# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mordechai-yissachar-ber-leifer
# Generated: 2026-08-15T14:01:48.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mordechai-yissachar-ber-leifer"
name: "Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer"
slug: "mordechai-yissachar-ber-leifer"
description: "Mordechai Yissachar Ber Leifer was the third Rebbe of the Pittsburgh Hasidic dynasty. Born in the United States, he joined his father, Grand Rabbi Avraham Abba Leifer, in Ashdod, Israel, to serve as rosh yeshiva of a new Pittsburgher yeshiva in that city in 1981. After succeeding his father as Rebbe, he expanded the Hasidic presence in Ashdod with new schools and institutions, and increased the number of Pittsburgher families to nearly 200 in Ashdod. He also shepherded Pittsburgher Hasidim in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Beit Hilkia, New York City, and California. An accomplished Torah scholar and musical composer, he led the Hasidut for three decades until his death in 2020."
tagline: "American rabbi"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mordechai_Yissachar_Ber_Leifer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
birthDate: "1955-12-21"
deathDate: "2020-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.61026
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump