Shlomo Halberstam ( pl, Szlomo Halberstam , he, רבי שלמה האַלבּערשטאַם ; 1847 –1905) was a
Hasidic
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Rebbe
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, founder of the
Hasidic dynasty
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* Each leader of the dynasty is often known as an ''ADMOR'' (abbreviation for '' ADoneinu MOreinu ...
of
Bobov
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. He was the son of Rabbi
Myer Noson Halberstam
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(1827-1855). Rabbi Shlomo was a grandson of the ''
Divrei Chaim
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 dy ...
'' of
Sanz
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(1793-1876), a
Hasidic
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sage of the 19th century whose influence established the groundwork for many other
Galician Hasidic movements.
Halberstam became an orphan at age eight, and lived with his grandfather, the ''Divrei Chaim'', for most of his early life. He married the daughter of Rabbi Yehoshua of
Kaminka. In later life he re-married; his second wife was the daughter of Rabbi Menashe of
Drohobycz
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. His mentors in ''chasidut'' were his two grandfathers, the ''Divrei Chaim'' of Sanz and Rabbi
Eliezer Horowitz
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Eliezer of Damascus
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of
Dzikov
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Several ...
.
He became the rabbi of
Bukowsko
Bukowsko (; yi, בוקאווסק, Bikofsk; uk, Буківсько, Bukivsʹko) is a village in Sanok County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland.
It's in the Bukowsko Upland mountains, parish ''in loco'', located near the towns of Medzilaborce a ...
in 1864,
Oświęcim
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in 1879,
Vishnitsa in 1880, where he set up a large yeshiva in 1881 and began to serve as a rebbe (Admor) there. He left Vishnitsa and re-established his Yeshiva in
Bobov
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where he was appointed rabbi in 1892.
He died in the summer of 1905 (''1 Tamuz 5665'' on the
Hebrew calendar
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).
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 ...
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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)
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Shlomo Halberstam (1907 - 2000)
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Naftali Halberstam
Naftali Tzvi Halberstam ( he, ר' נפתלי צבי הלברשטאם) (1931–2005) was the Grand Rebbe of Bobov from August 2000 until March 2005. He succeeded his father, Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000), as Grand Rebbe of Bobov.
Early life
Na ...
(1931 - 2005)
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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 ...
, younger son of Shlomo Halberstam
:*
Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita (b. 1954), current and first
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 ...
Rebbe, son-in-law of Naftali Halberstam
See also
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Bobov Synagogue (Kraków)
The Bobov Synagogue in Kraków, Poland, was established in 1871 by followers of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov.
Located at 12 Estery Street, the synagogue was founded on the first story of an apartment block and also contained a Talmudic scho ...
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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 fo ...
(in Poland)
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Borough Park, Brooklyn
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1847 births
1905 deaths
Rebbes of Bobov
Polish Hasidic rabbis
Hasidic rabbis in Europe
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