Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn

Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn (1842-1924) was the fourth rebbe of Kopust, a branch of the Chabad Hasidic movement. Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah succeeded his brother, Rabbi Shalom Dovber Schneersohn as 4th leader of the group for a period of time after Rabbi Shalom Dovber died.[1] Other sources claim Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah succeeded his brother, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn as leader of the group in the year 1900 after Rabbi Shlomo Zalman died.[2][3][4][5] Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah served as the Kopuster movement's rebbe in the town of Babruysk.[6] He was rav 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

Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah is the author of a two volume work on Hasidic thought, titled Shemen LaMaor ("Oil for the Luminary").[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Miller, Chaim. "Turning Judaism Outward" Page 437, in footnote 6 for chapter 3. Kol Menachem, 2014
  2. 1 2 Lowenthal, Naftali. Schneersohn, Shmaryahu Noah. Encyclopedia of Hasidism. Jason Aronson Publishers. London. 1996.
  3. ↑ Loewenthal, Naftali. Communicating the Infinite: The Emergence of the Habad School. University of Chicago Press. (1990): p. 244.
  4. 1 2 3 Schneerson, Shmaryahu Noah. Shemen La'moar. Vol. 1. Kfar Chabad, Israel. (1964): p. 1. Available at HebrewBooks.org
  5. 1 2 3 Schneerson, Shmaryahu Noah. Shemen La'moar. Vol. 2. Kfar Chabad, Israel. (1967): p. 1. Available at HebrewBooks.org
  6. ↑ Kaminetzky, Yosef. Y. Days in Chabad. Kehot Publication Society. Brooklyn, NY. (2005): p. 93.
  7. ↑ Kaminetzky, Yosef. Y. Days in Chabad. Kehot Publication Society. Brooklyn, NY. (2005): p. 92-93.
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