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-London Bobov is centred in Stamford Hill. [[Kahal Chassidim Bobov]] (charity 278823) has its office at 87 Egerton Road, London N16, and states that it advances “the world-wide organisation of Chassidim of the Grand Rabbi Bobov” in the United Kingdom “or elsewhere.”<ref name="GiGKahal">Giving is Great, [https://givingisgreat.org/database/charity-factsheet/?regNo=278823 Kahal Chassidim Bobov] ''Giving is Great'', accessed September 2026.</ref> [[Mosdos Bobov]] (1151332) is at 253 Kyverdale Road, London N16.<ref name="CCMosdos">Charity Commission, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5033365/full-print MOSDOS BOBOV – 1151332] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed September 2026.</ref> JCR-UK records a separate [[Bobov-45]] Beth Hamedrash on Clapton Common from 2006, affiliated to the [[Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations]], distinct from Kehal Chasidei Bobov of Egerton Road.<ref name="JCRUK">JCR-UK, [https://jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/London/stamford_shteibls/bobov-45.htm Bobov-45 Beth Hamedrash, Clapton Common, London E5] ''JewishGen / JCR-UK'', accessed September 2026.</ref> Manchester / Salford is listed among areas of operation of the ABC Trust.<ref name="CCABC">Charity Commission, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4020028/full-print THE ABC TRUST – 1126661] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed September 2026.</ref>
+London Bobov is centred in Stamford Hill. [[Kahal Chassidim Bobov]] (charity 278823) has its office at 87 Egerton Road, London N16, and states that it advances “the world-wide organisation of Chassidim of the Grand Rabbi Bobov” in the United Kingdom “or elsewhere.”<ref name="GiGKahal">Giving is Great, [https://givingisgreat.org/database/charity-factsheet/?regNo=278823 Kahal Chassidim Bobov] ''Giving is Great'', accessed September 2026.</ref> [[Mosdos Bobov]] (1151332) is at 253 Kyverdale Road, London N16.<ref name="CCMosdos">Charity Commission, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5033365/full-print MOSDOS BOBOV – 1151332] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed September 2026.</ref> JCR-UK records a separate [[Bobov-45]] Beth Hamedrash on Clapton Common from 2006, affiliated to the [[Union of Orthodox Hebrew Congregations]], distinct from Kehal Chasidei Bobov of Egerton Road.<ref name="JCRUK">JCR-UK, [https://jewishgen.org/JCR-UK/London/stamford_shteibls/bobov-45.htm Bobov-45 Beth Hamedrash, Clapton Common, London E5] ''JewishGen / JCR-UK'', accessed September 2026.</ref> Manchester / Salford is listed among areas of operation of the [[ABC Trust]].<ref name="CCABC">Charity Commission, [https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4020028/full-print THE ABC TRUST – 1126661] ''Charity Commission for England and Wales'', accessed September 2026.</ref>
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 == See also ==
 *[[Benzion Freshwater]] <ref name="Thirdsector">Pudelek, Jenna, [http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/charity-commission-tells-jewish-charity-appoint-least-one-fully-independent-trustee/governance/article/1224872 Charity Commission tells Jewish charity to appoint at least one 'fully independent' trustee] Thirdsector.co.uk, 16 December 2013</ref> is the son of [[Osias Freshwater]] (1897–1976), born in the village of Sassov, Galicia, Poland, who emigrated to England in 1939. His wife and three children died in the Holocaust. In 1947 he married [[Nechama Golda Stempel]] ''née'' Halberstam, widowed daughter of Rabbi [[Ben Zion Halberstam]], the second [[Bobov (Hasidic dynasty)|Bobover]] [[Rebbe]], and they had two sons, Benzion and Solomon. Shlomo and Benzion Freshwater are thus descendants of the [[Bobov (Hasidic dynasty)|Bobov dynasty]].
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 *https://www.5tjt.com/bobover-rebbes-triumphant-visit-to-israel/
 *Shlomo Shamir [https://archive.ph/tvmaF A Hasidic Sect Discovers Democracy] Haaretz Sep 24, 2007.
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 *https://www.5tjt.com/bobover-rebbes-triumphant-visit-to-israel/
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 Bobov communities are found in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn; in Monsey, New York; Los Angeles; Lakewood, New Jersey; Montreal; Toronto; Antwerp; and London.<ref name=NYT2005/> In Israel, Bobov has large branches in Jerusalem, Bnei Brak, Ashdod, Elad, an enclave, "Kiryas Bobov", in Bat Yam and in the illegal settlement of [[Beitar Illit]].<ref>Tzvi Rabinowicz ''[https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0765760681 Hasidism in Israel: A History of the Hasidic Movement]''  2000</ref>
 == See also ==
 *[[Benzion Freshwater]] <ref name="Thirdsector">Pudelek, Jenna, [http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/charity-commission-tells-jewish-charity-appoint-least-one-fully-independent-trustee/governance/article/1224872 Charity Commission tells Jewish charity to appoint at least one 'fully independent' trustee] Thirdsector.co.uk, 16 December 2013</ref> is the son of [[Osias Freshwater]] (1897–1976), born in the village of Sassov, Galicia, Poland, who emigrated to England in 1939. His wife and three children died in the Holocaust. In 1947 he married [[Nechama Golda Stempel]] ''née'' Halberstam, widowed daughter of Rabbi [[Ben Zion Halberstam]], the second [[Bobov (Hasidic dynasty)|Bobover]] [[Rebbe]], and they had two sons, Benzion and Solomon. Shlomo and Benzion Freshwater are thus descendants of the [[Bobov (Hasidic dynasty)|Bobov dynasty]].
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−	'''Bobov''' (or '''Bobover Hasidism''') is a [[Hasidic dynasties\|Hasidic]] community within [[Haredi Judaism]], originating in Bobowa, Galicia, in southern Poland,<ref name="NYT2005"/>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/obituaries/naftali-halberstam-dies-at-74-bobov-hasidims-grand-rabbi.html Naftali Halberstam Dies at 74; Bobov Hasidim's Grand Rabbi]''The New York Times'', March 25, 2005.</ref> and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>Mintz, Jerome, 1998 ''Hasidic People'' Harvard University Press p.120.</ref>	+	'''Bobov''' (or '''Bobover Hasidism''') is a [[Hasidic dynasties\|Hasidic]] community within [[Haredi Judaism]], originating in Bobowa, Galicia, in southern Poland,<ref name="NYT2005">[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/obituaries/naftali-halberstam-dies-at-74-bobov-hasidims-grand-rabbi.html Naftali Halberstam Dies at 74; Bobov Hasidim's Grand Rabbi]''The New York Times'', March 25, 2005.</ref> and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>Mintz, Jerome, 1998 ''Hasidic People'' Harvard University Press p.120.</ref>

	Bobov developed into a leading Hasidic dynasty through the leadership of [[Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe)\|Shlomo Halberstam]], a Holocaust survivor.		Bobov developed into a leading Hasidic dynasty through the leadership of [[Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe)\|Shlomo Halberstam]], a Holocaust survivor.

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−	'''Bobov''' (or '''Bobover Hasidism''') is a [[Hasidic dynasties\|Hasidic]] community within [[Haredi Judaism]], originating in Bobowa, Galicia, in southern Poland,<ref name=NYT2005/> and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>Mintz, Jerome, 1998 ''Hasidic People'' Harvard University Press p.120.</ref>	+	'''Bobov''' (or '''Bobover Hasidism''') is a [[Hasidic dynasties\|Hasidic]] community within [[Haredi Judaism]], originating in Bobowa, Galicia, in southern Poland,<ref name=NYT2005/>[https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/obituaries/naftali-halberstam-dies-at-74-bobov-hasidims-grand-rabbi.html Naftali Halberstam Dies at 74; Bobov Hasidim's Grand Rabbi]''The New York Times'', March 25, 2005.</ref> and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in Brooklyn, New York.<ref>Mintz, Jerome, 1998 ''Hasidic People'' Harvard University Press p.120.</ref>

	Bobov developed into a leading Hasidic dynasty through the leadership of [[Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe)\|Shlomo Halberstam]], a Holocaust survivor.		Bobov developed into a leading Hasidic dynasty through the leadership of [[Shlomo Halberstam (third Bobover rebbe)\|Shlomo Halberstam]], a Holocaust survivor.