Shemaryahu Gurary
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Rabbi Shemaryahu Gurary | |
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Personal | |
Born | 1897 |
Died | 1989 |
Religion | Judaism |
Spouse | Chana |
Children | Barry Gurary |
Denomination | Chabad |
Buried | Queens, New York |
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Shemaryahu Gurary, also known by his Hebrew initials as Rashag, (1897-1989) was a rabbi following the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty of Hasidism. His father was Menachem Mendel Gurary. He was a son-in-law of Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, the sixth Chabad-Lubavitch rebbe, and the brother-in-law of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh. He worked with his father-in-law in Russia and Poland and moved to the U.S. in 1940.[1]
Biography
He was the director in Warsaw of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva network.
Upon the death of his father-in-law in 1950, he was considered[by whom?] as a possible successor to him but soon ceded his position to his brother-in-law Menachem Mendel Scheerson.[2]
Gurary's son Barry Gurary had disputes with the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty.
Footnotes
References
- Avrum M. Ehrlich, Messiah of Brooklyn: Understanding Lubavitch Hasidism Past and Present
- Avrum M. Ehrlich, Leadership in the HaBaD Movement
- Shaul Shimon Deutsch, Larger than Life