Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe)
American rabbi (1907–2000)
Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1908 — August 2, 2000) (Hebrew: רבי שלמה הלברשטאם), was the third Rebbe of Bobov. He re-established the Bobov Hasidic dynasty in the United States after World War II.
Early life
Shlomo Halberstam was born in Poland. He was the eldest son of Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), the second Rebbe of Bobov. His father was murdered by the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators during the Holocaust.
Career
After the war, Halberstam arrived in the United States. Although starting off with only a small yeshiva for sixteen boys on the West Side of Manhattan, Halberstam would go on to rebuild the Bobov institutions in the US, Israel and London after their decimation in the Holocaust.
Personal life and death
Having lost his first wife and most of their children during the Holocaust, Halberstam remarried. His son from his second marriage was Benzion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam. Shlomo Halberstam died in the summer of 2000, and was succeeded by his eldest son Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005).
Legacy
A selection of Halberstam's teachings were recorded in the book Kerem Shlome and many more books.
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