Shlomo Halberstam | |
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Third Bobover Rebbe | |
Full name | Shlomo Halberstam |
Born | 1907 |
Died | August 2, 2000 | (aged 93)
Predecessor | Ben Zion Halberstam |
Successor | Reb Naftali Halberstam |
Father | Ben Zion Halberstam |
Shlomo Halberstam (1907 - August 2, 2000) (Hebrew: ר' שלמה הלברשטאם), was the third Rebbe of Bobov who re-established the Hasidic dynasty in the United States after World War II. He was the son of Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941) of Bobov, who was murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators in the Holocaust.
Rabbi Halberstam died in summer of 2000, and was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005).
A selection of his teachings were recorded in the book Kerem Shlome.
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