EXHIBIT 32.2

             CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
    AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  ss. 1350,  the  undersigned  officer of Goldman
Sachs Hedge Fund Strategies LLC, hereby  certifies that Goldman Sachs Hedge
Fund  Partners,  LLC's (the  "Company's")  Form 10-K for the  period  ended
December 31, 2005 (the "Report")  fully complies with the  requirements  of
Section 13(a) or 15(d),  as applicable,  of the Securities  Exchange Act of
1934 and that the information  contained in the Report fairly presents,  in
all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
the Company.


                                             /s/ Tobin  V. Levy
                                             -------------------------------
                                             Name:   Tobin V. Levy
                                             Title:  Chief Financial Officer

Date:  March 31, 2006


     The foregoing  certification  is being furnished solely pursuant to 18
U.S.C.  ss.  1350  and is not  being  filed as part of the  Report  or as a
separate disclosure document.