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Menachem Mendel Schneerson

The Lubavitcher Rebbe who transformed Chabad into a global movement.

Menachem Mendel Schneerson was an Orthodox rabbi who led the Chabad-Lubavitch movement from 1951 until his death in 1994.[1][2] He transformed a small Hasidic group into a global network with over 5,000 educational and social centers.[3] His published teachings fill more than 400 volumes.[4]

Quick Facts

Religion
Judaism
Synagogue
  • 770 Eastern Parkway
  • Brooklyn
  • New York City
Began
January 17, 1951
Predecessor
Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn
Born
18 April 1902
Birthplace
Nikolaev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died
12 June 1994
Place of death
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

He received rabbinical ordinations from Joseph Rosen and Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg.[5] After fleeing Europe in 1941, he arrived in New York and was appointed director of Chabad's central organizations.[6][7] He succeeded his father-in-law as Rebbe on January 17, 1951.[2] Schneerson launched global outreach campaigns including mitzvah campaigns, Hanukkah menorah lightings, and promotion of the Noahide Laws.[8][9][10]

Schneerson died on June 12, 1994 and was buried at Montefiore Cemetery in Queens.[11]

What the cited sources add

The same source notes that Joseph Telushkin's biography of Schneerson became a New York Times bestseller.[12] The Jerusalem Post described Schneerson as having "the all-too-rare ability to focus on others and motivate them to be the best neshama they can possibly be".[13] According to The New York Observer, Schneerson's secretary once turned away John F. Kennedy during his 1960 Brooklyn election tour because the Rebbe was occupied with ordinary people who had scheduled appointments many months earlier.[12]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Noah Feldman, June 25, 2014 "Remembering a Force in Jewish History" , BloombergView; Shmuly Yanklowitz, Rabbi Telushkin's Newest Book on the Lubavitcher Rebbe: A Testament to Greatness Huffington Post, May 30, 2014. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Jewish Calendar 5711 Diaspora", Hebcal (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rabbi Schneerson Led a Small Hasidic Sect to World Prominence The New York Times June 13, 1994; Drake, Carolyn, "A Faith Grows in Brooklyn; / A movement embracing old-world Orthodox Judaism is alive and thriving in New York City", February 2006 issue of National Geographic Magazine, Feb 2006; Maayan Jaffe, "20 Years After Rebbe's Death Jewish Movements Increasingly Emulate Chabad", June 8, 2014; "Annual International Conference of Chabad Shluchim Opens Today", Lubavitch, November 12, 2020; "Rebbe to the City—and the World", T en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Messiah of Brooklyn: Understanding Lubavitch Hasidim Past and Present, M. Avrum Ehrlich, p. 106. KTAV Publishing,; Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Vice President of the Orthodox Union. "The Contributions of the Lubavitcher Rebbe to Torah Scholarship" . Jewish Action Magazine; Sue Fishkoff, "10 Years After His Death, Reach of Lubavitcher Rebbe Continues To Grow", Jewish Federations of North America; Susan Handelman, The Lubavitcher Rebbe Died 20 Years Ago Today. Who Was He? , Tablet Magazine (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Selegson, Michoel A. Introduction to From Day to Day, English translation of the Hayom Yom, , p. A20.; "Rabbinic Ordination – Program Three Hundred Nine – Living Torah", Chabad.org; Dovid Zaklikowsky, Details of the Rebbes Rabbinical Ordination Authenticated. January 21, 2013. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Last Sea Route From Lisbon to U.S. Stops Ticket Sale to Refugees, The New York Times, March 15, 1941; Eli Rubin, Lisbon, 1941: The Messiah the Invalid and the Fish , Caption: An article that appeared in The Argus (Melbourne, Australia), Tuesday, May 6, 1941.; Jewish Educational Media, The Rebbe and Rebbetzin Arrive in America The Early Years, vol 4. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Rapoport, Chaim. The Afterlife of Scholarship. Page 144. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ruth R. Wisse, "The Rebbe, Twenty Years After", Commentary Magazine, June 1, 2014 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Joseph Telushkin, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History. HarperCollins, 2014. Page 498 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Universal Morality – The Seven Noahide Laws, chabad.org, 2006.; 1983: Mankind – Life & Times, chabad.org; "The Seven Noachide Laws", www.chabad.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Menachem Mendel Schneerson" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Encyclopedia of Hasidism, by Tzvi Rabinowicz p. 432 .; Firestone, "Thousands Gather in Crown Hts. To Grieve for Their Grand Rabbi", The New York Times, June 13, 1994; Gonzalez, "Lubavitchers Learn to Sustain Themselves Without the Rebbe", The New York Times, November 8, 1994; The Rebbe's Notebook – The Reshimot , chabad.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. "Rebbe to the City—and the World", The New York Observer, 2014-07-08. facts only, no text reused. observer.com
  13. "Reflections on the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson The Jerusalem Post", The Jerusalem Post JPost.com, 2020-07-02. facts only, no text reused. jpost.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Menachem Mendel Schneerson (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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