-election campaign.^[2]

See also[]

• Dombrov
• Borough Park, Brooklyn

References[]