Schneersohn

Schneersohn (or Schneerson) is a Jewish surname used by many of the descendants of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.

Origins

Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745 – 1812), founded the Chabad Hasidic movement in 1775. ^[1] His son, Rabbi Dovber Schneuri (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, the nephew/son-in-law of Rabbi Dovber and the grandson of Rabbi Schneur Zalman and the third Chabad Rebbe.

People surnamed Schneersohn or Schneerson

Chabad Rebbes

• Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789 – 1866), the third Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe
• Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn (1834 – 1882), the fourth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe
• Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (1860 – 1920), the fifth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe
• Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880 – 1950), the sixth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe
• Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902 – 1994), the seventh Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe

Rebbes of Chabad offshoots

• Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn (1811 – 1866), the second son of third Chabad and the founder and first rebbe of the Kopust-Chabad offshoot dynasty
• Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn (1830 – 1900), the second rebbe of the Kopust-Chabad dynasty
• Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn (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 (d. 1860), the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad rebbe
• Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878 – 1944), a Kabbalist, rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk and the father of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Chabad rebbe
• Chana Schneerson (1880 – 1964), the mother of the seventh Chabad rebbe.
• Rabbi Isaac Schneersohn (1879 or 1881(?) – 1969), a French rabbi, industrialist, founder of the first Holocaust Archives and Memorial.
• Antoine Ethan-Lev Baduel Schneersohn Salzman (1971 – ), President and CEO of Radio FG, radio presenter, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
• Jean-Etienne Yaakov-Lev Baduel Schneersohn Salzman (1978 – ), CEO of Radio FG, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
• Rabbi Schneour Zalman Schneersohn (1898 – 1980), a French Hasidic Rabbi.
• Chaya Mushka Schneersohn (1901 – 1988), the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel, the seventh Chabad rebbe
• Menucha Rochel Slonim (1798 – 1888), the daughter of Dovber, the second rebbe. Leader and pioneer of the Hebron community in Israel.
• Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky (1914 – 1984), an Israeli poet, widely known as Zelda
• Nathan Schneersohn (1881 – 1937), a Russian Menshevik revolutionary and Soviet museum curator

References

1. Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Gourary NO. CV-85-2909.

v t e Schneersohn family tree
Shneur Zalman [i] (1745–1812) Shterna Shalom Shachna [ii] Devorah Leah (d. 1792) Dovber [iii] (1773–1827) Sheina Menachem Mendel [iv] (1789–1866) Chaya Mushka (d. 1860) Baruch Shalom (1805–1869) Shmuel [v] (1834–1882) Yosef Yizchak [vi] (1822–1876) Yisroel Noah [vii] (1815–1883) Chaim Schneur Zalman [viii] (d. 1879) Yehuda Leib [ix] (1811–1866) Levi Yitzchak (1834–1878) Shalom Dovber [x] (1860–1920) Shterna Sara (1860–1942) Avraham (1860–1937) Yitzchak Dovber [xi] (1833–1910) Shlomo Zalman [xii] (1830–1900) Shalom Dovber [xiii] (d. 1908) Shmaryahu Noah [xiv] (1842–1924) Baruch Schneur (d. 1926) Yosef Yitzchak [xv] (1880–1950) Nechama Dina (1881–1971) Levi Yitzchak [xvi] (d. 1904) Levi Yitzchak (1878–1944) Chana (1880–1964) Menachem Mendel [xvii] (1902–1994) Chaya Mushka (1901–1988)
Light green indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty   Light purple indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Kapust dynasty   Light orange indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Niezhin dynasty   Light blue indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Liadi dynasty   Light yellow indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of Avrutch dynasty Solid lines indicate parents/children, dashed lines show marriages, dotted lines show in-laws. Additional members of Schneersohn family are not listed here
Notes: Founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, known as Shneur Zalman of Liady Surname Altschuler 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Dovber Schneuri and the Middle Rebbe 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Tzemach Tzedek, first to assume the surname "Schneersohn" 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Maharash Rebbe in Avrutch 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Niezhin 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Maharil of Kapust 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rashab 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, known as Maharid 2rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Rashab of Rechitsa 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust 6th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rayatz 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, Levi Yitzchak Guterman, son-in-law of Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneersohn 7th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, uses the spelling of "Schneerson"
References: Schneersohn, Yosef Yitzchak; Schneerson, Menachem Mendel (2005). Hayom Yom: Bilingual Edition. Brooklyn, NY: Kehot Publication Society. ISBN   0-8266-0669-5.