Moshe Aryeh Freund
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Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Freund (1894 – 1996) was the Chief Rabbi
(av beis din) of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem. He wrote a famous book called Ateres Yehoshua, and he himself was also referred to with this name occasionally. He was a Satmar
chossid
.
He was born in 1904 in the Hungarian town of Honiad, where his father, Rabbi Yisroel Freund, served as av beis din. His mother, Soroh, was a daughter of Rabbi Zeev Goldberger, the Rov
of Honiad. He was a descendant of the Remo, the Maharshal, the Shach, and the Beis Yosef.
At the age of 16 he married with the daughter of Reb Boruch Goldberger, who was distant family.
Before the Second World War broke out, he served as rosh yeshiva
in the Hungarian town of Sǎtmar (now Satu Mare, Romania
). The Nazis arrested him and his entire family in 1944. The family was deported to Auschwitz, where only Reb Moshe Aryeh survived; his wife and all of his nine children died there at the hands of the Nazis.
In 1951 he moved to Jerusalem, where he became the Rov of the Satmar community there. In 1979, he was elected av beis din of the Edah HaChareidis, a position which he fulfilled until his death.
After his death, he was succeeded by Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky as av beis din (Gaavad) and Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Fisher
as Raavad. His yahrzeit is on the 20th of Elul
.
Chief Rabbi
Chief Rabbi is a title given in several countries to the recognized religious leader of that country's Jewish community, or to a rabbinic leader appointed by the local secular authorities...
(av beis din) of the Edah HaChareidis in Jerusalem. He wrote a famous book called Ateres Yehoshua, and he himself was also referred to with this name occasionally. He was a Satmar
Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)
Satmar is a Hasidic movement comprising mostly Hungarian and Romanian Hasidic Jewish Holocaust survivors and their descendants. It was founded and led by the late Hungarian-born Grand Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum , who was the rabbi of Szatmárnémeti, Hungary...
chossid
Hasidic Judaism
Hasidic Judaism or Hasidism, from the Hebrew —Ḥasidut in Sephardi, Chasidus in Ashkenazi, meaning "piety" , is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that promotes spirituality and joy through the popularisation and internalisation of Jewish mysticism as the fundamental aspects of the Jewish faith...
.
He was born in 1904 in the Hungarian town of Honiad, where his father, Rabbi Yisroel Freund, served as av beis din. His mother, Soroh, was a daughter of Rabbi Zeev Goldberger, the Rov
Rov
Rov is a Talmudic concept which means the majority.It is based on the passage in Exodus 23;2: "after the majority to wrest" , which in Rabbinic interpretation means, that you shall accept things as the majority....
of Honiad. He was a descendant of the Remo, the Maharshal, the Shach, and the Beis Yosef.
At the age of 16 he married with the daughter of Reb Boruch Goldberger, who was distant family.
Before the Second World War broke out, he served as rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva
Rosh yeshiva, , , is the title given to the dean of a Talmudical academy . It is made up of the Hebrew words rosh — meaning head, and yeshiva — a school of religious Jewish education...
in the Hungarian town of Sǎtmar (now Satu Mare, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
). The Nazis arrested him and his entire family in 1944. The family was deported to Auschwitz, where only Reb Moshe Aryeh survived; his wife and all of his nine children died there at the hands of the Nazis.
In 1951 he moved to Jerusalem, where he became the Rov of the Satmar community there. In 1979, he was elected av beis din of the Edah HaChareidis, a position which he fulfilled until his death.
After his death, he was succeeded by Rabbi Yisroel Moshe Dushinsky as av beis din (Gaavad) and Rabbi Yisroel Yaakov Fisher
Yisroel Yaakov Fisher
Yisroel Yaakov Fisher, , was a leading posek, Av Beit Din of the Edah HaChareidis and rabbi of the Zichron Moshe neighbourhood in Jerusalem....
as Raavad. His yahrzeit is on the 20th of Elul
Elul
Elul is the twelfth month of the Jewish civil year and the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar. It is a summer month of 29 days...
.