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Bobov, (or Bobover Hasidism) (חסידות באבוב) is a Hasidic group within Haredi Judaism originating in Bobowa, Galicia in Southern Poland and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park in Brooklyn, New York. It has branches in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn; Monsey, New York; Miami; Montreal; Toronto; Antwerp and London. In Israel Bobov has its headquarters in Kiryath Bobov in Bat Yam, and branches in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Ashdod and Betar Illit.

Contents 1 Outline of Bobov's Hasidic rabbinical lineage 2 History 2.1 First rebbe of Bobov 2.2 Second rebbe of Bobov 2.2.1 Rabbi Ben Zion's murder by the Nazis 2.3 Third rebbe of Bobov 2.4 Fourth rebbe of Bobov 3 Bobov today 3.1 Fifth rebbe(s) of Bobov 3.2 Bobov congregation of 48th Street 3.3 Bobov congregation of 45th Street 4 Important Bobover literature 5 External links 5.1 General 5.2 Links concerning Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger 5.3 Links concerning Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam

[edit] Outline of Bobov's Hasidic rabbinical lineage

<tr align="center"><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi
Yisroel ben Eliezer
Baal Shem Tov
(1698–1760)
founder of Hasidism</td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi
Dov Ber
(1710–1772)
the Maggid of Mezritch</td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi
Elimelech of Lizhensk
(1717–1786)
author of Noam Elimelech</td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi
Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz
(1760–1827)
author of Zera Kodesh</td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi
Chaim Halberstam of Sanz
(1793–1876)
author of Divrei Chaim</td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Rabbi
Meir Nathan Halberstam
(1827–1855)</td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black; border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">3. Grand Rabbi
Shlomo Halberstam
(1907–2000)
Third Bobover Rebbe</td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">4. Grand Rabbi
Naftali Tzvi Halberstam
(1931–2005)
Fourth Bobover Rebbe</td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Female Halberstam</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"><td></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px dashed black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">1. Grand Rabbi
Shlomo Halberstam
(1847–1905)
First Bobover Rebbe
author of Ateres Shlomo
eldest grandson of the Divrei Chaim</td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">2. Grand Rabbi
Ben Zion Halberstam
(1874–1941)
Second Bobover Rebbe
author of Kedushas Tzion</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black; border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">5. Grand Rabbi
Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam
(b. 1955)
present Bobover Rebbe (contested)</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">5. Grand Rabbi
Mordechai Dovid Unger
(b. 1954)
present Bobover Rebbe (contested)</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Rabbi Yosef Unger
Ruv of Beth Midrash Apirion Shel Shlome</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Female Halberstam</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Female Halberstam</td><td></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Female Rubin</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"><td></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px dashed black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px dashed black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black; border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px dashed black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td></td><td colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Tauber
present Dayen of 48 Street</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">5. Rabbi Yehoshua Rubin (b. 1952)
present Bobover Ruv(contested)</td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Rabinowitz
present Ruv of the Bobover Shul in Monsey</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Female Halberstam</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi Yonasan Binyamin Goldberger
Rebbe of Bikovsk & present Rosh Hakolel of 48 Street</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Female Rubin</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Teacher → Student</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px dashed black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td style="border-right: 1px dashed black; border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px dashed black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Female Halberstam</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Rabbi Ben Zion Blum
Bobover Ruv of London</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Rabbi Meyer Yosef Eichenstein
Present Rosh Hakolel of Bobov 45th Street</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Father → Son</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px dashed black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td style="border-right: 1px dashed black; border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Female Halberstam</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Meisles
Bobover Ruv of Kiryath Bobov in Bat Yam</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px dashed black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Husband ↔ Wife</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px dashed black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td style="border-right: 1px dashed black; border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Female Halberstam</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Rabbi Boruch Avraham Horowitz
Present Rosh Yeshiva of 48 Street</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px dashed black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td style="border-right: 1px dashed black; border-bottom: 1px dashed black;"></td><td></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Rabbi Baruch Dovid Halberstam
Sorvosher Ruv</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"><td></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black; border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Halberstam
Ruv of Beth Midrash Zichroin Chaim Yehoshua</td><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam
Rebbe of Satmar in Monsey</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="2"></td><td colspan="2"></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi Yechiel Halberstam
Pokshivnitzer Rebbe of Monsey, NY</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"><td></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi Yechezkel Dovid Halberstam
Pokshivnitzer Rebbe</td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black; border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi Chaim Halberstam
Pokshivnitzer Rebbe of the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, NY</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Avraham Halberstam
Pokshivnitzer Rebbe of the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, NY</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td></td></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td rowspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"></tr> <tr align="center"><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td style="border-right: 1px solid black;"></td><td style="border-bottom: 1px solid black;"></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="border: 2px solid black; padding: 0.2em; ">Grand Rabbi Shloime Halberstam
Pokshivnitzer Rebbe of Lakewood, New Jersey</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="2"></td></tr><tr align="center"><td colspan="2"></td></tr>

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[edit] History

[edit] First rebbe of Bobov

Bobov originated with Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam in the Galician village of Bobowa, where the bulk of his Hasidim were originally followers of his grandfather, Rabbi Chaim of Sanz (the author of Divrei Chaim).

While most of the early yeshivos ("Talmudical academies") originated in Lithuania, the 19th century saw the opening of similar institutions in Poland. The first yeshiva in Poland was established by the first Bobover Rebbe in 1881, and was known as the Bobover Yeshiva.

[edit] Second rebbe of Bobov

His work was continued by his son, Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam, author of Kedushath Zion. The yeshiva was originally only in the town of Bobov itself but later branched out into as many as sixty satellite yeshivos. The Hasidic youth in Poland flocked to Bobov and the Chasidus grew in numbers.

In World War II the Bobov Hasidic movement was destroyed, and the Second Rebbe himsel