Bobov-45
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Bobov45, (45חסידות 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. Bobov45 has branches in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, Monsey, New York, and Manchester and London, England. In Israel, Bobov45 has branches in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Ashdod, Elad, and Betar Illit.
Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger is the current Rebbe of Bobov45. He is the son-in-law of the Fourth Bobover Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam.
History
In 2005, after the death of the Fourth Bobover Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Naftali Halberstam, some Bobover Hasidim started a new center in Brooklyn on 45th Street under the leadership of Mordechai Dovid Unger, Halberstam's son-in-law. A leadership dispute arose between Unger and Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam, brother of the previous Rebbe and son of the Third Bobover Rebbe, Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, who both claimed the title of Bobover Rebbe. The dispute was taken to an arbitration panel known as a Beth Din, which ruled that Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam had the exclusive right to the title "Bobover Rebbe". Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger, leader of the new faction, was allowed to use the name Bobov but must place an added name (שם לווי) such as "45" next to the name Bobov – without a space, "Bobov45".[citation needed] In order to satisfy the inheritance claims of the Bobov45 Rebbe and Bobov45 Rav, the Hasidut of Bobov was ordered by the Beth Din to pay $6.2 million to Bobov45 in 25 quarterly installments. This was to compensate for the Fourth Bobover Rebbe's effort and input in the building and expansion of the Bobov empire.[citation needed]
On November 18, 2014, the Bobov45 Rebbe gave a concession speech for thousands of his Hasidim at a mass gathering in the Brooklyn Marriott, regarding living in peace with everyone, especially with our brothers in the other Bobov sect.
Leadership
Mordechai Dovid Unger (b. 1954) is the Grand Rabbi of Bobov45.
Rabbi Yehoshua Rubin is the current Rav of Bobov45. He is the son-in-law of Grand Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam.
Bobov-45 literature
In addition to those books revered by all Hasidim, the Bobov-45er Hasidim particularly treasure Kedushas Tzion written by the second Bobover Rebbe (published by the third Bobover Rebbe), and the teachings of the fourth Bobover Rebbe. The versions of the siddur used by Bobov-45 Hasidim is called Tfilas Rav.
Lineage of Bobov-45
| Grand Rabbi Yisroel ben Eliezer Baal Shem Tov (1698–1760) founder of Hasidism | Grand Rabbi Dov Ber (1710–1772) the Maggid of Mezritch | Grand Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717–1786) author of Noam Elimelech | Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Horowitz of Ropshitz (1760–1827) author of Zera Kodesh | Grand Rabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793–1876) author of Divrei Chaim | Rabbi Myer Noson Halberstam (1827–1855) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1907–2000) Third Bobover Rebbe | 4. Grand Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Halberstam (1931–2005) Fourth Bobover Rebbe | Female Halberstam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam (1847–1905) First Bobover Rebbe author of Ateres Shlomo eldest grandson of the Divrei Chaim | 2. Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Halberstam (1874–1941) Second Bobover Rebbe author of Kedushas Tzion | 5. Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Aryeh Leibish Halberstam (b. 1955) Fifth Bobover Rebbe | Grand Rabbi Mordechai Dovid Unger (b. 1954) Bobov45 Rebbe | Rabbi Yosef Unger Ruv of Beth Midrash Apirion Shel Shlome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female Halberstam | Female Halberstam | Female Rubin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rabbi Chaim Yaakov Tauber Bobov Dayan | Rabbi Yehoshua Rubin (born 1952) Bobov45 Ruv | Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Rabinovich present Ruv of Bobov45 Monsey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female Halberstam | Female Rubin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teacher → Student | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Rabbi Yonasan Binyamin Goldberger Rebbe of Bikofsk & present Rosh Hakolel of Bobov | Rabbi Meyer Yosef Eichenstein Present Rosh Hakolel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father → Son | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female Halberstam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Husband ↔ Wife | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rabbi Ben Zion Blum Bobover Dayan of London | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female Halberstam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel Meisles Bobover Ruv of Kiryath Bobov in Bat Yam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Female Halberstam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rabbi Boruch Avraham Horowitz present Rosh Yeshiva of Mesivta Eitz Chaim of Bobov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rabbi Baruch Dovid Halberstam Sorvosher Ruv | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Rabbi Yaakov Yosef Halberstam Ruv of Beis Chaim Yehoshua | Grand Rabbi Chaim Yehoshua Halberstam Grand Rebbe of Satmar in Monsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Rabbi Yechiel Halberstam Pokshivnitzer Rebbe of Monsey, NY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Rabbi Yechezkel Dovid Halberstam Pokshivnitzer Rebbe | Grand Rabbi Chaim Halberstam Pokshivnitzer Rebbe of Flatbush | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Rabbi Ben Zion Avraham Halberstam Pokshivnitzer Rebbe of Flatbush | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Rabbi Shloime Halberstam Pokshivnitzer Rebbe of Lakewood, New Jersey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||