Founder of Dynasty
The Divrei Chaim was a disciple of Rabbi Naftali of Ropshitz, who was a disciple of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizhensk, a disciple of the Maggid of Mezritch, the leading disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.
The Divrei Chaim had fourteen children; his seven sons were: Rabbi Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam (1814–1898) of Shinive; Rabbi Duvid Halberstam (1821–1894) of Kshaniv; Rabbi Myer Nosson Halberstam (1827–1855), father of Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, the first Bobover Rebbe; Rabbi Boruch Halberstam (1829–1906) of Gorlice (גארליץ Gorlitz); Rabbi Aharon Halberstam, his successor in Nowy Sącz; Rabbi Shulem Lazer Halberstam of Ratzfert (1862–1944), who was murdered by the Nazis in the Holocaust; Rabbi Yeshaye Halberstam of Czchów (טשחויווTshkhoiv) (1864–1944), who was also murdered by the Nazis; and seven daughters; among them a daughter Reitza who married Rabbi Mordecai Dov Twerski, the Admor of Hornsteipl.
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