Shlomo Halberstam

Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1908 — August 2, 2000) He was the eldest son of Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941), the second Rebbe of Bobov. His father was murdered by the Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators during the Holocaust.

Career After the war, Halberstam arrived in the United States. Although starting off with only a small yeshiva for sixteen boys on the West Side of Manhattan, Halberstam would go on to rebuild the Bobov institutions in the US, Israel and London after their decimation in the Holocaust.

Personal life and death Having lost his first wife and most of their children during the Holocaust, Halberstam remarried. His son from his second marriage was Benzion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam. Shlomo Halberstam died in the summer of 2000, and was succeeded by his eldest son Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005).

Legacy A selection of Halberstam's teachings were recorded in the book Kerem Shlome and many more books.

Rebbes of Bobov Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) grandson of the Sanzer Rebbe, Chaim Halberstam Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941) Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000) Naftali Halberstam (1931–2005) older son of Shlomo Halberstam Benzion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, younger son of Shlomo Halberstam Mordechai Dovid Unger, son-in-law of Naftali Halberstam, presently referred to as the Rebbe of Bobov-45. The suffix, which was added to differentiate Unger's sect from the group led by Benzion Arye Leibish Halberstam, is a tribute to 45th street in Borough Park, Brooklyn, the location of the sect's community center at the time.