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Founder of Chabad
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Seventh Chabad Rebbe (–)
For the 19th century, third Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch dynasty, see Menachem Mendel Schneersohn.
For other people named Schneerson (or Schneersohn), see Schneersohn.
Rebbe Menachem M. Schneerson | |
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson in | |
Title | Lubavitcher Rebbe |
Born | Menachem Mendel Schneerson April 5, OS (11 Nissan )[1] Nikolaev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Mykolaiv, Ukraine) |
Died | June 12, (3 Tammuz ) (aged 92) Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
Spouse | Chaya Mushka Schneerson |
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Religion | Judaism |
Predecessor | Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn |
Synagogue | Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York City |
Began | 10 Shevat / January 17, |
Buried | Queens, New York City, U.S. |
Residence | Brooklyn, New York City |
Dynasty | Chabad Lubavitch |
Semikhah | Rogatchover Gaon; Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg; Shmuel Schneerson |
Menachem Mendel Schneerson[a] (April 5, OS– June 12, ; AM 11 Nissan – 3 Tammuz ), known to adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or simply the Rebbe,[2][3] was a Russian-American Orthodox rabbi and the most recent Rebbe of the LubavitchHasidic dynasty. He is considered one of
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My old friend Dr. Michael Chigel tagged me on Facebook this morning with his remarkably kind and generous unsolicited review of Torah from the Years of Wrath.Im deeply moved and grateful to Mike for promoting the Torah of the Aish Kodesh, as well as for the undeserved praise he lavished on my small contribution, but also because he is an unusually sophisticated and erudite reader who deeply understands the subject. Many of you might know him for his remarkably entertaining Scroll Down series on the Jewish intellectual traditiona must-watchbut dont be fooled by the quirky sense of humor. He holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Toronto, awarded for an exceptionally deep dissertation on the Book of Job, speaks and reads about a dozen languages, and is especially au courant with twentieth-century thought on the Holocaust and Jewish philosophy.
Mike and I go back a long time. Weve belonged to an exclusive mutual admiration society for over thirty years. His review should certainly be viewed within this context. Nevertheless, Im so grateful for his unsolicited thoughts that a simple note of thank-you would not be quite sufficient, hence this post deconstructing his review. Lets start with the picture:
Mike, the grey in your beard suits you, al