Rebbe Menachem Binyamin Ben Tzion Rottenberg-Halberstam
מנחם בנימין בן ציון בן אהרן
Sanzer RebbeDate of Death:
Wed. April 24, 1957 -
Nissan 23 5717
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Directions to Kever: Washington Floral Park Cemetery, also known as Deans Cemetery located in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey maintains computerized records and will provide a detailed location map upon request. Location: Corner North First and South First Street, across from the Dombrova Section
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Photo Caption: Sanzer Rebbe, Credit: From the library of Vivian Trokenheim Ostrov
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Why he was surnamed Rottenberg-Halberstam?
It appears that his exact lineage is unclear, one of his parents was the grandchild of Rebbe Dovidel Kr?Shanover.
According to some the lineage is:
Rebbe Chaim of Sanz
Rebbe Dovidel Kr?Shanover
Rebbe Yosef Zev d. (C.) 1890
Rebbe Aaron d. 1942
And his Rebbetzin was Rothenberg.
According to others he was a Rothenberg and his Rebbetzin was a Halberstam. If anyone could clear it up, it would be appreciated.
Thank you,
He was defineteley the son of R’ Aaron Halberstam of Biala-Bilitz as mentioned on his Matzieve, who was a grandson of R’ Dovid Kershaniver.
HIs mother who passed away at birth was the daughter of R’ Mier Dovid Rottenberg, who rasied him, that’s why he addopted both surnames.
(from the sefer Meged Aretz)
Thank you.
As you can see nobody is beried in his dalet amos, that is according to his tsavoa.
I am looking for a picture and short bio of the Rebbe, I spoke to some of his descendants but it doesn?t look like they have anything. If you have one please email it to me. lizensk12@yahoo.com.
Thank you,
Do you have the Toldos Anshei Shem: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/6562 page 126
Thank you.
The Rebbe has a son Rav Yitzchok buried alongside him, does anyone know anything about him?
Ask the Zucker’s from Glenwild Hotel in Woodridge (La-vista in S. Fallsburgh) their Gpranets R buried there.
Reb Yitzchok was the Rav of the Mapleton Park Jewish Center in Bensonhurst.
In that same section is also buried his BIL Reb Yizchok Zvi Taub Modzitz Rebbe of the Bronx (The two wives were sisters, Rottenberg girls).
I think they can build an Ohel around the Kever(Kevarim). You can still keep his Tzavoa regarding Daled Amos. It is also noticable that there is like no one buried behind the Rebbe.
Was this the same Sanzer Rebbe (zt”l) that lived in Bensonhurst , Bklyn during WWII ? My maternal grandparents – Alexander Ziskind & Hinda Raizel Breitman – were closely associated with that Rebbe.. My Mom (A”H) recently was niftar, & also knew him . I am trying to find any family connections. {I have no relatives to speak of..}
Shanah Tovah.
Yes, this is the Sanzer Rebbe of Brooklyn.
The Rebbe’s son is also listed on the website:
http://kevarim.vohost.us/rabbi-yitzchok-shalom-halberstam/
rebbe menachem rottenberg was the son of the biala bilitz rebbe aharon halberstam who was killed by the nazis yms”h there are a great many stories told about people going to his kever and witnessing miracles after praying there.
the biala bilitzer rebbe had two wives he was from thesecond one and we are from the first zivug he had a daughter that married Reb Joel moshe pinter who lived in williamsburg and was a Tzaddik of a person who deeply cared for and helped many yidden.
Interesting combination a Sanzer with a tie.
Shaichus to Sanz today?
All are descendents of the Divrei Chayim.
how?
This grave site is visited on the yahrzeit by groups of Chassidim led by Rabbi Yonah Landau of the Committee to Visit Holy Grave Sites in the United States and Canada. He (Rabbi Landau) is a font of information regarding Chassidishe life in America before the Holocaust.
Rabbi Menachem Binyamin Ben Zion was born in 1881 and died at the age of 76. He added the name Rottenberg after his second marriage. His second father-in-law was Rabbi Avrohom Chaim Reuven Rottenberg, Voidislover Rav. Rabbi Menachem Binyamin Ben Zion, prior to coming to America, lived in Voidislov and, as a great-grandson of the Divrei Chaim, and personified Sanzer Chassidus there, as well as later in America.
Besides his son R’ Yitzchok Shulem mentioned above, 4 other sons and one daughter are buried in the same section, see here:
http://www.ivelt.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=20764
So we now know of six childreln:
1. Rabbi Yitzchok Shulem
2. Mier Dovid
3. Alter Usher Yeshaya (Arthur)
4. Yaakov Moshe
5. Avrohom
6. Golda Ester London
He has 7 children. Also Regina Trockenheim.
Did he not give out a sefer with belzer toras
The Rebbe is my great-grandfather. If you’d like more information about him, you can email me (trokenmatt@gmail.com) and I will put you in touch with my father or his sister. Their mother, my grandmother, is Regina Trokenheim, one of the Rebbe’s daughters, who is not buried in the family plot, as she moved to Jerusalem before she died.
The Rottenberg part of the surname Rottenberg-Halberstam was adopted by the Rebbe in memory of his rebbe and his wife (Rachel) father’s, Rabbi Avraham Haim Rottenberg, ABD wodislaw, who was the son of Yaakov Yossef Rottenberg, brother of the Gerrer rebbe hidushei harim. Rabbi Rabbi Avraham Haim learned torah together with the Sfat Emet from the first gerrer rebbe. Source: The book “Siftei Avraham” that was written and printed by Rabbi Rottenberg-Halberstam himself Zt”l