Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn

Shlomo Schneur Zalman Schneersohn (1830 – 1900) was a Ukrainian Habad Hasidic rabbi who was the second leader of Kopust Hasidism from 1866 to his death in 1900.[1]

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Rabbi Shlomo Schneur Zalman Schneersohn
Magen Avos (1902) by Shlomo Schneur Zalman Schneersohn
Personal
Born
Shlomo Schneur Zalman Schneersohn (שלמה שניאור זלמן שניאורסאן)

1830
Died1900
ReligionJudaism
ChildrenYehuda Leib Schneersohn
Parents
  • Rabbi Yehuda Leib Scheersohn (father)
Jewish leader
PredecessorRabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn of Kopust
DynastyKopust

He was the son of Yehuda Leib Schneersohn, who founded the Kopust dynasty and was a grandson of the Tzemach Tzedek (the third Chabad Rebbe). He succeeded his father immediately following his death in 1866. He is the author of the 1902 text Magen Avot.[2][3] He had a son Yehuda Leib.[1]

References

  1. Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1942). Introduction to Hayom Yom.
  2. Karlinsky, Nahum (2007). The Dawn of Hasidic—Haredi Historiography. Modern Judaism, 2007 27(1):20-46; doi:10.1093/mj/kjl010
  3. Schneersohn, Solomon Zalman (1902). Magen avot: Derushim 'al Sidre Parashiyot ha-Torah u-Mo'adim. Berdichev: H.Y.Sheftil


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