Menachem Mendel Schneersohn | |
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![]() The Tzemach Tzedek | |
Title | Lubavitcher Rebbe |
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Born | Menachem Mendel Schneersohn September 9, 1789 OS |
Died | March 17, 1866 OS |
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse | Chaya Mushka Schneersohn (daughter of Dovber Schneuri) |
Children | Baruch Shalom Yehudah Leib of Kopys Chaim Shneur Zalman of Liadi Yisroel Noach of Nizhyn Yosef Yitzchak of Ovruch Yaacov Shmuel Schneersohn of Lubavitch Rada Freida Devorah Leah |
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Jewish leader | |
Predecessor | Dovber Schneuri |
Successor | Shmuel Schneersohn |
Began | May 5, 1831 |
Ended | March 17, 1866 OS |
Main work | Shut Tzemach Tzedek |
Dynasty | Chabad Lubavitch |
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (Yiddish: מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן; September 20, 1789 – March 17, 1866) also known as the Tzemach Tzedek (Hebrew: "Righteous Sprout" or "Righteous Scion") was an Orthodox rabbi, leading 19th-century posek, and the third rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement.