Rabbi Eliezer David Greenwald (1867 – 1928) was a

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and head of a

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in the cities of Tzehlim (today

Deutschkreutz Deutschkreutz ( until 1899, ''Németkeresztúr'' ) is an Austrian market town in the district of Oberpullendorf in the state of Burgenland. Geography Deutschkreutz lies in Middle Burgenland. It is divided into the districts of Deutschkreutz an ...

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), Oberwischau (Upper Vishuvah) and

Satmar Satmar (; ) is a group in Hasidic Judaism founded in 1905 by Grand Rebbe Joel Teitelbaum (1887–1979), in the city of Szatmárnémeti (also called Szatmár in the 1890s), Kingdom of Hungary, Hungary (now Satu Mare in Romania). The group is a b ...

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. He is known for his book Keren L'David. Brother of Rabbi

Moshe Greenwald Moshe Greenwald (1853–1910), also spelled Grunwald, a rabbi in Hungary at the end of the 19th century. He was the rabbi of Khust, Chust, Hungary and progenitor of the Pupa (Hasidic dynasty), Pupa Hasidic dynasty through his son Yaakov Yechezkiy ...

, author of "Arugat HaBosem".

Life

He was born in

Csorna Csorna is a town in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary. Csorna is located near the Fertő-Hanság National Park. There are two districts in the town: the Földsziget and the Csatárimajor. Etymology The name comes from Slavic languages, Slavic '' ...

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, to Rabbi Amram Greenwald, son of Rabbi Yosef Greenwald,

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of Tchechowitz. In his youth, he studied with his brother, the author of Arugat HaBosem. He also studied briefly with Rabbi

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, author of "Chatan Sofer". In 1889 he married the daughter of Yaakov Rapaport of Bardeyov. After his marriage, he spent five years in Bardeyov, where he founded and chaired a

throughout his stay in the city. At the beginning of 1907 he was elected rabbi of the

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, where he also headed a large yeshiva. In 1912 he moved to serve as Rabbi of Oberwischau, and headed a yeshiva that numbered hundreds of students. In 1921 he was elected rabbi of the

community, and at the same time he headed a local yeshiva that with 400 students was one of the largest in the region."Satu Mare"

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His adopted daughter married the grandson of his brother, Rabbi

Yosef Greenwald Yosef Greenwald (; 1903 – Brooklyn 1984) was the second Rebbe of the Pupa Hasidic dynasty. Before World War II he was a rabbi and rosh yeshiva in Pápa, Hungary. Greenwald was the son of Yaakov Yechezkiah Greenwald of Pupa and the grandson o ...

, who was his pupil and worked on printing his books. KEREN LEDAVID

Works

* Keren L'David

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, including 172 responsa,

, 1929 *

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Keren L'David -

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on the

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, 2 parts, Satmar, 1930-1939 * Sefer Keren Le-David - Chidushei Aggadah and Drushim for Moadei Hashem, Satmar, 1934 *

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with commentary ... Chasdei David, Satmar, 1934

References

External links

Information about him and his family at the GENI site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Greenwald, Eliezer David Greenwald family 20th-century Hungarian rabbis 19th-century Hungarian rabbis 1867 births 1928 deaths Satmar rabbis People from Csorna Haredi rabbis in Europe