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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 Brooklyn, New York. Bobov developed into a leading Hasidic dynasty through the leadership of Shlomo Halberstam, a Holocaust survivor. There are currently two independent Bobov communities, each with their own rebbes and institutions. The first, which carries the name Bobov and inherited all Bobov institutions, is led by Benzion Halberstam. The second one, named Bobov-45, broke away from the main group in 2005, and established their own institutions; they are led by Mordechai Dovid Unger. Bobov communities are found in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn; in Monsey, New York; Los Angeles; Lakewood, New Jersey; Montreal; Toronto; Antwerp; and London. In Israel, Bobov has large branches in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Ashdod, Elad, Beitar Illi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Divrei Chaim of Sanz. Upon his father's death Halberstam succeeded him as Rebbe. He authored a commentary on the Torah called ''Kedushas Tzion''. Lvov, where Halberstam then lived, fell under Nazi control in July, 1941. For about a month Halberstam hid in a room whose door was secretly blocked by a large bookcase. But a friend convinced him to come out of hiding, on the theory that the Germans were harsher to people who were found hiding. The friend also argued that the Germans would honor Halberstam’s official papers that declared he was a foreign resident. On Friday, July 25, he left his place of hiding and established himself openly in a separate room in the apartment. Early in the morning of July 25, groups of peasants from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A .... He was born in 1955 to the third Bobover rebbe, Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam and his second wife; Grand Rabbi Shlomo had lost his first wife and most of their children in the Holocaust. His son from his first marriage, Naftali Halberstam, survived and would eventually become the fourth Bobver Rebber. After his father's passing in 2000, Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish older half-brother, Grand Rabbi Naftali Halberstam was appointed to be the fourth Bobover Rebbe, and Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish was appointed as '' Rav Hatza'ir'' ("Younger" Rabbi). After Grand Rabbi Naftali's passing in 2005, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Naftali Tzvi Halberstam was born in Bobowa, Poland in 1931 (25 Sivan, 5691) to Shlomo Halberstam, the third Bobover Rebbe. His mother and two siblings were murdered in the Holocaust, and after the war, Naftali's father Shlomo had arranged for him to go to Mandatory Palestine. Shlomo remained in Europe, and Naftali was unsure if his father had survived the war. Post-war Halberstam lived for several years in Israel, where he received his rabbinical ordination. In 1951, after discovering that his father had survived the war and relocated to New York in the late 1940s, he joined him there. Upon his father's death in 2000, he became the Grand Rebbe of Bobov in Borough Park, Brooklyn. He died on March 23, 2005 (12 Adar, 5765). Halberstam was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mordechai Dovid Unger
Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita ( he, הרב מרדכי דוד אונגער) is the first Rebbe of Bobov-45. Biography Unger was born in 1954 to Yaakov Yitzchok Unger of Dombrov. He is the younger son-in-law of the Naftali Zvi Halberstam, the fourth Bobover Rebbe, and the second oldest grandson of Shlomo Halberstam, the third Bobover Rebbe. Following the death of his father-in-law in 2005, a dispute arose as to who would be named Grand Rebbe of Bovov. Some began to follow Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, while others followed Unger. In the end, a beth din (religious court) decided to split the two congregations, with Halberstam being declared Rebbe of Bobov () and Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita Grand Rabbi of Bobov-45 (). Although many leading Jewish Torah scholars, such as the late Rav Wosner and the late Rav Roth, fundamentally disagreed with the ruling, Rabbi Unger agreed to the ruling for the sake of peace. Rebbes of Bobov Bobov # Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
