Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam
Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam | |
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Grand Rabbi of Bobov | |
Term | 23 March 2005 – present |
Full name | Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam |
Born |
1955 New York |
Predecessor | Naftali Halberstam |
Father | Shlomo Halberstam |
Mother | Freida Rubin |
Wife | Rosa Wachsman |
Children |
Chaim Shulem Chaya Fradl Dovid Chana Ruchel Rifkah Sheindel Mordechai Dov Yechezkel Shraga Avrohom Yehoshua Heshil Miriam Beila Nechumah Yisroel Elimelech Shlomo |
Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (Hebrew: בן ציון אריה לייבוש הלברשטאם) is the current leader of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty.[1]
He was born in 1955 to the third Bobover rebbe, Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam and Grand Rabbi Shlomo's second wife.
Grand Rabbi Shlomo lost his first wife and most of their children in the Holocaust;[2] he and his successor Naftali Halberstam survived and rebuilt.
After his father's passing in 2000, his older half brother, Grand Rabbi Naftali Halberstam was appointed to be the fourth Bobover Rebbe, and Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish was appointed as "Rav Hatza'ir" ("Younger" Rabbi).
He was initailly acting successor, and seven years after Grand Rabbi Naftali's 2005 passing he was appointed as fifth Grand Rabbi of Bobov. [3]
Rebbes of Bobov
- Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Rabbi Chaim Halberstam
- Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941)
- Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe) (1907–2000)
- Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005) older son of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam
- Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (b. 1955) younger son of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam
See also
- Bobov
- Chaim Halberstam (1793–1896)
- Bobowa (in Poland)
References
- ↑ Nussbaum Cohen, Debra (February 29, 2012). "Serenading the Bobov Bride". The Forward.
- ↑ "The Life And Legacy Of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam". August 1, 2008.
- ↑ https://www.dropbox.com/s/wxhoh1niecau2ca/bobovPsak.pdf
External links
- Kol Bobov: Bobover Music (Yiddish Site), of Ben Zion Halberstam
- Link to Bais Din Ruling (in Hebrew)
- Halberstam family tree
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Preceded by Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam of Bobov |
Grand Rebbe of Bobov 2005– |
Succeeded by Current incumbent |