Schneersohn (or Schneerson) is a

Jewish surname Jewish surnames are family names used by Jews and those of Jewish origin. Jewish surnames are thought to be of comparatively recent origin; the first known Jewish family names date to the Middle Ages, in the 10th and 11th centuries CE. Jews have ...

used by many of the descendants of the 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 first

Rebbe A Rebbe ( yi, רבי, translit=rebe) or Admor ( he, אדמו״ר) is the spiritual leader in the Hasidic movement, and the personalities of its dynasties.Heilman, Samuel"The Rebbe and the Resurgence of Orthodox Judaism."''Religion and Spiritua ...

of 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.

Origins

Rabbi

(1745 – 1812), founded the

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 ...

movement in 1775.Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Gourary NO. CV-85-2909
His son, Rabbi

Dovber Schneuri Dovber Schneuri (13 November 1773 – 16 November 1827 OS) was the second Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. Rabbi Dovber was the first Chabad rebbe to live in the town of Lyubavichi (in present-day Belarus), t ...

(1773 – 1827), the second Chabad Rebbe, adopted the "Schneuri" surname after his father's first name. The first to use the "Schneersohn" surname was Rabbi

Menachem Mendel Schneersohn Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (September 9, 1789 – March 17, 1866) also known as the Tzemach Tzedek (Hebrew: "Righteous Sprout" or "Righteous Scion") was an Orthodox rebbe, leading 19th-century posek, and the third rebbe (spiritual leader) of th ...

, the nephew/son-in-law of Rabbi Dovber and the grandson of Rabbi Schneur Zalman and the third Chabad Rebbe.

Persons with the surname Schneersohn

Chabad Rebbes

* Rabbi

(1789 – 1866), the third Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe * Rabbi

Shmuel Schneersohn Shmuel Schneersohn (or Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch or The Rebbe Maharash) (29 April 1834 – 14 September 1882 OS) was an Orthodox rabbi and the fourth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. Biography Shmuel Schnee ...

(1834 – 1882), the fourth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe * Rabbi

Sholom Dovber Schneersohn Sholom Dovber Schneersohn ( he, שלום דובער שניאורסאהן) was the fifth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic movement. He is known as "the Rebbe Rashab" (for Reb Sholom Ber). His teachings represent the emerg ...

(1860 – 1920), the fifth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe * Rabbi

Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak (Joseph Isaac) Schneersohn ( yi, יוסף יצחק שניאורסאהן; 21 June 1880 – 28 January 1950) was an Orthodox rabbi and the sixth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. He is also known a ...

(1880 – 1950), the sixth Chabad-Lubavitch 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 ...

(1902 – 1994), the seventh Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe

Rebbes of Chabad offshoots

* Rabbi

Yehuda Leib Schneersohn Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn (1808-1866) was a Ukrainian Habad Hasidic rabbi, the second son of Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, and founder and first leader of Kopust Hasidism. Life and career Known as the Maharil (an acronym for "Moreinu HaRav ...

(1811 – 1866), the second son of third Chabad and the founder and first rebbe of the Kopust-Chabad offshoot dynasty * Rabbi

Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn Shlomo Schneur Zalman Schneersohn (1830 – 1900) was a Ukrainians, Ukrainian Habad Hasidic rabbi who was the second leader of Kopust Hasidism from 1866 to his death in 1900.Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1942). Introduction to ''Hayom Yom.'' He was t ...

(1830 – 1900), the second rebbe of the Kopust-Chabad dynasty * Rabbi

Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn (1842-1923) was the fourth and last rebbe of Kopust, a branch of the Chabad Hasidic movement. Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah succeeded his brother, Rabbi Shalom Dovber Schneersohn as 4th leader of the group for a period of ...

(1842 – 1924), the third rebbe of the Kopust-Chabad dynasty * Rabbi Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneersohn (d. 1879), the son of third Chabad and the founder and first rebbe of the Liadi-Chabad offshoot dynasty * Rabbi Yitzchak Dovber Schneersohn, the second rebbe of the Liadi-Chabad dynasty

Others

Chaya Mushka Schneersohn Chaya Mushka Schneersohn was the daughter of Rabbi Dovber Schneuri, the second Rebbe of the Chabad Hasidic movement, and the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn the third Rebbe.Schneerson, Menachem M''Hayom Yom...''. Kehot Publication Soci ...

(d. 1860), the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad rebbe * Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878 – 1944), a Kabbalist, rabbi of

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and the father of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Chabad rebbe *

Chana Schneerson Chana Schneerson (née Yanovsky; 1880–1964) was the wife of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, a Chabad Hasidic rabbi in Yekatrinoslav, Ukraine and the mother of the seventh Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Chana Schn ...

(1880 – 1964), the mother of the seventh Chabad rebbe. * Rabbi

Isaac Schneersohn Isaac Schneersohn (1879 or 18811969) was a French rabbi, industrialist, and the founder of the first Holocaust Archives and Memorial. He emigrated from Ukraine to France after the First World War. In 1943 while under Italian wartime occupation ...

(1879 or 1881(?) – 1969), a French rabbi, industrialist, founder of the first Holocaust Archives and Memorial. * Rabbi Yaakov-Leib Schneersohn Salzman (1879 – 1941), Polish rabbi in Poland (Pystin); died during Holocaust in

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* René Yitzhak-Lev Baduel Schneersohn Salzman (1921 – 1991), the son of Rabbi Yaakov Leib Schneerson Salzman * Jean-Claude Abraham-Leib Baduel Schneersohn Salzman (1948 - ), indistrualist, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty * Antoine Ethan-Lev Baduel Schneersohn Salzman (1971 – ), President and CEO of

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, radio presenter, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty * Sarah-Lev Galland Schneersohn Salzman (1975 – ), model, television and radio presenter, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty * Jean-Etienne Yaakov-Lev Baduel Schneersohn Salzman (1978 – ), CEO of

, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty * Alexandre Yitzhak-Leib Baduel Schneersohn Salzman (2010 – ), the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty * Rabbi

Schneour Zalman Schneersohn Schneour Zalman Schneersohn (1898–1980) was a Lubavitch Hasidic Chief Rabbi who was active in France during World War II.During the Nazi occupation of France, he ran homes for children who had been separated from their families, providing them ...

(1898 – 1980), a French Hasidic Rabbi. *

(1901 – 1988), the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel, the seventh Chabad rebbe *

Sheina Horenstein Shaina Horenstein (1904-1942) was the youngest daughter of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad Hasidic movement. In the Chabad community, she is referred to as Rebbitzin Shaina. Biography Sheina Horenstein was born Sh ...

(d. 1942), born Sheina Schneersohn, the daughter of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, the sixth rebbe *

Menucha Rochel Slonim ''Rebbetzin'' Menucha Rochel Slonim (1798–1888) was a daughter of Rabbi Dovber Schneuri, the second Rebbe of the Chabad Hasidic dynasty. She is regarded a matriarch to the Chabad dynasty as well as Hebron's Jewish population in general. Origin ...

(1798–1888), the daughter of Rabbi Dovber, the second rebbe. Leader and pioneer of the Hebron community in Israel. *

Shmuel Schneursohn ''Shmuel'' or Schmuel/ Shmeil is the Hebrew equivalent of the name Samuel. It is popular also in Polish Yiddish versions of the name: Szmul or Szmuel and Szmulik or Szmulek. Shmuel and variations may refer to: * Samuel (Bible), the Hebrew Bible p ...

, a leader in the underground Zionist movement

Hechalutz HeHalutz or HeChalutz ( he, הֶחָלוּץ, lit. "The Pioneer") was a Jewish youth movement that trained young people for agricultural settlement in the Land of Israel. It became an umbrella organization of the pioneering Zionist youth moveme ...

in the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1928. *

Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky ( he, זלדה שניאורסון-מישקובסקי; June 20, 1914 – April 30, 1984), widely known as Zelda, was an Israeli poet. She received three awards for her published works. Biography Zelda Schneurson (later M ...

(1914 – 1984), an Israeli poet, widely known as Zelda

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