Rabbi Shmiel Dovid Halberstam ( he, שמואל דוד הלברשטאם), also known as the Sanz-Klausenberger Rebbe, is the younger son and one of the successors of Rabbi
Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam
Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam (January 10, 1905 – June 18, 1994) was an Orthodox rabbi and the founding rebbe of the Sanz-Klausenburg Hasidic dynasty.
Halberstam was one of the youngest rebbes in Europe, leading thousands of followers in the ...
, the previous
Klausenberger Rebbe
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. He resides in
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
,
New York.
Biography
He is one of seven children born in his father's second marriage to Chaya Nechama Ungar, daughter of the Nitra Rav, Rabbi
Shmuel Dovid Ungar. He was named after his mother's father, who was murdered in
the Holocaust
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. His older brother, Rabbi
Zvi Elimelech Halberstam, is the Sanzer Rebbe of Israel, and he also has five sisters. He married Tzipora Weider, daughter of Rabbi Aharon Wieder, the Linzer Rav, who was a long-time
dayan in the Klausenberger ''beis din'' (rabbinical court) in America.
[Donn, Yochonon. ''The Linzer Rav, Harav Aharon Wieder, zt"l''. ]Hamodia
''Hamodia'' ( he, המודיע – "''the Informer''") is a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in Jerusalem. A daily English-language edition is also published in the United States, and weekly English-language editions in England and Israe ...
American News, 25 March 2010, p. B55.
Rabbi Halberstam is the leader of North American operations for the
Mifal HaShas Torah study
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network founded by his father, and honoree president of the
Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim
Kolel Chibas Jerusalem ( he, כולל חיבת ירושלים), one of the numerous charities known as Charity of Rabbi Meyer Ba'al Ha-Nes — named after the great 2nd century Jewish sage Rabbi Meir — is a large charitable organization based in ...
charity organization in the name of
Reb Meir Baal HaNess.
He is known for his effusive and lengthy prayers.
See also
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Klausenberg (Hasidic dynasty)
Klausenburg, also known as Sanz-Klausenburg, is a Hasidic dynasty that originated in the Transylvanian city of Cluj-Napoca (german: Klausenburg, hu, Kolozsvár), today in Romania.
At the behest of Rabbi Yekusiel Yehudah Halberstam, Klausenburg ...
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Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)
Sanz (or Tsanz, yi, צאנז) is a Hasidic dynasty originating in the city of Sanz (Nowy Sącz) in Galicia. The dynasty was founded by the rebbe Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1793–1876) who was the rabbi of Nowy Sącz and the author of the w ...
References
External links
Sanz Klausenburg web-site A collection of picture galleries of the rebbe and more.
Grand Rebbe Shmuel Halberstam officiating over the tish celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim video taken in his synagogue in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn, New York.
Rebbes of Sanz-Klausenberg
American Hasidic rabbis
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Borough Park, Brooklyn
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