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Rabbi Chaim Halberstam (Divrei Chaim) רבי חיים האלבערשטאם זצ"ל (דברי חיים)
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Fix / add informationRabbi Chaim Halberstam of Sanz (1793–1876), known as the Divrei Chaim, was the rabbi of Nowy Sącz and the founding rebbe of the Sanz Hasidic dynasty. He was a towering figure in the Torah and Hasidic world, leaving behind a legacy of monumental written works including the Divrei Chaim.
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The Divrei Chaim of Sanz: A Life Portrait
Rabbi Chaim Halberstam, the Sanzer Rav, was one of the greatest gaonim and poskim of his generation and the root of a whole…
Sanz (Nowy Sącz): The Town of the Divrei Chaim
Nowy Sącz in southern Poland is the Sanz of the Chassidic seforim. Here the Divrei Chaim led his flock, and here is his ohel.…
The Mitzvah Tantz: A Wedding Custom a Thousand Years Old
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From 300 Survivors to a Worldwide Court: How Bobov Rose Again After the Holocaust
The story of the Bobover Rebbe R' Shlomo Halberstam (1908–2000), who started with a 16-boy yeshiva in Manhattan and rebuilt Bobov…
Eighteen Minutes: The History and Halachos of Baking Shmura Matzah
What makes matzah "shmura", the 18-minute rule, the ten stations of a hand bakery and the chaburah custom, and the 19th-century…
10 Chassidic Courts and Where Their Towns Are Today
Almost every Chassidus carries the name of a European town. A list of ten well-known courts and where their towns are found today.
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