Bidspirit auction | HALBERSTAM, SHLOMO. (Third Grand Rebbe

HALBERSTAM, SHLOMO. (Third Grand Rebbe of Bobov, 1908-2000). Letter Signed, written on letterhead in Hebrew to Rabbi Ya’akov Menachem Mendel Deutsch. Haskomah for the work Chemda Genuza, a commentary on the Torah in the light of the Talmud. The Bobover Rebbe adds his name to the approbations of praise already issued by the Gedolei Eretz Yisrael. One page. 4to. Brooklyn: Thursday, Parshath Lech Lecha 1972 R. Shlomo Halberstam of Bobov, eldest son of the pre-war Bobover Rebbe R. Benzion Halberstam, was one of the great builders of Chassidism in America following the Holocaust, in which his entire family, except for one son, R. Naftali, were murdered. The Bobov sect itself was all but wiped out, yet was re-established by Rabbi Halberstam (Kerem Shlomo) with the warmth, charisma and piety admired by many.