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Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (Polish:Szlomo Halberstam,Hebrew:רבי שלמה האַלבּערשטאַם; 1847 –1905) was a communityrabbi and aHasidicRebbe, founder of theHasidic dynasty ofBobov. He was the son of RabbiMyer Noson Halberstam (1827-1855). Rabbi Shlomo was a grandson of theDivrei Chaim ofSanz (1793-1876), aHasidic sage of the 19th century whose influence established the groundwork for many otherGalician Hasidic movements.
Halberstam became an orphan at age eight, and lived with his grandfather, theDivrei Chaim, for most of his early life. He married the daughter of Rabbi Yehoshua ofKaminka. In later life he remarried; his second wife was the daughter of Rabbi Menashe ofDrohobycz. His mentors inchasidut were his two grandfathers, theDivrei Chaim of Sanz and RabbiEliezer Horowitz ofDzikov.
He became the rabbi ofBukowsko in 1864,Oświęcim in 1879,Vishnitsa in 1880, where he set up a large yeshiva in 1881 and began to serve as a rebbe (Admor) there. He left Vishnitsa and re-established his Yeshiva inBobov where he was appointed rabbi in 1892.
He died in the summer of 1905 (1 Tamuz 5665 on theHebrew calendar) in the resort town ofBad Nauheim and was returned to Bobov for burial.
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| Preceded by (none) | Rebbe ofBobov ????–1905 | Succeeded by RabbiBen Zion Halberstam |
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