Moshe (Moses) Teitelbaum (; November 17, 1914 – April 24, 2006) was a Hungarian-American Hasidic rebbe and the world leader of the Satmar Hasidim.
Early life
Moshe Teitelbaum was born on November 17, 1914, in Újfehértó, Hungary. Moshe and his older brother, Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum, were orphaned in 1926, when they were eleven and fourteen, respectively.
Teitelbaum received rabbinical ordination, and was appointed dean of the Karacscka yeshiva. and he nearly died. When he found out that his brother Yekusiel Yehuda Teitelbaum had been murdered in the Holocaust, he decided to fill his brother's position as rabbi of Sighet.
Appointment to Satmar Rebbe
In 1979, Moshe's uncle Joel died, without an heir to inherit leadership of Satmar. Moshe Teitelbaum and his aunt Fayga never had a good relationship.
Concerns about Moshe's level of piety also mounted. He was his father's representative in communal affairs, and assumed his father's responsibilities when his father traveled.
Moshe's will named Zalman as his successor, but Aaron's supporters dispute its validity, claiming that Moshe had suffered from dementia since 1997. The second son, Lipa, was the leader of a small congregation, called Zenta-Beirach Moshe Shul, in Williamsburg.