Shlomo Schneur Zalman Schneersohn (1830 – 1900) was a
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Habad
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 groups ...
Hasidic
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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 the son of
Yehuda Leib Schneersohn, who founded the Kopust dynasty and was a grandson of the
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (the third Chabad Rebbe). He succeeded his father immediately following his death in 1866. He is the author of the 1902 text ''Magen Avot.''
[Karlinsky, Nahum (2007). The Dawn of Hasidic—Haredi Historiography. ''Modern Judaism'', 2007 27(1):20-46; ][Schneersohn, Solomon Zalman (1902). ''Magen avot: Derushim 'al Sidre Parashiyot ha-Torah u-Mo'adim.'' Berdichev: H.Y.Sheftil] He had a son Yehuda Leib.
Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn placed a portrait of his grandfather in his courtyard for his followers to see. The move is understood to help lend legitimacy to the Kapust branch of Chabad Hasidism.
[Katz, M. B. (2010). The visual culture of Chabad. Cambridge University Press.]
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Chabad offshoot groups
Chabad offshoot groups are those spawned from the Chabad Hasidic Jewish movement. Many of these groups were founded to succeed previous Chabad leaders, acting as rivals to some of the dynastic rebbes of Chabad. Others were founded by former stude ...
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1830 births
1900 deaths
Rebbes of Chabad
Schneersohn family
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