Shlomo Halberstam (1908 — August 2, 2000)
( he, רבי שלמה הלברשטאם), was the third
Rebbe
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of
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 ...
who re-established the
Hasidic
Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...
dynasty in the United States after
World War II
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. Born in
Poland
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,
he was the oldest son of Rabbi
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) of Bobov, who was murdered by the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators in the
Holocaust
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.
Rebuilding
Grand Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam rebuilt the Bobov institution in America after the Holocaust. He also rebuilt in another way: he remarried, having lost his first wife and most of their children during the Holocaust.
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Grand Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam died in the summer of 2000, and was succeeded by his oldest son, Rabbi ]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).
Legacy
A selection of his teachings were recorded in the book ''Kerem Shlome''. 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 ...
, a son from the second wife became Rebbe Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita became Rebbe after Naftali,
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
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) older son of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam
# 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 Rabbi 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
*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 ...
*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 ...
(in Poland)
*Borough Park, Brooklyn
Borough Park (also spelled Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by Bensonhurst to the south, Dyker Heights to the southwest, Sunset Park to the west, ...
References
External links
A video clip of Rabbi Solomon HalberstamA Video Clip of Rabbi Solomon Halberstam dancing at his great-granddaughter's wedding
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1908 births
2000 deaths
Rebbes of Bobov
American Hasidic rabbis
Polish Hasidic rabbis
Hasidic rabbis in Europe
Holocaust survivors
Rabbis from New York (state)
People from Borough Park, Brooklyn
Descendants of the Baal Shem Tov