Naftali Halberstam
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Template:Redirect template Naftali Tzvi Halberstam (Template:Langx, 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.[1]
Early life
Naftali Tzvi Halberstam was born in Bobowa, Poland to Shlomo Halberstam, the third Bobover Rebbe.[2][3][4] His mother and two siblings were murdered in the Holocaust.[5] Towards the end of the war, Naftali's father had arranged for him to go to Mandatory Palestine.[5] Shlomo remained in Europe, and Naftali was unsure if his father had survived the war.[5] Halberstam lived for several years in Israel, where he received his rabbinical ordination.[5]
Career
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,[5] 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,[5] also had a half-brother, Ben Zion.Template:Sfn Upon his father's death in 2000, Halberstam became the Grand Rebbe of Bobov in Borough Park, Brooklyn, at age 69.Template:Sfn Ill with Parkinson's disease, he died on March 23, 2005Template:Sfn and was buried next to his father in Floral Park Cemetery, in Deans, New Jersey.[6] 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.[1]
Personal life
Halberstam left no sons,[6] 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.Template:Sfn Halberstam's wife, Hesa,[5] died on May 15, 2011 (11 Iyar, 5771) aged 80.
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)
- Mordechai Dovid Unger (b.1954), current Rebbe, son in law of Naftali HalberstamTemplate:Sfn
See also
- Satmar succession feud
- Klausenburg (Hasidic dynasty)
- Ropshitz (Hasidic dynasty)
- Sanz (Hasidic dynasty)
References
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- ↑ a b (March 26, 2005) "A Battle for Succession Takes No Holiday", The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ↑ (March 25, 2005) "Naftali Halberstam, 74; Led Bobov Hasidic Sect After Father's Death", Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
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- ↑ a b c d e f g Fox, Margalit (March 25, 2005) "Naftali Halberstam Dies at 74; Bobov Hasidim's Grand Rabbi", The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
- ↑ a b (March 24, 2005) "Several Thousand Attend Grand Rabbi's Funeral in Brooklyn", The New York Times. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
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Sources
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