Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe)

Shlomo Halberstam
Title Third Bobover Rebbe
Personal
Born 1908
Poland
Died August 2, 2000 (aged 92)
Religion Judaism
Parent
  • Ben Zion Halberstam (father)
Jewish leader
Predecessor Ben Zion Halberstam
Successor Naftali Halberstam

Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1908 — August 2, 2000) (Hebrew: רבי שלמה הלברשטאם), was the third Rebbe of Bobov who re-established the Hasidic dynasty in the United States after World War II. Born in Poland, he was the oldest son of Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941) of Bobov, who was murdered by the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators in the Holocaust.

Rebuilding

Starting off with a small yeshiva for sixteen boys in the West Side of Manhattan, Grand Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam rebuilt the Bobov institutions in America, Israel and in London after the Holocaust. He also rebuilt in another way: he remarried, having lost his first wife and most of their children during the Holocaust.

Grand Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam died in the summer of 2000, and was succeeded by his oldest son, Rabbi Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005).

Legacy

A selection of his teachings were recorded in the book Kerem Shlome and many more books

Rebbes of Bobov

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

See also