Shlomo Halberstam (The Second)

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Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1907 – August 2, 2000) (Hebrew: ר' שלמה האלברשטאם‎), was the Rebbe of Bobov, who re-established the Bobover hasidic dynasty in America after World War II. He was the son of Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1874-1941) of Bobov, who died in the Holocaust.

Rebbe Solomon (Shlome in Hebrew) died in summer of 2000, and was succeeded by his son Rabbi Naftali Halberstam (1931-2005).

His teachings were recorded in the book Kerem Shlome.

[edit] Rebbes of Bobov

1. Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (The First) (1847 - 1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam
2. Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (The First) (1874 - 1941)
3. Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (The Second) (1907 - 2000)
4. Rabbi Naftali Halberstam (1931 - 2005)

Disputed:

5. Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (The Second) (b. 1955) son of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam

5. Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger (b. 1954) son-in-law of Rabbi Naftali Halberstam

[edit] See also

• Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (1793 - 1896)
• Bobowa (in Poland)
• Borough Park, Brooklyn
• Belz succession feud
• Satmar succession feud
• Klausenburg (Hasidic dynasty)
• Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)
• Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)

[edit] External links

• A video clip of Rabbi Solomon Halberstam, of Blessed Memory
• A Video Clip of Rabbi Solomon Halberstam, of Blessed Memory, Dancing at his great-granddaughter's wedding
• Rabbi Solomon Halberstam's eyeglasses being auctioned off on eBay

Preceded by Ben Zion Halberstam (The First)

Rebbe of Bobov 1941–2000

Succeeded by Naftali Halberstam