Naftali Tzvi Halberstam (Hebrew: ר' נפתלי צבי הלברשטאם, June 10, 1931 – March 23, 2005) was the fourth Grand Rebbe of Bobov. He succeeded his father, Shlomo Halberstam, as Grand Rebbe from August 2000 until March 2005. His death led to a succession crisis within Bobov.[3]
In 1951, after discovering that his father had indeed survived the war and relocated to New York in the late 1940s, he joined him there,[7] and discovered that his father had meanwhile remarried. Halberstam, who was described by Samuel Heilman as "[living] in the shadow of his father" during this period,[7] also had a half-brother, Ben Zion.[8] Upon his father's death in 2000, Halberstam became the Grand Rebbe of Bobov in Borough Park, Brooklyn, at age 69.[8] Ill with Parkinson's disease, he died on March 23, 2005[8] and was buried next to his father in Floral Park Cemetery, in Deans, New Jersey.[9] His death led to a succession crisis in Bobov, with some Bobovers supporting his half-brother, while others followed his son-in-law, Mordechai Dovid Unger.[3]
Personal life
Halberstam left no sons,[9] only two daughters. His older daughter is married to Yehoshua Rubin, the current Bobov-45dayan (judge). His younger daughter is married to Unger, the first Bobov-45 Rebbe.[8] Halberstam's wife, Hesa,[7] died on May 15, 2011 (11 Iyar, 5771) aged 80.
