Menachem Zeev ("Wolf") Greenglass (1917 – 29 December 2010) was a Polish-Canadian rabbi associated with the

Chabad-Lubavitch 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 ...

movement."the-eulogizer-rock-music-producer-chabad-kabbalist."
''Jewish Telegraphic Agency''. January 19, 2011.

Biography

Early life

Menachem Zeev was born in

Łódź Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...

, Poland, in 1917; his parents were Avraham Yechiel and Yuta Chava Greenglass, followers of the Alexander chassidic dynasty. When he was twenty years old, Greenglass travelled to Otwock, Poland, and enrolled in the Lubavitch yeshivah there. Greenglass was later appointed as a mentor for a selected group of students at the school.

World War II

During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Greenglass and his peers received transit visas from the Japanese consul,

Chiune Sugihara was a Japanese diplomat who served as vice-consul for the Japanese Empire in Kaunas, Lithuania. During the Second World War, Sugihara helped thousands of Jews flee Europe by issuing transit visas to them so that they could travel through Japan ...

. They travelled by rail through Russia, stopping at the eastern port city of

Vladivostok Vladivostok ( rus, Владивосто́к, a=Владивосток.ogg, p=vɫədʲɪvɐˈstok) is the largest city and the administrative center of Primorsky Krai, Russia. The city is located around the Zolotoy Rog, Golden Horn Bay on the Sea ...

. From there they travelled by boat to Japan, and on to Shanghai, China. Nine of the Chabad students, including Greenglass, eventually received visas to Canada.Dovid Zaklikowski
"Montreal Kabbalist and Educator Passes Away at Age of 94."
January 16, 2011.

Canada

Rabbi Greenglass helped establish the Chabad yeshivah in Montreal he was a great man, where he served as a mashpia for many years."boruch-dayan-hoemes-rabbi-menachem-zev-greenglass-obm."
''CrownHeights.info''. December 29, 2010.

Death

Greenglass died on Wednesday, 22 Teves, 5771 (December 29, 2010), at the age of 94, survived by his sons Avremi Greenglass, Yossi Greenglass and daughter Surie Cohen; grandchildren and great grandchildren."Rabbi Volf Greenglass, 94, OBM."
''COLlive.com''. December 29, 2010.

Works

Greenglass coauthored a book titled ''Sefer Haminhagim'' on

Chabad customs Chabad customs and holidays are the practices, rituals and holidays performed and celebrated by adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. The customs, or minhagim and prayer services are based on Lurianic kabbalah. The holidays are celebr ...

with Rabbi Leibel Groner, who served as the Rebbe's secretary. The book has become the standard collection of Chabad Chasidic customs and practices. His other work was titled ''Lekutei Dinim'', a guide to daily life written Yiddish, was edited by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi

Menachem Mendel Schneerson Menachem Mendel Schneerson (Modern Hebrew: מנחם מענדל שניאורסון; old-fashioned spelling: מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן; April 5, 1902 OS – June 12, 1994; AM 11 Nissan 5662 – 3 Tammuz 5754), known to man ...

.Lightstone, Mordechai
"Renowned-Teacher-Holocaust-Survivor-94."
''Lubavitch.com''. January 4, 2011.

References

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