Ben Zion Halberstam (The Second)

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Ben Zion Halberstam (The Second)
Bobover Rebbe (48)

Term	23 March 2005 – present
Full name	Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam
Born	1955
	New York
Dynasty	Bobov
Predecessor	Naftali Halberstam
Father	Shlomo Halberstam (The Second)
Mother	Freida Rubin
Wife	Rosa Wachsman
Issue	Chaim Shulem Dovid Chaya Fradl Chana Ruchl Rifkah Sheindel Mordechai Dov Yechezkel Shraga Avrohom Yehoshua Heshil Nechumah Yisroel Elimelech Shlomo

Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam presiding over a Hasidic tish in celebration of the Jewish holiday of Passover

Status is disputed with Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger of Bobov

Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam בן ציון אריה לייבוש הלברשטאם of the Bobov Hasidic movement was born in 1955 to Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov, the third Bobover Rebbe. Rabbi Ben Zion is regarded by many as the Bobover Rebbe ( כ"ק אדמו"ר מבאבוב, שליט"א ).

Following the death of Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam in 2005, a dispute arose as to who should succeed him as Bobover Rebbe. Many claim the title for his younger brother Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, while many others claim the title for his son-in-law, Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger. A Beth Din is currently deciding this issue among other issues of the Bobover dispute.

In the house of his brother-in-law, Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Tauber, Dayan of Bobov, before the funeral of Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam took place, his brother Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish was crowned as his successor. This was announced in the presence of the lay president of Bobov Rabbi Moshe Meir Einhorn. He is presently Rabbi in the main synagogue on 48 Street and is referred to as "Bobov 48".