Shmuel Bornsztain (other)
Shmuel Bornsztain (also Borenstein or Bernstein) may refer to: * Shmuel Bornsztain, second Sochatchover Rebbe (1856–1926), author of ''Shem Mishmuel'' * Shmuel Bornsztain, sixth Sochatchover Rebbe (born 1961) {{hndis, Bornsztain, Shmuel ...
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Shmuel Bornsztain (second Sochatchover Rebbe)
Shmuel Bornsztain (16 October 1855 – 10 January 1926), Hebrew calendar (4 Cheshvan 5616 – 24 Teves 5686), also spelled Borenstein or Bernstein, was the second Rebbe of the Sochatchov Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the '' Shem Mishmuel'' by the title of his nine-volume work of Torah and Hasidic thought. He was a leading Hasidic thinker in early 20th-century Europe and a Rebbe to thousands of Hasidim in the Polish cities of Sochaczew (Sochatchov) and Łódź. Early life Shmuel Bornsztain was the only son of Rabbi Avrohom Bornsztain, author of ''Avnei Nezer'' and the first Sochatchover Rebbe. He had one younger sister, Esther. Through his father's line, he was a descendant of the Rema and the Shach. His grandfather was Rabbi Ze'ev (Wolf) Nachum Bornsztain, Rav of Biala and a Hasid of the Kotzker Rebbe. His mother, Sara Tzina Morgenstern, was the daughter of the Kotzker Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Morgenstern. Bornsztain was born in the home of his maternal gr ...
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