Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941)

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Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941) was the second Bobover Rebbe, a prominent Hasidic leader and Torah scholar who guided and expanded the Bobov dynasty in Galicia before being murdered in the Holocaust.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hasidic rebbe
Holocaust victim
Jewish religious leader
rabbi
areaOfInfluence Galician Jewry NERFINISHED
associatedWith Bobov Hasidic court NERFINISHED
Galicia NERFINISHED
birthYear 1874
branchOfJudaism Hasidism NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath murdered in the Holocaust
countryOfBirth Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED
deathYear 1941
dynasty Bobov NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED
familyName Halberstam NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Hasidic leadership
Jewish law
Torah scholarship
givenName Ben Zion NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod interwar period
knownFor leadership during turbulent pre-Holocaust years in Eastern Europe
strengthening Hasidic education in Bobov community
movement Hasidic Judaism NERFINISHED
notableFor guiding and expanding the Bobov Hasidic dynasty in Galicia
notableRole leader of the Bobov Hasidic dynasty
occupation Torah scholar
rebbe
positionHeld second Bobover Rebbe
precededBy Shlomo Halberstam (first Bobover Rebbe) NERFINISHED
regionOfActivity Galicia NERFINISHED
religion Judaism
religiousTradition Orthodox Judaism NERFINISHED
succeededBy Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover Rebbe) NERFINISHED
title Bobover Rebbe NERFINISHED
victimOf Nazi persecution

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Bobov hasNotableLeader Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941)