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He has 279 directorships [3] but operates mainly through Daejan Holdings plc, a company quoted on the London Stock Exchange, in which his family has a 79% stake. [4] Daejan's UK portfolio is managed by Highdorn, part of the Freshwater Group of Companies. The group has been embroiled in controversy, failing to follow correct housing procedures ...
Distinguished from a dynasty, a Hasidic group or Chassidic group has the following characteristics: It was founded by a leader who did not appoint or leave a successor; It may be named after a key town in Eastern Europe where the founder may have been born or lived, or where the group began to grow and flourish, or it may be named after the ...
Rabbi Pinchas Moshe Taub is the second son of the fourth Modzhitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yisrael Dan Taub, while his older brother, Rabbi Chaim Shaul Taub, is the fifth and current Modzhitzer Rebbe as of 2022. [7] In 2020, Taub collapsed at his granddaughter's wedding in Bnei Brak. [8] He was hospitalized in critical condition, but later recovered. [9]
Those who supported the tunnel, meanwhile, said they were carrying out an “expansion” plan long envisioned by the former head of the Chabad movement, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
As with most Hasidic groups today, the Rebbe's position is generally attained through his lineage. However, to be accepted by the masses, the Rebbe is expected to display behaviors such as humility, love for fellow Jews, and general devotion to God's service. The rebbe, as tzadik, or righteous person, is seen as a conduit to God for the masses.
Yaakov Aryeh Alter (Polish: Jakub Arie Alter, Hebrew: יעקב אריה אלתר, born 18 May 1939) is the eighth, and current, Rebbe of the Hasidic dynasty of Ger, a position he has held since 1996. He lives in Israel , and has followers there and in the United States , Europe , and Canada .
Rebbe Avraham Mordechai Gottlieb was a close student of Rebbe Baruch Shalom Ashlag[he], the oldest son of the Baal HaSulam, learning from him starting at age 14. Rebbe Moshe Hayyim Brandwein is the grandson of Rebbe Yehuda Tzvi Brandwein, a main student of the Baal HaSulam, who was ordained by Rav Kook and Rav Sonnenfeld .
Currently, one of his sons, Rabbi Chaim Tzvi Teitelbaum, is the rabbi in the Siget synagogue in Williamsburg. After Rebbe Moshe became Satmar Rebbe upon the passing of his uncle Rebbe Yoel, his son, Rabbi Zalman, the current Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, became the rabbi of the Siget synagogue in Boro Park, a post he kept until he was assigned ...