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'' Bekishe ''. Next to him is his son Zalman Leib Teitelbaum ]] EARLY LIFE Moshe was the youngest son of Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum , the previous Sigheter Rebbe, and the brother of Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum . His mother's name was Bracha Sima. He authored the '' Atzei Chaim ''. Moshe and his brother, Yekutiel Yehuda Teitelbaum , were born in Sighet (then Hungary , now Romania ), and were orphaned in 1926 when they were eleven and fourteen, respectively. Moshe was raised by family friends and relatives, including his uncle, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum, and his grandfather, Rabbi Shalom Eliezer Halberstam of Ujfeherto. In 1936 , he married his cousin Leah Meir, daughter of Rabbi Hanoch Heinoch Meir of Karecska, where Moshe held the position of Rosh Yeshiva (dean). In 1939 , he became the rabbi of Senta (presently in Yugoslavia ; then Hungary ). In late-spring 1944 , the Hungarian government, assisted by Nazi forces led by Adolf Eichmann , began deporting Jews en-masse. Rabbi Moshe and his wife were sent to Auschwitz , where Leah died. Moshe was then transferred to Theresienstadt , where he was liberated in 1945 . POST-WAR in Winter 2004]] After the war, Rabbi Moshe married the daughter of Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum of Volovo, and moved back to Sighet. Fleeing Communist persecution, the couple eventually immigrated to New York City , where Rabbi Moshe became known as the ''Sigheter Rebbe''. Moshe initially established a Beth Midrash , ''Atzei Chaim Siget'' in his uncle Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum's Satmar enclave in Williamsburg, Brooklyn , and later moved to Boro Park . He succeeded his uncle as Satmar rebbe following his death in 1979 , though some dissidents in Satmar opposed him, including the Bnei Yoel (or ''Kagners'', opponents), a group of Satmar Hasidim that did not accept Rebbe Moshe as Rebbe and remained loyal to Rebbe Yoel's Wife, the Rebbetzin Alta Fayga Teitelbaum, and her candidate for rebbe, Nachman Brach. [http://www.rickross.com/reference/ultra-orthodox/ultra11.html , [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E2DF1039F930A35754C0A960958260]. Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum was the author of a Hasidic book called ''Berach Moshe''. He left behind eight children and over eighty-six grandchildren, many great grandchildren, and one great-great granddaughter, born earlier on the day that he died. {Link without Title} {Link without Title} DEATH AND SUCCESSION On April 24, 2006, at the age of 91, the Rebbe passed away. Tens of thousands of members of the Jewish community attended his funeral and burial procession in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and later in Kiryas Joel, New York . Eulogies in the main Satmar synagogue in Williamsburg were said by all the Rebbes’ children or their husbands in order of their respective ages. The Rebbe was buried near his uncle, the previous Rebbe, in the sect's cemetery in Kiryas Joel. Two of Rabbi Moshe's sons, Rabbi Aaron and Rabbi Zalman , are likely candidates to succeed their father. Rabbi Aaron's followers are mainly in Kiryas Joel, New York while Rabbi Zalman's followers are mainly in Williamsburg, Brooklyn . A Major Split has developed among the Satmar Hasidim as to who will become the leader of the Satmar sect. The split is believed to have originated in 1999, when the present Rebbe bypassed his oldest son in a key appointment that was seen, by some, as a stepping stone for the movement's leadership. Reactions
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