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[[File:Machberes-Hachnosas-Sefer-Torah-in-Pupa-in-1934.jpg|thumb|A [[Hachnasas Sefer Torah|new Torah scroll]] in Pupa, 1934]]
Kehillas Yaakov '''Pupa''' (also "Puppa"; Hebrew/Yiddish: קהלת יעקב פאפא) is a [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] [[List of Hasidic dynasties|dynasty]], named after the Yiddish name of the town of its origin (known in Hungarian as [[Pápa]]).
The group is based in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn]], with branches in the [[Boro Park]] section of Brooklyn, [[Monsey, New York]], [[Los Angeles]], and [[Ossining (town), New York|Ossining, New York]]. It is headed by the Pupa [[rebbe]], who has several thousand followers.
Pupa has more than 7,000 students enrolled in its [[yeshivas]], girls schools, summer camps, and [[kollelim]] in Williamsburg, Boro Park, Monsey, [[Westchester County, New York]], [[Montreal]], [[Jerusalem]], and elsewhere.<ref name=FTJT/> In Williamsburg, Pupa is second in size to the [[Satmar (Hasidic dynasty)|Satmar Hasidim]], with whom they share many communal facilities.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
== Lineage ==
* [[Moshe Greenwald]] (1853–1910).
** [[Yaakov Yechezkiah Greenwald]] I (1882–1941)
*** [[Yosef Greenwald]] (1903–1984)
**** [[Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald II]] (born 1948)
[[File:Pupa Rebbe at the graveside of his father.jpg|thumb|[[Yaakov Yechezkiya Greenwald II]] at [[Yosef Greenwald|his father]]'s gravesite]]
== Kiryas Pupa and Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary ==
Kiryas Pupa is a village in [[Ossining, New York (town)|Ossining]], New York, established by [[Yosef Greenwald]].<ref name=FTJT>{{cite web |last1=Tannenbaum |first1=Rabbi Gershon |title=Celebrating Pupa's Glory |url=http://www.5tjt.com/celebrating-pupas-glory/ |website=[[Five Towns Jewish Times]]|date=30 July 2015 }}</ref> It includes the Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary, a 4-year school, and a cemetery.
More than 800 students are enrolled in the graduate [[yeshiva Gedolah]], located on a pastoral 140-acre campus.
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