Schneersohn (or Schneerson) is a

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used by many of the descendants of Rabbi

Shneur Zalman of Liadi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, (; September 4, 1745 – December 15, 1812 O.S. / 18 Elul 5505 – 24 Tevet 5573) commonly known as the Alter Rebbe or Baal Hatanya, was a rabbi and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism. He ...

, the first

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of the

Chabad-Lubavitch Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (; ; ), is a dynasty in Hasidic Judaism. Belonging to the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) branch of Orthodox Judaism, it is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, as well as one of ...

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movement.

Origins

Rabbi

(1745 – 1812), founded the

Chabad Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch (; ; ), is a dynasty in Hasidic Judaism. Belonging to the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) branch of Orthodox Judaism, it is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements, as well as one of ...

movement in 1775.Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Gourary NO. CV-85-2909
His son, Rabbi

Dovber Schneuri Dovber Schneuri (13 November 1773 – 16 November 1827 OS) was the second Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. Rabbi Dovber was the first Chabad rebbe to live in the town of Lyubavichi (in present-day Russia), ...

(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 Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (; September 20, 1789 – March 17, 1866) also known as the Tzemach Tzedek (Hebrew: "Righteous Sprout" or "Righteous Scion") was an Orthodox rabbi, leading 19th-century posek, and the third rebbe (spiritual leader) o ...

, 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

(1789 – 1866), the third Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe * Rabbi

Shmuel Schneersohn Shmuel Schneersohn (or Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch or The Rebbe Maharash) (29 April 1834 – 14 September 1882 OS) was an Orthodox rabbi and the fourth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. Biography Shmuel S ...

(1834 – 1882), the fourth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe * Rabbi

Sholom Dovber Schneersohn Sholom Dovber Schneersohn () was the fifth rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch chasidic movement. He is known as "the Rebbe Rashab" (for Reb Sholom Ber). His teachings that encouraged outreach were further developed later. Life ...

(1860 – 1920), the fifth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe * Rabbi

Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn Yosef Yitzchak (Joseph Isaac) Schneersohn (; 21 June 1880 – 28 January 1950) was an Orthodox rabbi and the sixth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement. He is also known as the Frierdiker Rebbe (Yiddish for "Pre ...

(1880 – 1950), the sixth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe * Rabbi

Menachem Mendel Schneerson Menachem Mendel Schneerson ( – June 12, 1994; Anno Mundi, AM 11 Nissan 5662 – 3 Tammuz 5754), known to adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or simply the Rebbe, was an American Orthodox rabbi and the most rec ...

(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

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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 Isaac Schneersohn (1879 or 1881 1969) was a French rabbi, industrialist, and the founder of the first Holocaust Archives and Memorial. He emigrated from Ukraine to France after the First World War. In 1943 while under Italian wartime occupa ...

(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

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, radio presenter, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty * Jean-Etienne Yaakov-Lev Baduel Schneersohn Salzman (1978 – ), CEO of

, 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 * Sheina Horenstein (d. 1942), born Sheina Schneersohn, the daughter of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, the sixth 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 Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky (; June 20, 1914 – April 30, 1984), widely known as Zelda, was an Israeli poet. She received three awards for her published works. Biography Zelda Schneerson (later Mishkovsky) was born in Chernigov, Chernigov Gover ...

(1914 – 1984), an Israeli poet, widely known as Zelda * Nathan Schneersohn (1881 – 1937), a Russian Menshevik revolutionary and Soviet museum curator

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