Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively ← Previous edit Next edit →Content deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 06:46, 19 July 2023 editStonyBrook (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users6,661 edits wikify, add ctnt fm Mordechai Dovid Unger, rm circular & ol, honorifics, cu tmp← Previous edit		Revision as of 07:05, 19 July 2023 edit undoStonyBrook (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users6,661 edits ce, add bya tmpNext edit →
Line 16:		Line 16:
	\| father = ]		\| father = ]
	\| mother = Freida Rubin		\| mother = Freida Rubin
	\| birth_date = 1955		\| birth_date = {{Birth year and age\|1955}}{{sfn\|Heilman\|2013\|p=236}}
	\| birth_place = New York		\| birth_place = New York
	\| date of death =		\| date of death =
Line 24:		Line 24:
	\|}}		\|}}

	'''Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam''' ({{lang-he\|בן ציון אריה לייבוש הלברשטאם}}) is the current ] of the ].		'''Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam''' ({{lang-he\|בן ציון אריה לייבוש הלברשטאם}}, born 1955) is the current ] of the ].

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	Halberstam was born ~~in 1955~~ to the third Bobover rebbe, Grand Rabbi ] and his second wife.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Ben-Zion-%25D7%2591%25D7%259F-%25D7%25A6%25D7%2599%25D7%2595%25D7%259F-Halberstam-%25D7%2594%25D7%259C%25D7%2591%25D7%25A8%25D7%25A9%25D7%2598%25D7%2590%25D7%259D/6000000001878522994\|title=Admor Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, 5th Bobover Rebbe ...\|quote=Birthdate: 1955}}</ref> His father had lost his first wife and most of their children in ].<ref name=Reb>{{cite web\|date=August 1, 2008\|title=The Life And Legacy Of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam\|url=https://www.vosizneias.com/18763/2008/08/01/borough-park-ny-the-legacy-and-life-of-rabbi-shlomo-halberstam-zt%E2%80%9Dl-the-tzadik-that-rebuild-the-bobov-dynasty-in-america}}</ref>~~{{sfn\|Heilman\|2013\|p=236}}~~ ~~His~~ ~~half-brother from his father's first~~ ~~marriage~~, ], survived ~~the~~ ~~Holocaust,~~ ~~and~~ ~~joined~~ the family in ].{{sfn\|Heilman\|2013\|p=236}}		Halberstam was born to the third Bobover rebbe, Grand Rabbi ] and his second wife.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Ben-Zion-%25D7%2591%25D7%259F-%25D7%25A6%25D7%2599%25D7%2595%25D7%259F-Halberstam-%25D7%2594%25D7%259C%25D7%2591%25D7%25A8%25D7%25A9%25D7%2598%25D7%2590%25D7%259D/6000000001878522994\|title=Admor Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, 5th Bobover Rebbe ...\|quote=Birthdate: 1955}}</ref> His father had lost his first wife and most of their children in ],<ref name=Reb>{{cite web\|date=August 1, 2008\|title=The Life And Legacy Of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam\|url=https://www.vosizneias.com/18763/2008/08/01/borough-park-ny-the-legacy-and-life-of-rabbi-shlomo-halberstam-zt%E2%80%9Dl-the-tzadik-that-rebuild-the-bobov-dynasty-in-america}}</ref> but a son, ], survived.{{sfn\|Heilman\|2013\|p=236}} Naftali was later reunited with the family in ].{{sfn\|Heilman\|2013\|p=236}}

	==Career==		==Career==

Revision as of 07:05, 19 July 2023

American rabbi For the second Bobover Rebbe (1874–1941), see Ben Zion Halberstam.

Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam
Halberstam at a Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim gathering
Title	Grand Rabbi of Bobov
Personal life
Born	Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam 1955 (age 69–70) New York
Spouse	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
Parents	Shlomo Halberstam (father) Freida Rubin (mother)
Religious life
Religion	Judaism
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Naftali Halberstam

Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (Template:Lang-he, born 1955) is the current Rebbe of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty.

Early life

Halberstam was born to the third Bobover rebbe, Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam and his second wife. His father had lost his first wife and most of their children in the Holocaust, but a son, Naftali, survived. Naftali was later reunited with the family in Borough Park, Brooklyn.

Career

After his father's passing in 2000, Naftali was appointed as fourth Bobover Rebbe at age 69, while Halberstam was appointed as Rav Hatza'ir (assistant rabbi). After Naftali died in 2005, a dispute arose as to who should be the Grand Rebbe of the then 120,000 Bobov Hasidim worldwide. Some began to follow Halberstam, while others followed Naftali's son-in-law Mordechai Dovid Unger, who was older by one year. Unger had already ensconced himself firmly within the community by then, and had previously balked at challenging his own father's leadership of Dombrov, which was not as substantial a dynasty. The matter of succession was brought before a beth din (religious court) in 2007, which ruled that Halberstam would be declared the fifth Rebbe of Bobov (אדמו"ר מבאבוב) with its headquarters on 48th Street in Borough Park, while Unger would be Rebbe of Bobov-45 (אדמו"ר מבאבוב-45), located on 45th Street.