Menachem Mendel Schneersohn

Menachem Mendel Schneersohn
The Tzemach Tzedek
Title	Lubavitcher Rebbe
Personal
Born	Menachem Mendel Schneersohn September 9, 1789 OS Liozna, Russian Empire
Died	March 17, 1866 OS Lyubavichi, Russian Empire
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
Parents	Shalom Shachna (father) Devorah Leah (daughter of Shneur Zalman of Liadi) (mother)
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.