Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald

Ya'akov Yechezkiya Greenwald (Hebrew: יעקב יחזקי' גרינוואלד. Legal name: Jakab Grünwald. Also called the "Vayaged Ya'akov", 1882 – c. 1 March 1941 (2 Adar 5701)) was the rabbi of the Etz Chaim community in Pápa, Hungary, and the rosh yeshiva there. He was the predecessor of the Pupa Hasidic dynasty.

Rabbi Ya'akov Yechezkiya Greenwald
יעקב יחזקי' גרינוואלד
Greenwald
Rabbi of Etz Chaim community, Pápa
Rosh Yeshiva of Pápa
Personal
Born	1882 Csorna, Hungary
Died	c. 1 March 1941 (2 Adar 5701) Pápa, Hungary
Spouse	Sara Rivkah Brown
Children	Yosef Greenwald, Yaakov Yechezkia Greenwald II
Denomination	Orthodox
Occupation	Rabbi, Rosh Yeshiva
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Students * Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann, Rabbi of the Belz community in Montreal Shlomo Lorincz, member of the Knesset on behalf of Agudat Yisrael
He was the rabbi of the Etz Chaim community in Pápa and the rosh yeshiva there, and the predecessor of the Pupa Hasidic dynasty.

Greenwald of Pupa with students

Greenwald cutting wheat for matzos

Early life

Greenwald was born in Csorna to Moshe Grunwald, rabbi and rosh yeshiva of Khust, and studied under his father until his marriage in 1900 to his cousin Sara Rivkah Brown.

Career

In 1906 Greenwald was appointed rabbi of Likov. In 1912 he was appointed rabbi of Deutschkreutz, replacing his uncle Eliezer David Greenwald. In 1924 he became rabbi of Hunyad and headed a yeshiva in the city.

In 1929, he became rabbi of Pápa, Hungary. He established a yeshiva there which soon numbered 300 students, and became one of the largest and most important Hungarian yeshivas.

Greenwald was a Belz hasid and sent many of his disciples to Belz.

Death and succession

Greenwald died in 1941 and was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Pápa, where he was succeeded by his son, Yosef Greenwald, as Rabbi of the Etz Chaim community in Pápa and as rosh yeshiva.

His successors as rebbe include his son Yosef Greenwald and Yosef's son Ya'akov Yehezkiya Greenwald II.

Students

• Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann, rabbi of the Belz community in Montreal
• Shlomo Lorincz, member of the Knesset on behalf of Agudat Yisrael

External links

• Manuscript – Speech for the Blowing of the Shofar from the Holy Admor R’ Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald Aba”d Zelem and Papa