Shemaryahu Gurary, also known by his

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initials as Rashag, (1897–1989) was a

rabbi A rabbi (; ) is a spiritual leader or religious teacher in Judaism. One becomes a rabbi by being ordained by another rabbi—known as ''semikha''—following a course of study of Jewish history and texts such as the Talmud. The basic form of t ...

following 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 ...

dynasty of

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. His father was Menachem Mendel Gurary. He was a son-in-law of

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 ...

, the sixth Chabad-Lubavitch

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, and the brother-in-law of

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 ...

, the seventh. He worked with his father-in-law in Russia and Poland and moved to the U.S. in 1940.

Biography

He was the director in

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of the

Tomchei Temimim Tomchei Tmimim (, "supporters of the complete-wholesome ones") is the central Yeshiva (Talmudical academy) of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Founded in 1897 in the town of Lubavitch by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, it is now ...

yeshiva network. Upon the death of his father-in-law in 1950, he was considered as a possible successor to him but soon ceded his position to his brother-in-law Menachem Mendel Scheerson.Rapoport, C. (2011). ''The Afterlife of Scholarship A Critical Review of 'The Rebbe' by Samuel Heilman and Menachem Friedman''. Oporto Press. Page 170. 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''

External links

Passing of the Rashag
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gurary, Shemaryahu 1897 births 1989 deaths Chabad-Lubavitch rabbis Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn Burials at Montefiore Cemetery