# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/menashe-klein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:28:30.239Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/menashe-klein"
name: "Menashe Klein"
slug: "menashe-klein"
description: "Menashe Klein, also known as the Ungvarer Rav, was a Hasidic Rebbe and posek. He authored 18 volumes of responsa, spanning over 50 years, entitled Mishneh Halachos. Additionally, he authored some 25 other seforim, including a commentary on Simeon Kayyara's BeHag. Toward the end of his life, he relocated from Brooklyn, New York to Jerusalem."
tagline: "Rabbi of Ungvar community in Brooklyn, moved to Jerusalem at end of his life"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Rav.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1923-04-09"
deathDate: "2011-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           4.61638
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "منشيه كلاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Menashe Klein"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menashe_Klein"
    title: "Menashe Klein"
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    title: "מנשה קליין"
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    title: "מנשה קליין"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump