Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar ( yi, קהל יטב לב ד'סאטמאר) is a large
Satmar
Satmar (Yiddish: סאַטמאַר, Hebrew: סאטמר) is a Hasidic group founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum, in the city of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania). The group is an offshoot of the Sighet Hasidic dynasty ...
Hasidic synagogue located at Rodney Street in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick and East Williamsburg to the east; and the East River to the west. As of the 2020 United ...
. It was constructed to replace the previous main Satmar synagogue on Bedford Avenue, which could no longer accommodate its growing membership. It is now the main synagogue for followers of
Zalman Teitelbaum
Yekusiel Yehuda III Teitelbaum, known by the Yiddish colloquial name Rav Zalman Leib (born 23 December 1951),Arye Ehrlich. Malkhut shel Khesed'. Mishpacha, 13 December 2012 (p. 28). is one of two Grand Rebbes of Satmar, and the son of Grand ...
, son of the deceased Satmar ''
rebbe
A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...
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Moshe Teitelbaum.
The monument of the Sigeter Rebbe,
Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum (1808–1883), spells ''Yetev'' with two
yuds, whereas the Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar on Rodney Street spells ''Yetev'' with only one.
["Kehal Yetev Lev D'Satmar"; see :File:KehalYetevLev.jpg]
See also
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Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar (Hooper Street, Brooklyn)
Congregation Yetev Lev D'Satmar is a large Hasidic Judaism, Hasidic synagogue located at Kent Avenue and Hooper Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Its building was constructed in 2006 by followers of Aaron Teitelbaum, as a result of a feud with fo ...
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Yiddish
Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ve ...
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Hasidic Judaism in New York City
Hasidic synagogues
Orthodox synagogues in New York City
Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)
Synagogues in Brooklyn
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Yiddish culture in New York City
