Naftali Tzvi Halberstam ( he, ר' נפתלי צבי הלברשטאם) (1931–2005) was the Grand

Rebbe A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...

Bobov Bobov (or Bobover Hasidism) ( he, חסידות באבוב, yi, בּאָבּאָװ) is a Hasidic community within Haredi Judaism, originating in Bobowa, Galicia, in southern Poland, and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in Br ...

from August 2000 until March 2005. He succeeded his father, Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000), as Grand Rebbe of Bobov.

Early life

Naftali Tzvi Halberstam was born in

Bobowa Bobowa ( yi, בּאָבּאָוו, ''Bobov'') is a small town in Gorlice County, southern Poland. Administratively part of the Lesser Polish Voivodeship, it is situated west of Gorlice and south-east of the regional capital Kraków. It was for ...

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in 1931 (25 Sivan, 5691) to Shlomo Halberstam, the third Bobover Rebbe. His mother and two siblings were murdered in the

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, and after the war, Naftali's father Shlomo had arranged for him to go to

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. Shlomo remained in Europe, and Naftali was unsure if his father had survived the war.

Post-war

Halberstam lived for several years in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, where he received his rabbinical ordination. In 1951, after discovering that his father had survived the war and relocated to

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in the late 1940s, he joined him there. Upon his father's death in 2000, he became the Grand Rebbe of Bobov in

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. He died on March 23, 2005 (12 Adar, 5765). Halberstam was buried next to his father in Floral Park Cemetery,

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. Halberstam's wife, Rebbetzin Hesa, died on May 15, 2011 (11 Iyar, 5771) aged 80. Halberstam left no sons, only two daughters. His older daughter is married to Yehoshua Rubin, the current

Bobov-45 Bobov (or Bobover Hasidism) ( he, חסידות באבוב, yi, בּאָבּאָװ) is a Hasidic community within Haredi Judaism, originating in Bobowa, Galicia, in southern Poland, and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in Br ...

''dayan'' (judge). His younger daughter is married to the first Bobov-45 Rebbe, Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita.

Rebbes of Bobov

# Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe,

Chaim Halberstam Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793–1876) ( he, חיים הלברשטאם מצאנז), known as the ''Divrei Chaim'' after his sefer (works), was the rabbi of Sanz ( pl, Nowy Sącz), a famous Hasidic Rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic d ...

Ben Zion Halberstam Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941) was the second Bobover Rebbe. He was murdered by the Nazis in 1941. Biography Halberstam was born in Bikofsk in 1874. His father was Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905), the first Rebbe of Bobov, and a scion of t ...

(1874–1941) # Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000) # Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005) #

Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam ( he, בן ציון אריה לייבוש הלברשטאם) is the current leader of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty. He was born in 1955 to the third Bobover rebbe, Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam and his second wif ...

(b.1955), current Rebbe, younger son of Shlomo Halberstam :* Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita (b. 1954), current and first

Rebbe, son-in-law of Naftali Halberstam

References

External links

Wedding video with Grand Rabbi Naftali Halberstam - Part 1Part 2

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Early life

Post-war

Rebbes of Bobov

See also

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