Chaim Halberstam

Chaim Halberstam
Chaim Halberstam
Tsanzer Rov
Term 1830 – 19 April 1876
Full name Chaim Halberstam
Main work Divrei Chaim
Born 1793
Tarnogród
Buried Nowy Sącz
Dynasty Sanz
Predecessor none
Successor Aharon Halberstam of Sanz
Father Arye Leyb Halberstam, av beis din, Tarnogrod
Wife 1 ?? Frenkl-Thumim
Children 1 (none)
Wife 2 Rochl Feyga Frenkl-Thumim
Children 2 Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam
Dovid Halberstam
Myer Noson Halberstam
Boruch Halberstam
Aharon Halberstam
Wife 3 Rechl Unger
Children 3 Shulem Eliezer Halberstam
Yeshayo Halbertsam
Reytse Twerski
??? Unger
Nechume Rubin
??? Baron
Fradl Rozenfeld
Gutshe Moskovitsh
Tilly HALBERSTAM m. Aaron HOROWITZ (1840-1931)

Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (Polish: Nowy Sącz) (1793–1876) (Hebrew: חיים הלברשטאם מצאנז‎), known as the Divrei Chaim after his magnum opus on halakha, was a famous Hasidic Rebbe and the founder of the Sanz Hasidic dynasty.

He was a pupil of Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Heshl Orenstein and the Rebbe, Rabbi Naftali Zvi of Ropshitz. His first rabbinical position was in Rudnik. In 1830 he was appointed as the town rabbi of Sanz, where he founded a Hasidic dynasty. He attracted many followers, and students, due to his piety and greatness. Sanz has been succeeded nowadays by the Sanz-Klausenberg and the Bobov Hasidic dynasties, among others.

Family life

The Divrei Chaim was born in 1793, in Tarnogród, Poland.

His first wife was the daughter of Rabbi Boruch Frenkl-Thumim; she died childless. He then married her sister, Rochl Feyga, who bore him five sons. His third wife was Rechl Unger.

The Divrei Chaim had seven sons and seven daughters. His seven sons were:

  • Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1814–1898) of Shinove
  • Rabbi Duvid Halberstam (1821–1894) of Chrzanów
  • Rabbi Myer Noson Halberstam (1827–1855), father of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, the first Bobover Rebbe
  • Rabbi Boruch Halberstam (1829–1906) of Gorlice (Yiddish: גארליץ Gorlitz)
  • Rabbi Aharon Halberstam, his successor in Nowy Sącz
  • Rabbi Shulem Lazer Halberstam of Ratzfert (1862–1944), who was murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust
  • Rabbi Yeshaye Halberstam of Czchów (Yiddish: טשחויוו Tshkhoiv) (1864–1944), who was also murdered by the Nazis.

The Divrei Chaim's sons all became famous rebbes (except for Myer Noson, who predeceased him). His seven daughters all married Hasidic leaders.

The Divrei Chaim died in Sanz, Austria-Hungary (now Poland) in 1876 (25 Nisan 5636).

Leadership

The Divrei Chaim was acclaimed by the leading rabbis of his generation as one of the foremost Talmudists, poskim and Kabbalistic authorities of his time, he received queries from Rabbis and communities from all over the world. His responsa, as well as his Torah commentaries, published under the title Divrei Chaim, reflect his Torah greatness, his humility, and his compassionate nature. He was a champion of the poor and established many organizations to relieve them of their poverty. He was the first Honorary President of Kolel Chibas Yerushalayim. His compassion and generosity was legendary; he literally gave away everything he had for the needy; and went to sleep penniless.

During his 46 years as Rabbi of Sanz; that city was transformed into a vibrant center of Hasidism, attracting tens of thousands of followers. Among his many disciples, are counted such leaders as Rabbi Zvi Hirsh Friedlander of Liska, the Tiferes Shlome of Radomsk, Rabbi Meir Horowitz of Dzhikov, and the Yetev Lev of Sighet. He studied with his brother-in-law, Yosef Babad, author of the Minchat Chinuch.


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