Shlomo Halberstam (1908 — August 2, 2000)
( he, רבי שלמה הלברשטאם), was the third
Rebbe
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of
Bobov who re-established the
Hasidic dynasty in the United States after
World War II
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. Born in
Poland
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,
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
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.
Rebuilding
Grand Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam rebuilt the Bobov institution in America after the Holocaust. He also rebuilt in another way: he remarried, having lost his first wife and most of their children during the Holocaust.
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Grand Rebbe Shlomo Halberstam died in the summer of 2000, and was succeeded by his oldest son, Rabbi Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005).
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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 Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita became Rebbe after Naftali,
Rebbes of Bobov
# Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Chaim Halberstam
# Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941)
# Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000)
# Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005) older son of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam
# Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, younger son of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam
:* Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger Shlita (b. 1954), current and first Bobov-45 Rebbe, son-in-law of Naftali Halberstam
See also
* Chaim Halberstam
* Bobowa (in Poland)
* Borough Park, Brooklyn
References
External links
A video clip of Rabbi Solomon HalberstamA Video Clip of Rabbi Solomon Halberstam dancing at his great-granddaughter's wedding
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1908 births
2000 deaths
Rebbes of Bobov
American Hasidic rabbis
Polish Hasidic rabbis
Hasidic rabbis in Europe
Holocaust survivors
Rabbis from New York (state)
People from Borough Park, Brooklyn
Descendants of the Baal Shem Tov