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Efrayim Goldstein · Aug 9, 2026

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afterwards in 1946, into Israel. On a fund-raising mission to the United States, he met many people from his former community who urged him to stay in America and help them recover from the trauma of the War. Rabbi Teitelbaum’s decision to stay in America was historic, in that it set in place the foundation for the growth of the Satmar community. After only a short time, the transplanted “Yetiv Lev” Congregation emerged upon American soil, with Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum at the helm. Although he was not the only Jewish leader to oppose the establishment of the State of Israel, he drew, in 1948, worldwide attention when he became the only Jewish leader to denounce the newly founded Jewish state. He based his anti-Zionist position on a gemara in Kesuvos 111a, that derives from the triple mention in Shir HaShirim of the verse, “I have bound you in oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,” that HaShem bound the Jewish People and the nations of the world with three oaths: 1. “shelo yaalu bachoma” – that the Jews should not fo

afterwards in 1946, into Israel. On a fund-raising mission to the United States, he met many people from his former community who urged him to stay in America and help them recover from the trauma of the War. Rabbi Teitelbaum’s decision to stay in America was historic, in that it set in place the foundation for the growth of the Satmar community. After only a short time, the transplanted “Yetiv Lev” Congregation emerged upon American soil, with Rabbi Yoel Teitelbaum at the helm. Although he was not the only Jewish leader to oppose the establishment of the State of Israel, he drew, in 1948, worldwide attention when he became the only Jewish leader to denounce the newly founded Jewish state. He based his anti-Zionist position on a gemara in Kesuvos 111a, that derives from the triple mention in Shir HaShirim of the verse, “I have bound you in oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,” that HaShem bound the Jewish People and the nations of the world with three oaths: 1. “shelo yaalu bachoma” – that the Jews should not fo

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