Jekusiel Jehuda Halberstam
Jekusiel Jehuda Halberstam (born January 10, 1905 in Rudnik , Poland , † June 18, 1994 ) was an Orthodox rabbi and admor who founded the Hasidic Sanz-Cluj-Napoca dynasty .
Origin and youth
Jekusiel Halberstam was the great-grandson (through the direct paternal line) of Rabbi Chaim Halberstam von Sanz (the Divre Chaim ), one of the great Hasidic leaders of Polish Judaism. His father, Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch, the Rav of Rudnik, taught the young Jekusiel the love of Hasidut (Hasidic philosophy) and Torah doctrine , shared with him the stories of how the Divrei Chaim taught, prayed and directed his table (Yiddish טיש; Shabbat - and Jewish festival table).
Jekusiel was an orphan when he was 13 years old . He later studied with other leading Hasidic Rebbe, including Rabbi Myer Jechiel von Ostrovtza , Rabbi Chaim Elazar Spira, and his great-uncle Rabbi Shalom Eliezer Halberstam von Ratzfert . During this time, Jekusiel Halberstam was nicknamed " Ilui ('genius') from Rudnik". In later years he was to return regularly to Rudnik to visit his followers, who remained loyal to him, even after his first cousin Rabbi Benyumin Teitelbaum-Halberstam was appointed rabbi in 1924.
Act
He was known for his righteousness , kindness to others, and Torah scholarship, which positively influenced the entire community before, during and after the Holocaust and made him a leader, mentor and father figure for thousands of Jews of all ages.
Halberstam became one of the youngest rabbis in Europe and important to thousands of followers in the Romanian city of Cluj before World War II . His wife, his eleven children and most of his followers were from the Nazis murdered while in several concentration camps was imprisoned. After the war, he rebuilt Jewish community life in the internally displaced persons camps in Western Europe, restored his dynasty in the United States and Israel , married a second time, and fathered seven other children.
Halberstam within its dynasty
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Grand Rabbi Chaim Halberstam von Sanz (1793–1876) author of Divrei Chaim |
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Grand Rabbi Jekusiel Jehuda Halberstam (1905–1994) First Klausenburger Rebbe author of Shefa Chayim and Divrei Yatsiv |
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Grand Rabbi Boruch Halberstam von Görlitz (1829–1906) |
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Grand Rabbi Zvi Elimelech Halberstam Sanzer Rebbe from Kiryat Sanz, Netanya , Israel |
Grand Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Halberstam Sanz-Klausenburger Rebbe from Borough Park , Brooklyn |
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Rabbi Tzvi Hirsch Halberstam von Rudnik (1851-1918) |
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literature
- Judah Lifschitz: The Klausenberger [sic!] Rebbe: The War Years , Targum Press, Inc., 2003. ISBN 1-56871-219-7
Web links
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| SURNAME | Halberstam, Jekusiel Jehuda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | orthodox rabbi and admor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rudnik , Poland |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1994 |