Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known to many as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or simply the Rebbe, was a Russian-Empire-born American Orthodox rabbi, and the most recent rebbe of the Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty. He is considered one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the 20th century.
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn also known as the Tzemach Tzedek was an Orthodox rebbe, leading 19th-century posek, and the third rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement.
Yosef YitzchakSchneersohn was an Orthodox rabbi and the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. He is also known as the Frierdiker Rebbe, the Rebbe RaYYaTz, or the Rebbe Rayatz. After many years of fighting to keep Orthodox Judaism alive from within the Soviet Union, he was forced to leave; he continued to conduct the struggle from Latvia, and then Poland, and eventually the United States, where he spent the last ten years of his life.
In Judaism, shechita is slaughtering of certain mammals and birds for food according to kashrut.
The Sassov Hasidic dynasty began with Rabbi Moshe Leib Erblich of Sassov (1745–1807), a disciple of Rabbi Dovber of Mezeritch, the disciple of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism.
Boston is a Hasidic dynasty, originally established in 1915 by Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz, a scion of the Nikolsburg Hasidic dynasty. Following the custom of European Chassidic Courts, where the Rebbe was called after the name of his city, the Bostoner branch of Hasidic Judaism was named after Boston, Massachusetts. The most senior and well-known of the Bostoner Rebbes in contemporary times was Grand Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Horowitz, who died in December 2009.
Karlin-Stolin is a Hasidic dynasty, originating with Rebbe Aaron the Great of Karlin in present-day Belarus. Karlin was one of the first centres of Hasidim to be set up in Lithuania.
Dovber Schneuri was the second Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. Rabbi Dovber was the first Chabad rebbe to live in the town of Lyubavichi, the town for which this Hasidic dynasty is named. He is also known as the Mitteler Rebbe, being the second of the first three generations of Chabad leaders.
Rabbi Bernard (Berel) Levy was a pioneer of Kosher certification in the United States.
Rabbi Yehuda Chitrik was an author and Mashpia in the Chabad Hasidic community in Brooklyn, New York.
Chaim Zanvl Abramowitz, was known as the Ribnitzer Rebbe, and considered a great Hasidic tzadik from Rybnitsa. Others, including singer Mordechai Ben David, who was the rabbi's close adviser, maintain that he was born in 1893, making him 102 at the time of his passing.
The Kopust branch of the Chabad Hasidic movement was founded in 1866 by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn after the death of the third rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. The movement is named after the town Kopys in the Vitebsk Region of present-day Belarus, where Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn settled after his father's death.
Barry Gurary was the only son of Rabbi Shemaryahu Gurary and Chana Gurary. He was the nephew of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Chabad-Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Chabad messianism, or Lubavitch messianism, generally refers to the passion among adherents of the Chabad movement regarding the coming of the mashiach or Moshiach (Messiah), and their goal to raise awareness that his arrival is imminent. In addition, the term also refers more specifically to the belief that Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Chabad's seventh leader, is the Messiah.
Shneur Zalman Moishe HaYitzchoki, usually known familiarly as Reb Zalman Moishe,, was an Orthodox Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi in pre-war Europe, and towards the end of his life, in the Land of Israel. He served as a Mashpia and shochet. He was a follower of the Rebbe Rashab and the Rebbe Rayatz.
Radoshitz, also spelled Radishitz, is the name of a Hasidic dynasty founded by Rebbe Yisochor Ber Baron (1765–1843) of Radoshitz, also known as the Saba Kadisha. He was a student of the Seer of Lublin and of the Maggid of Kozhnitz. He was particularly dedicated to the mitzvah of Kiddush HaChodesh, the sanctification of the month.
Kashau (קאשוי) is a hasidic dynasty, named after its origin from Kassa (Košice). It was led till December 2018 by Grand Rabbi Eleizer Chaim Blum. Kashau institutions are presently located in Williamsburg, Monsey, and Bedford Hills in New York State. Followers of the Kashau Rebbe live in other Jewish centers around the world.
Skulen (סקולען) Hasidic dynasty was founded by Rav Eliezer Zusia Portugal. It was headed by his son, Rav Yisroel Avrohom Portugal until his death on April 1 2019. Its name is originated from Sculeni, a town in Bessarabia where Rabbi Eliezer Zusia was born and served as rabbi.
Rabbi Pinchas David Horowitz, was a Hasidic rebbe and the founder of the Boston Hasidic dynasty, one of the first Hasidic courts in America.
Schochet or Shochet is a surname, from the Hebrew word for "ritual slaughterer". Notable persons with that name include:
