Mordechai Dovid Unger
Mordechai Dovid Unger is the fifth Rebbe of Bobov Hasidic dynasty.
Biography
Unger was born to Yaakov Yitzchok Unger of Dombrov. He is the younger son-in-law of Naftali Zvi Halberstam, the fourth Bobover Rebbe.Following the death of his father-in-law right before the Purim holiday in 2005, a dispute arose as to who should be the Grand Rebbe of the then 120,000 Bobov Hasidim worldwide. Some began to follow Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, his father-in-law's half-brother, while others followed the older Unger, who had by then already ensconced himself firmly within the community. Unger could not challenge his own father for leadership of Dombrov, which anyway was not as substantial a dynasty as Bobov. The matter of succession was brought before a beth din in 2007, which ruled that Halberstam would be declared Rebbe of Bobov with its headquarters on 48th Street in Borough Park, Brooklyn, while Unger would be Rebbe of Bobov-45, located on 49th Street.
Rebbes of Bobov
- Shlomo Halberstam, grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Chaim Halberstam
- Ben Zion Halberstam
- Shlomo Halberstam
- Naftali Halberstam
- Mordechai Dovid Unger, son-in-law of Naftali Halberstam