Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam

Rabbi Chaim Shia Halberstam, Rav of Satmar-Monsey

Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam (Hebrew: חיים יהושע הלבערשטאם‎), also known as Chaim Shia Halberstam, is a Hasidic Jewish rabbi and the Rav of the Satmar community in Monsey, New York.^[1] He is a son-in-law of the late Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, and a direct descendant of the first and second Rebbes of Bobov.

Biography

Halberstam was born to Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Halberstam,^[1] the orphaned son of Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, the son of the second Rebbe of Bobov, Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam. The first Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam was arrested by the NKVD during World War II and died of starvation in the Tashkent prison on 19 November 1944, leaving a young wife, Leika, and two sons, Yaakov Yosef and Boruch Duvid.^[2] The orphaned family eventually moved to America,^[2] where Yaakov Yosef grew up to name his own son and his synagogue, K'hal Chaim Yehoshua of Boro Park, Brooklyn, New York,^[1][3] after his father.

Halberstam was also the great-great-grandson of the first Rebbe of Bobov, Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (I). His mother's maiden name was Teitelbaum; she was a descendant of the Sighet Hasidic dynasty from which the Satmar dynasty originates.

He married Hendy, the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (1914-2006) and Pessel Leah Teitelbaum (1922-2010).^[1]

Until the passing of the late Rebbe of Satmar, Halberstam was the Rav of the Satmar synagogue, VaYoel Moshe, in Monsey,^[4] av beth din (head of the rabbinical court), and principal of the Satmar yeshiva in Monsey.^[5] He was declared Satmar Rebbe in Monsey by a local group of around 500 Hasidim shortly after the death of his father-in-law.^{[citation needed]}.

Lineage to Satmar

• Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum (1914–2006), the previous Satmar Rebbe, author of Berach Moshe; son of the Atzei Chaim.
  • Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, Satmar Rav of Monsey, son-in-law of Rebbe Moshe Teitelbaum

Lineage to Bobov

• Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (I) of Bobov
  • Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam of Bobov, son of Rabbi Shlomo. Murdered by the Nazis near Lemberg, 4 Av 5742
    • Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, son of Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam and brother of Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (II). Arrested by the NKVD in February 1944 and died of starvation in the Tashkent prison, 19 November 1944.
      • Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Halberstam, son of Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, Rav of K'hal Chaim Yehoshua of Bobov.
        • Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam, Satmar Rav of Monsey, son of Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Halberstam.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Tannenbaum, Rabbi Gershon (15 July 2010). "Rebbetzin Pessel Leah Teitelbaum, a"h (1922-2010), Satmar Rebbetzin". The Jewish Press. http://www.thejewishpress.com/pageroute.do/44518/. Retrieved 9 January 2011. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Glicksman, Devora (1997). Nor the Moon By Night: The survival of the Chassidic dynasty of Bobov. Jerusalem: Feldheim Publishers. ISBN 0-87306-767-3. P.476-478.
3. ^ "Recognition". Bonei Olam. http://www.boneiolam.org/recognition.php. Retrieved 9 January 2011. 
4. ^ Cohen, A. (8 July 2010). "Rebbitzen Pesil Layah Teitelbaum o"h". Dei'ah VeDibur. http://chareidi.shemayisrael.com/archives5770/MTS70arebteitlbm.htm. Retrieved 9 January 2011. 
5. ^ "Rabbis Protest Visit by Netanyahu to Monsey, July 2002". Neturei Karta International. 5 July 2002. http://www.nkusa.org/Historical_Documents/monsey072302statement.cfm. Retrieved 9 January 2011. 

External links

• Rabbi Chaim Shia Halberstam at Anti-Zionist Protest in Washington DC (video)

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