Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam ( he, חיים יהושע הלבערשטאם), also known as Chaim Shia Halberstam, is a
Hasidic Jewish rabbi
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and the Grand Rabbi of the
Satmar community in
Monsey, New York.
He is a son-in-law of the late Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi
Moshe Teitelbaum, and a direct descendant of the first and second Rebbes of
Bobov.
Biography
Halberstam was born to Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Halberstam,
the orphaned son of Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, the son of the second Rebbe of Bobov, Rabbi
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 t ...
. The first Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam was arrested by the
NKVD during World War II and died of starvation in the
Tashkent prison on 19 November 1944, leaving a young wife, Leika, and two sons, Yaakov Yosef and Boruch Duvid.
[Glicksman, Devora (1997). ''Nor the Moon By Night: The survival of the Chassidic dynasty of Bobov''. Jerusalem: ]Feldheim Publishers
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. . P.476-478. The orphaned family eventually moved to America,
where Yaakov Yosef grew up to name his own son and his
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, K'hal Chaim Yehoshua of
Boro Park,
Brooklyn,
New York
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after his father.
Halberstam was also the great-great-grandson of the first Rebbe of Bobov, Rabbi
Shlomo Halberstam. His mother's maiden name was Teitelbaum; she was a descendant of the
Sighet Hasidic dynasty from which the Satmar dynasty originates.
He married Hendy, the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (1914-2006) and Pessel Leah Teitelbaum (1922-2010).
Until the death of the late Rebbe of Satmar, Halberstam was the Rav of the Satmar
synagogue
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, ''VaYoel Moshe'', in Monsey, ''
av beth din'' (head of the rabbinical court), and principal of the Satmar yeshiva in Monsey.
Lineage to Satmar
*Rabbi
Moshe Teitelbaum (1914–2006), the previous Satmar Rebbe, author of ''Berach Moshe''; son of the ''
Atzei Chaim''.
**Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, Grand Rabbi Of Satmar In Monsey, son-in-law of Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum
Lineage to Bobov
*Grand Rabbi
Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov
**Grand Rabbi
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 t ...
of Bobov, son of Rabbi Shlomo. Murdered by the
Nazis
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near
Lemberg
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, 4 Av 5742
***Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, son of Rabbi
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 t ...
and brother of Grand Rabbi
Shlomo Halberstam. Arrested by the
NKVD in February 1944 and died of starvation in the
Tashkent prison, 19 November 1944.
****Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Halberstam, son of Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, Rav of K'hal Chaim Yehoshua.
*****Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, Grand Rabbi of Satmar Monsey, son of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Halberstam.
References
External links
Rabbi Chaim Shia Halberstam at Anti-Zionist Protest in Washington DC (video)
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Satmar Hasidim
American Hasidic rabbis
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Rabbis from New York (state)
Descendants of the Baal Shem Tov