The day after the death of Rabbi Naftuli Halberstam, rebbe of the Bobov chasidim, his half-brother Benzion sat at the Bobover rebbe’s designated place of honor — the raised platform in the ...

The rebbe shunned the limelight." Like most chasidic groups, Bobover maintains a non-confrontational, non-Zionist stance toward the government of Israel.

They loved his chassidishe stories, and the Bobover Rebbe appreciated them coming very much and was mekarev them. Shlomo Carlebach was a somewhat colorful and controversial character.

A Life Apart: Hasidism in America (New York Post article) By MICHAEL MEDVED **** HAVE you ever wondered about some bearded, black-suited, otherworldly figure encountered on the street or the ...

Suddenly they emerged, and a roar went up from the crowd. The candidate said nothing. And then the Bobover Rebbe spoke ... in a whisper, without any amplification, at length.

Like other chassidic dynasties, Bobov was not immune to one day experiencing a schism. When Rabbi Naftali Zvi Halberstam, the fourth Bobover Rebbe, died in 2005, a dispute arose over who would ...

Rabbi Twerski was a descendent of holy hassidic masters and brought the teachings of his ancestors—The Meor Aynayim and The Bobover Rebbe to name a few—to the masses. Through his positivity ...

(JTA) — Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, the scion of multiple Hasidic dynasties, author of more than 60 books, and a physician who became a leading authority on drug treatment and addiction, has ...