Rabbi Yoel was not survived by any children – all three of his daughters died in his lifetime. After prolonged vacillations by the community board, his nephew Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, Rabbi Chaim Tzvi's second son, was appointed as successor, in spite of Feiga's severe objections. Rabbi Moshe was proclaimed Rebbe on 8 August 1980, the first anniversary of his uncle's death by the Hebrew calendar. The great majority of Hasidim accepted the new leader, though a small fraction called Bnei Yoel, which was unofficially led by Feiga, opposed him. The tense relations between both led to several violent incidents in the 1980s. The new Rebbe appointed his oldest son, Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, to chief rabbi of Kiryas Yoel in 1984. Both incurred opposition from elements within the sect. They were blamed for exercising a centralized leadership style, and for lack of sufficient zealotry.