Shlomo Halberstam (The First)

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Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1847-1905) was a Hasidic Rebbe, founder of the Hasidic dynasty of Bobov. He was the son of Rabbi Meir Nathan Halberstam (1827-1855). Rabbi Solomon was the eldest grandson of his fathers father; the Divrei Chaim of Sanz (1793-1876), a Hasidic sage of the 19th century whose influence established the groundwork for many other Galician Hasidic movements.

Solomon Halberstam became an orphan at age eight, and stayed with his grandfather, the Divrei Chaim, for most of his early life. He later became the rabbi of Vizhintsa, Oshpitzin (Oświęcim in Polish), Bikufsk, and Bobov. He died in the summer of 1905 (1 Tamuz 5765 on the Hebrew calendar).

Preceded by: — Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, author of Divrei Chaim

Rebbe of Bobov ????–1905

Succeeded by: Ben Zion Halberstam (The First)