Menachem Mendel Schneerson

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Menachem Mendel Schneerson was the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe and a towering 20th-century Hasidic leader known for revitalizing Chabad-Lubavitch and promoting global Jewish outreach and education.

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instanceOf Hasidic Rebbe
Jewish religious leader
human
rabbi
alsoKnownAs Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
The Lubavitcher Rebbe
The Rebbe
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal
burialPlace Old Montefiore Cemetery
Queens
citizenship United States
commemoratedBy Education and Sharing Day, USA
countryOfBirth Russian Empire
dateAwarded 1994-11-02
dateOfBirth 1902-04-18
dateOfDeath 1994-06-12
denomination Hasidic Judaism
linked to: Hasidism
educatedAt University of Berlin
rabbinical studies in Eastern Europe
École Spéciale des Travaux Publics
endTime 1994-06-12
era 20th century
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews
familyName Schneerson
father Levi Yitzchak Schneerson
fieldOfStudy Hasidic philosophy
Jewish law
Talmud
engineering
founded worldwide network of Chabad Houses
givenName Menachem Mendel
headquartersLocation 770 Eastern Parkway
Crown Heights, Brooklyn
linked to: Crown Heights
ideology emphasis on every Jew’s intrinsic value
integration of secular knowledge with Torah
messianic consciousness in daily life
influenced Baalei teshuva movement
Chabad-Lubavitch movement
linked to: Chabad-Lubavitch

modern Jewish outreach models
knownFor Jewish education initiatives
extensive correspondence
global Jewish outreach
leadership of post-Holocaust Jewish rebuilding
public talks and farbrengens
revitalizing Chabad-Lubavitch
sending emissaries (shluchim) worldwide
languageSpoken English
French
Hebrew
Russian
Yiddish
mother Chana Schneerson
movement Chabad outreach movement
nationality American
notableWork Ten Mitzvah Campaigns (Mivtzaim)
office Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch
linked to: Hasidic Rebbe
originalNationality Russian
placeOfBirth Mykolaiv
Russian Empire
placeOfDeath New York City
United States
positionHeld seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe
precededBy Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn
religion Judaism
religiousMovement Chabad-Lubavitch
religiousTitle Rabbi
Rebbe
residence Crown Heights, Brooklyn
linked to: Crown Heights

New York City
signatureWork global shlichus (emissary) system
spouse Chaya Mushka Schneerson
startTime 1951-01-17
supported Jewish day schools
Mitzvah campaigns
campus outreach
wrote Igrot Kodesh
Likkutei Sichos
Maamarim (Hasidic discourses)

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Menachem Mendel Schneerson alsoKnownAs The Lubavitcher Rebbe
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson alsoKnownAs Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson positionHeld seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe
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Menahem hasGivenNameBearer Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Chabad-Lubavitch notableLeader Menachem Mendel Schneerson
1991 Crown Heights riot involvesPerson Menachem Mendel Schneerson