Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

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The Sanz Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1793-1876) Rabbi of Nowy Sącz (Sanz), author of Divrei Chaim and a son-in-law of Rabbi Boruch Frankel Thumim (1760-1828), Rabbi of Lipník nad Bečvou (Yiddish: Leipnik), author of Boruch Taam.

The Divrei Chaim was a disciple of Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz, who was a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, who was a disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch, who was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.

The Divrei Chaim had fourteen children; his seven sons were: Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1814-1898) of Shinive; Rabbi Duvid Halberstam (1821-1894) of Chrzanow; Rabbi Meir Nosson Halberstam (1827-1855), father of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, the first Bobover Rebbe; Rabbi Boruch Halberstam (1829-1906) of Görlitz; Rabbi Aharon Halberstam, his successor in Nowy Sącz; Rabbi Shulem Lazer Halberstam of Ratzferd (1862-1944), who was murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust; Rabbi Yeshaye Halberstam of Częstochowa (Yiddish: Czhechoiv) (1864-1944), who was also murdered by the [[Nazis]; and seven daughters; among them a daughter Ruchel who married Rabbi Mordecai Dov Twerski, the Admor of Hornisteipel.

[edit] Books of the Sanz movement

The main Hasidic works revered by the Sanz Dynasty are Divrei Chaim, by Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Tzanz and Divrei Yechezkel by his son, Rabbi Yechezkel Halberstam of Shineva.