Naftali Yehuda Horowitz
| Naftali Yehuda Horowitz | |
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| Grand Rabbi Naftali Yehuda Horowitz | |
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Bostoner Rebbe of Boston
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| Term | December 2009– |
| Full name | Naftali Yehuda Horowitz |
| Predecessor | Levi Yitzchak Horowitz |
| Father | Levi Yitzchak Horowitz |
| Mother | Raichel Ungar |
Grand Rabbi Naftali Yehuda Halevi Horowitz is the Bostoner Rebbe, having succeeded his father, Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, the second Bostoner Rebbe, upon the latter's death in December 2009. He is the rebbe of the Boston Hasidic community from the New England Chassidic Center in Brookline, Massachusetts, built by his father, and also directs ROFEH International, the community-based medical referral and hospitality liaison support agency established by his father.[1][2]
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Family
Naftali Yehudah Horowitz is the third and youngest son of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz and Raichel Unger Leifer. He is a ninth-generation descendant on the male line of Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke Horowitz, the Nikolsburger Rebbe (1726–1778). His eldest brother, Rabbi Pinchos Dovid Horowitz, is the Bostoner-Chuster Rav of Borough Park, Brooklyn, and his other brother Rabbi Mayer Alter Horowitz is the Bostoner Rebbe of Har Nof, Jerusalem. His sister Shayna Gittel is married to the Vialopola Rebbe of Flatbush, Brooklyn, and his sister Toba Leah is married to Dayan Rabbi Moshe Chaim Geldzheler of Jerusalem.
Biography
Horowitz received rabbinical ordination at Beth Medrash Gevoha in Lakewood, New Jersey and Tchebin Yeshiva of Jerusalem, Israel. He married Shayndle, daughter of the Uheler Rav, Rabbi Shalom HaCohen Weiss, and in 1980 returned with her to Boston[3] to become the Rav of Congregation Beth Pinchas in Brookline. Congregation Beth Pinchas is part of the New England Chassidic Center, an umbrella organization providing religious and community services throughout the Boston area.
