Yaakov Yitzchak Neumann

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak Neumann or Neimann (1920, Pápa, Hungary – 2007, Montreal), also known as "Pupa Rav", was the rabbi of Montreal's Belzer hasidim from 1953 until his death in 2007.

Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak Neumann
Rabbi Yaakov Yitzhak Neumann
Personal
Born	Yaakov Yitzhak Neumann 1920 Pápa, Hungary
Died	2007 Montreal, Canada
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Hungarian-Canadian
Spouse	Unknown (died in Holocaust)
Children	Nuchem (died in Holocaust)
Parent	Yosef ben Benzion Neumann
Denomination	Hasidic Judaism
Occupation	Rabbi
Position	Rav of Montreal's Belz community
Synagogue	Belzer Hasidim, Montreal
Began	1953
Ended	2007
Other	Pupa Rav in Hungary and Montreal
Buried	Kiryas Pupa Cemetery, Ossining, New York

Neumann's tombstone in the Kiryas Pupa Cemetery in Ossinning

Life

Neumann was born in Pápa, Hungary. His father Yosef ben Benzion Neuman was also a rabbi.

Rabbinical career

After surviving the Holocaust, in which his wife and only son, Nuchem, were killed, Neumann served as head of the remaining Hungarian Pápa community (c. 1948), from which he gained the title, Puper Rav.

He then emigrated to Australia and then in 1953 to Montreal where there was a Belzer community.

He died in 2007, at 87 without children.

Sources

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• Lapidus, Steven. "The Forgotten Hassidim: Rabbis and Rebbes in Prewar Canada". Canadian Jewish Studies Journal/Revue d'études juives canadiennes, vol. 12, 2004, p. 1-30.
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