Naftali Halberstam | |
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Title | Fourth Bobover Rebbe |
Personal | |
Born | Naftali Tzvi Halberstam June 10, 1931 [25 Sivan, 5691] |
Died | March 23, 2005Adar, 5765] | (aged 73) [12
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse | Hesa |
Parent |
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Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Shlomo Halberstam |
Successor |
Benzion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (Bobov)
[1] Mordechai David Unger (Bobov-45) [2] |
Dynasty | Bobov (Hasidic dynasty) |
Naftali Tzvi Halberstam ( Hebrew: ר' נפתלי צבי הלברשטאם, June 10, 1931 – March 23, 2005) was the fourth Grand Rebbe of Bobov. He succeeded his father, Shlomo Halberstam, as Grand Rebbe from August 2000 until March 2005. His death led to a succession crisis within Bobov. [3]
Naftali Tzvi Halberstam was born in Bobowa, Poland to Shlomo Halberstam, the third Bobover Rebbe. [4] [5] [6] His mother and two siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. [7] Towards the end of the war, Naftali's father had arranged for him to go to Mandatory Palestine. [7] Shlomo remained in Europe, and Naftali was unsure if his father had survived the war. [7] Halberstam lived for several years in Israel, where he received his rabbinical ordination. [7]
In 1951, after discovering that his father had indeed survived the war and relocated to New York in the late 1940s, he joined him there, [7] and discovered that his father had meanwhile remarried. Halberstam, who was described by Samuel Heilman as "[living] in the shadow of his father" during this period, [7] also had a half-brother, Ben Zion. [8] Upon his father's death in 2000, Halberstam became the Grand Rebbe of Bobov in Borough Park, Brooklyn, at age 69. [8] Ill with Parkinson's disease, he died on March 23, 2005 [8] and was buried next to his father in Floral Park Cemetery, in Deans, New Jersey. [9] His death led to a succession crisis in Bobov, with some Bobovers supporting his half-brother, while others followed his son-in-law, Mordechai Dovid Unger. [3]
Halberstam left no sons, [9] only two daughters. His older daughter is married to Yehoshua Rubin, the current Bobov-45 dayan (judge). His younger daughter is married to Unger, the first Bobov-45 Rebbe. [8] Halberstam's wife, Hesa, [7] died on May 15, 2011 (11 Iyar, 5771) aged 80.
Naftali Halberstam | |
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Title | Fourth Bobover Rebbe |
Personal | |
Born | Naftali Tzvi Halberstam June 10, 1931 [25 Sivan, 5691] |
Died | March 23, 2005Adar, 5765] | (aged 73) [12
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse | Hesa |
Parent |
|
Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Shlomo Halberstam |
Successor |
Benzion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (Bobov)
[1] Mordechai David Unger (Bobov-45) [2] |
Dynasty | Bobov (Hasidic dynasty) |
Naftali Tzvi Halberstam ( Hebrew: ר' נפתלי צבי הלברשטאם, June 10, 1931 – March 23, 2005) was the fourth Grand Rebbe of Bobov. He succeeded his father, Shlomo Halberstam, as Grand Rebbe from August 2000 until March 2005. His death led to a succession crisis within Bobov. [3]
Naftali Tzvi Halberstam was born in Bobowa, Poland to Shlomo Halberstam, the third Bobover Rebbe. [4] [5] [6] His mother and two siblings were murdered in the Holocaust. [7] Towards the end of the war, Naftali's father had arranged for him to go to Mandatory Palestine. [7] Shlomo remained in Europe, and Naftali was unsure if his father had survived the war. [7] Halberstam lived for several years in Israel, where he received his rabbinical ordination. [7]
In 1951, after discovering that his father had indeed survived the war and relocated to New York in the late 1940s, he joined him there, [7] and discovered that his father had meanwhile remarried. Halberstam, who was described by Samuel Heilman as "[living] in the shadow of his father" during this period, [7] also had a half-brother, Ben Zion. [8] Upon his father's death in 2000, Halberstam became the Grand Rebbe of Bobov in Borough Park, Brooklyn, at age 69. [8] Ill with Parkinson's disease, he died on March 23, 2005 [8] and was buried next to his father in Floral Park Cemetery, in Deans, New Jersey. [9] His death led to a succession crisis in Bobov, with some Bobovers supporting his half-brother, while others followed his son-in-law, Mordechai Dovid Unger. [3]
Halberstam left no sons, [9] only two daughters. His older daughter is married to Yehoshua Rubin, the current Bobov-45 dayan (judge). His younger daughter is married to Unger, the first Bobov-45 Rebbe. [8] Halberstam's wife, Hesa, [7] died on May 15, 2011 (11 Iyar, 5771) aged 80.