Rav Naftali Teitelbaum of Etshed zt"l
הרב נפתלי בן דוד טייטלבוים זצ"ל
Tishrei 6 , 5731
Rav Naftali Teitelbaum of Etshed zt"l
Rav Naftoli was a scion of the Uhjel dynasty. He was also the son-in-law of Rav Yitzchok Reuven Lipshitz, Av Bais Din of Danyetz.
Rav Naftoli originally served as Rav of Dzendzush in Hungary, and from there he moved to Budapest. After the Second World War he moved to America and opened a Bais Medrash named after Etshed, the town where his father was Rav. He was also known as the Kolbasover. Rav Naftoli’s ways were all characterized by kedusha and perishus. His tefillos were conducted with intense dveikus, and he excelled in acts of chessed.
During his time in Budapest, he harbored many refugees and saved their lives.
His son was Rav Yitzchok Dovid Reuven. His daughters were: Chaya Sasha, wife of Rav Menachem Ledberg; Tzirel Pesha, wife of Rav Chaim Meir Rosenbaum, the Mushuloyer Rebbe of the Bronx and later Boro Park; and Rochel Freida, the wife of Rav Aharon Yaakov Brandwein.
Rav Naftoli was laid to rest in New York.
