Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe)


Shlomo Halberstam , was the third Rebbe of Bobov who re-established the Hasidic dynasty in the United States after World War II. He was the oldest son of Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam of Bobov, who was murdered by the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators in the Holocaust.

Rebuilding

Both he and a son his successor Reb Naftali survived and rebuilt in America. He also rebuilt in another way: he remarried, having lost his first wife and most of their children during the Holocaust.
Rabbi Halberstam died in summer of 2000, and was succeeded by his oldest son, Rabbi Naftali Halberstam.

Legacy

A selection of his teachings were recorded in the book Kerem Shlome.
Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, a son from the second wife, became Rebbe after Naftali.
In 2016, the first edition of Divrei Shlomo, a new and revised selection of teachings was published by his son Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam.

Rebbes of Bobov

  1. Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam
  2. Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam
  3. Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam
  4. Rabbi Naftali Halberstam older son of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam
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