Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe)

Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1908 — August 2, 2000)^[1] (Hebrew: רבי שלמה הלברשטאם), was the third Rebbe of Bobov. He re-established the Bobov Hasidic dynasty in the United States after World War II.

Shlomo Halberstam
Title	Third Bobover Rebbe
Personal life
Born	1908 Poland
Died	August 2, 2000(2000-08-02) (aged 92)
Parent	Ben Zion Halberstam (father)
Dynasty	Bobov
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Ben Zion Halberstam
Successor	Naftali Halberstam
Main work	Divrei Shlomo
Buried	Floral Park Cemetery, Deans, New Jersey
Dynasty	Bobov

Early life

Shlomo Halberstam was born in Poland.^[2] He was the eldest son of Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), the second Rebbe of Bobov. His father was murdered by the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators during the Holocaust.

Career

After the war, Halberstam arrived in the United States. Although starting off with only a small yeshiva for sixteen boys on the West Side of Manhattan,^[3] Halberstam would go on to rebuild the Bobov institutions in the US, Israel and London after their decimation in the Holocaust.

Personal life and death

Having lost his first wife and most of their children during the Holocaust, Halberstam remarried.^[1] His son from his second marriage was Benzion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam.^[4] Shlomo Halberstam died in the summer of 2000, and was succeeded by his eldest son Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005).^[4]

Legacy

A selection of Halberstam's teachings were recorded in the book Kerem Shlome and many more books.

Rebbes of Bobov

1. Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Chaim Halberstam
2. Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941)
3. Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000)
4. Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005) older son of Shlomo Halberstam
5. Benzion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, younger son of Shlomo Halberstam

• Mordechai Dovid Unger, son-in-law of Naftali Halberstam, presently referred to as the Rebbe of Bobov-45. The suffix, which was added to differentiate Unger's sect from the group led by Benzion Arye Leibish Halberstam, is a tribute to 45th street in Borough Park, Brooklyn, the location of the sect's community center at the time.

See also

• Chaim Halberstam
• Bobowa (in Poland)