Monday, March 3, 2025

In the Chareidie World what makes News is that the Sons of the two Satmar Rebbe Enemies "shook hands"


 
I copied and pasted a News Story from the YESHIVAWORLD blog! 
You have to read it in context to what is going on in the world! The entire world is being turned upside down with the world on the brink of a world war, but the news in the out-of-touch  Chareidie World is about the shaking of hands between two sons of the feuding Satmar Rebbe brothers! 
The photo actually shows one of them being pis__ed off, but my question is: 
Is this a news story when two Jews shake hands? Aren't we constantly barraged with statements of Chazal that Jews should love each other? How low have we sunk that this makes the front page news in Chareidie media? This clueless article even links to a story about a phone call that one brother made to his other brother FIVE YEARS ago! What is crazy is that the article below states that the phone call lasted for ONE minute! The phone call was about their younger brother who was in a coma during Covid and it looked like he wouldn't pull through, thank G-d he did and is fine, but I'm curios what they could possibly say to each other in a ONE minute conversation! 

Sons of Both Satmar Rebbe’s Shake Hands By Simcha

In a rare and heartwarming moment that stirred excitement across the Satmar community, two grandsons of the late Satmar Rebbe, HaRav Moshe Teitelbaum zt”l, were seen shaking hands at a simcha this past week. HaRav Menachem Mendel Teitelbaum, son of HaRav Aharon Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Yoel, and HaRav Yaakov Ber Teitelbaum, son of HaRav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, greeted each other warmly at the bar mitzvah of the son of R’ Chezky Berkowitz, a prominent and respected figure in the Satmar kehillah.

The encounter, captured by attendees and quickly shared across frum circles, marked a significant moment given the well-known divide between the two branches of Satmar leadership. The Kiryas Yoel and Williamsburg factions, led by HaRav Aharon and HaRav Zalman Leib respectively, have historically followed distinct paths since the passing of their father, HaRav Moshe Teitelbaum, in 2006. Public interactions between the two sides have been exceedingly rare, making this handshake a symbol of unity, even if fleeting, for many in the community.

In 2020 YWN previously reported on a historic phone call between HaRav Aharon and HaRav Zalman Leib themselves, which took place during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. That call, lasting just one minute, occurred as their brother, the Zenta Rov, lay on a respirator in critical condition. The brief conversation, a rare moment of direct communication between the two Rebbes in the past two decades, was recorded and shared widely, offering a glimpse of familial connection amid a time of crisis.


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