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Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn (1842-1923) was the fourth and last rebbe of Kopust, a branch of the Chabad dynasty of Hasidism. He succeeded as 4th leader of the group after his brother, Shalom Dovber Schneersohn, died.[1] Other sources say he succeeded his brother, Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn, as leader of the group in the year 1900 after Shlomo Zalman died.[2][3][4][5] He served as the Kopuster movement's rebbe in the town of Babruysk.[6] He was rabbi of the chasidim in Babruysk from 1872, and founded a yeshiva there in 1901.[7] He authored a two-volume work on Hasidism, titled "Shemen LaMaor" ("Light for the Luminary").[2][4][5]
Works
Schneersohn is the author of a two-volume work on Hasidic thought, titled Shemen LaMaor ("Oil for the Luminary").[4][5]
References
^Miller, Chaim. "Turning Judaism Outward" Page 437, in footnote 6 for chapter 3. Kol Menachem, 2014
^ abLowenthal, Naftali. Schneersohn, Shmaryahu Noah. Encyclopedia of Hasidism. Jason Aronson Publishers. London. 1996.
^Loewenthal, Naftali.
Communicating the Infinite: The Emergence of the Habad School. University of Chicago Press. (1990): p. 244.
Light purple indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Kapust dynasty
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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
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