''Beit Rebbe'' (or ''Bet Rabi'') ( he, בית רבי, "House of the Rabbi") is a book of

Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic group ...

Hasidic Hasidism, sometimes spelled Chassidism, and also known as Hasidic Judaism (Ashkenazi Hebrew: חסידות ''Ḥăsīdus'', ; originally, "piety"), is a Jewish religious group that arose as a spiritual revival movement in the territory of contem ...

history written by Hayim Meir Heilman, published in

Berditchev Berdychiv ( uk, Берди́чів, ; pl, Berdyczów; yi, באַרדיטשעװ, Barditshev; russian: Берди́чев, Berdichev) is a historic city in the Zhytomyr Oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center ...

in 1902. The work is seen as among the first to establish a Hasidic tradition of historiography. The book chronicles the lives of the first three leaders of the Chabad dynasty, as well as their families and students. Among the topics covered in the book are the authenticity of the portrait of Rabbi

Shneur Zalman of Liadi Shneur Zalman of Liadi ( he, שניאור זלמן מליאדי, September 4, 1745 – December 15, 1812 Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Adoption in Eastern Europe, O.S. / 18 Elul 5505 – 24 Tevet 5573) was an influential Lithuanian Jews, Li ...

, the founder of Chabad.Tworek, W. (2017). Between hagiography and historiography: Chabad, scholars of Hasidism, and the case of the portrait of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyadi. East European Jewish Affairs, 47(1), 3-27.

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{{Judaism-book-stub 1902 books Chabad history Chabad-Lubavitch texts

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