Simchas Bais Hashoeva with the Munkatcher Rebbe Rabbi Moshe Leib Rabinovich Of Boro Park Brooklyn in the Munkatcher Sukah on 14th ave. corner 48th St. Sunday night October 4 2009
Munkatch (or Munkacs Hasidism) (חסידות מונקאטש) is a Hasidic sect within Haredi Judaism of mostly Hungarian Hasidic Jews. It was founded and led by the late Polish-born Grand Rebbe Shlomo Spira, who was the rabbi of the town of Munkacs. Members of the congregation are mainly referred to as Munkacs Hasidim or Munkatcher Hasidim. It is named after the Hungarian town in which it was established, Munkatsh (in Yiddish; or in Hungarian: Munkács; today: Mukachevo in the Ukraine).
The largest Munkacs community is in Boro Park, Brooklyn; There are also significant Munkacs communities in Williamsburg, Brooklyn; Monsey, New York;