Gedaliah Aharon Koenig

Gedaliah Aharon Koenig (; 5 May 1921 – 7 July 1980), an Israeli rabbi and Breslover Hasid in Jerusalem, Israel, was the driving force behind the establishment of the Breslov community in Safed, which was led by his son, Rabbi Elazar Mordechai Koenig, and now by another son, Rabbi Ephraim Koenig.

Biography Born in the Old City of Jerusalem, Koenig became a Chabad Hasid during his teens. a key figure in the chain of transmission of Breslov teachings from the early generations of the movement to the later ones. Sternhartz was the great-grandson of Reb Noson Sternhartz, the leading disciple of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov. Sternhartz immigrated from Uman, Ukraine to Jerusalem in 1936 and taught many students, producing Breslov leaders for coming generations. Koenig became one of Sternhartz's leading disciples. His widow, Esther Yehudit, died on Shavuot day, 9 June 2008.