Naftali Tzvi Labin of Ziditshov | |
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Naftali Tzvi Labin of Ziditshov | |
Title | Ziditshoiver Rebbe |
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Born | Naftali Tzvi Labin c. 1916 |
Died | March 6, 2009 | (aged 92–93)
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse | Labin |
Children | Alexander Yom Tov Lipa Shlomo Dov Moshe Yeshaya Aharon Maier Yitzchak Isaac Hinda Esther Malka |
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Jewish leader | |
Successor | Grand Rabbi Yeshaya Labin |
Dynasty | Zidichov |
Naftali (also spelled Naftula [1]) Tzvi Labin of Zidichov (נפתלי צבי לאבין מזידיטשוב) (c. 1916 – March 6, 2009) [2] was the Zidichover Rebbe. He was born in Ziditshoiv, Ukraine, which was then a province of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire, His father was a descendant of Rabbi Zvi Hirsch of Zidichov and one of his successors. He later replanted the movement in London, and then in Brooklyn and Monticello, New York, United States.
Labin was very close to many rebbes of the previous generation, including Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum of Satmar, Rabbi Aharon Rokeach of Belz, Rebbe Moshe Yitzchak Gevirtzman (Reb Itzikl) of Pshevorsk, and Rebbe Yaakov Leiser (Reb Yankele) of Pshevorsk.
After the Rebbe of Ziditchov, Naftali Tzvi Labin, died, his son Rabbi Yeshaya Labin was crowned as Grand Rebbe of Ziditchov.
Rabbi Labin also has two daughters, who are both married to Hasidic rebbes: