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Shmuel Schneersohn (or Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch or The Rebbe Maharash) (1834-04-29–1882-09-14 OS
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) was an Orthodox
Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is a Jewish denominations of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict constructionist and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim....
 rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 and the fourth Rebbe
Rebbe

Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
 (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic
Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism is a type of Orthodox Judaism or Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective chasidic / hasidic applies....
 movement.

eersohn was born in Lubavitch
Lyubavichi

Lyubavichi is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast of Smolensk Oblast, Russia. In the days of the Russian Empire, it was a shtetl in Orshansky Uyezd, in Mogilev Governorate....
, on 2 Iyar 1834, the seventh son of the Tzemach Tzedek
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn

Menachem Mendel Schneersohn also known as the Tzemach Tzedek was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi and the third Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Judaism movement....
. He faced competition from three of his brothers, primarily from Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn
Yehuda Leib Schneersohn

Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn of Kopys was a Ukrainians Habad Hasidic Jewish rabbi, the second son of Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, and founder and first leader of the Kapust Hasidim....
 who established a dynasty in Kapust upon their father's death.






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Shmuel Schneersohn (or Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch or The Rebbe Maharash) (1834-04-29–1882-09-14 OS
Old Style and New Style dates

Old Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on :January 1 even though contemporary documents use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian calendar , formerly in use in many countries, rathe...
) was an Orthodox
Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is a Jewish denominations of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict constructionist and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim....
 rabbi
Rabbi

Rabbi , in Judaism, means a religious ?teacher?, or more literally, ?my great one?, when addressing any master. The word rabbi derives from the Hebrew root word , rav, which in biblical Hebrew means ?great?, used in many senses, including the sense of a ?master? and apprentice, whence someone who is a distinguished ?teacher?....
 and the fourth Rebbe
Rebbe

Rebbe which means master, teacher, or mentor is a Yiddish word derived from the identical Hebrew language word Rabbi. It mostly refers to the leader of a Hasidic Judaism Jewish movement....
 (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic
Hasidic Judaism

Hasidic Judaism is a type of Orthodox Judaism or Haredi Judaism Orthodox Judaism religious movement. Some refer to Hasidic Judaism as Hasidism, and the adjective chasidic / hasidic applies....
 movement.

Biography

Schneersohn was born in Lubavitch
Lyubavichi

Lyubavichi is a types of inhabited localities in Russia in Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast of Smolensk Oblast, Russia. In the days of the Russian Empire, it was a shtetl in Orshansky Uyezd, in Mogilev Governorate....
, on 2 Iyar 1834, the seventh son of the Tzemach Tzedek
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn

Menachem Mendel Schneersohn also known as the Tzemach Tzedek was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi and the third Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Judaism movement....
. He faced competition from three of his brothers, primarily from Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn
Yehuda Leib Schneersohn

Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn of Kopys was a Ukrainians Habad Hasidic Jewish rabbi, the second son of Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, and founder and first leader of the Kapust Hasidim....
 who established a dynasty in Kapust upon their father's death. Other brothers also established dynasties in Lyady
Lyady

Lyady, Liady, or Liadi may refer to one of the following settlements:*Lyady, Smolevichi District, Smolevichi District, Minsk Voblast, Belarus...
, Bobruisk, and Nezhin. He did all he could to improve the lot of persecuted Jewry.

In 1848 Schneersohn was married to the daughter of his brother, Rabbi Chaim Shneur Zalman Schneersohn. After several months she died, and he then married the Rebetzin Rivkah, a granddaughter of Rabbi Dovber Schneuri
Dovber Schneuri

Dovber Schneuri was the second Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Judaism movement. Rabbi Dovber was the first Chabad rebbe to live in the town of Lyubavichi , the town for which this Hasidic dynasty is named....
, the Mitteler Rebbe.

Schneersohn was said to have had chariots on call for the evacuation of books in time of fire.

Besides his communal activism, he had wide intellectual interests. He spoke several languages, including Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
. He wrote widely on a range of religious and secular topics, and much of his writing has never been published and remains in manuscript form alone. His discourses began to be published for the first time under the title Likkutei Torat Shmuel in 1945 by Kehot, and 12 volumes have so far been printed.

He died in Lubavitch, on 13 Tishrei 1882, leaving four sons and two daughters, and was succeeded by his son Sholom Dovber.

Schneersohn urged the study of kabbala
Kabbala

Kabbala may refer to;*Kabbala Village, in the Karnataka State of India*Kabbalah, is a religious philosophical system claiming an insight into divinity nature....
 as a prerequisite for one's humanity:
A person who is capable of comprehending the Seder hishtalshelus
Seder hishtalshelus

Seder hishtalshelus means the "order of development" or "order of evolution", where the word Hishtalshelus is derived from the reduplicated quadriliteral root ?L?L "to chain", and so literally means "the chain-like process"....
 (kabbalistic secrets concerning the higher spiritual spheres) - and fails to do so - cannot be considered a human being. At every moment and time one must know where his soul stands. It is a mitzvah
Mitzvah

This article is about commandments in Judaism. For the Jewish rite of passage, see Bar Mitzvah and Bat MitzvahMitzvah is a word used in Judaism to refer to the 613 Mitzvot given in the Torah and the Mitzvah#Rabbinical_mitzvot instituted later for a total of 620....
 (commandment) and an obligation to know the seder hishtalshelus.


Aphorisms


  • "The world says, 'If you can't crawl under, climb over.' But I say, Lechatchilah Ariber--'At the outset, one should climb over.'"
  • "You cannot fool G-d; ultimately, you cannot fool others either. The only one you can fool is yourself. And to fool a fool is no great achievement."


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