Menachem Mendel Schneerson

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Menachem Mendel Schneerson was the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe and a towering 20th-century Hasidic leader known for revitalizing Chabad-Lubavitch and promoting global Jewish outreach and education.

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instanceOf Hasidic Rebbe ⓘ
Jewish religious leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
rabbi ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson ⓘ
The Lubavitcher Rebbe ⓘ
The Rebbe ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
burialPlace Old Montefiore Cemetery ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
citizenship United States ⓘ
commemoratedBy Education and Sharing Day, USA ⓘ
countryOfBirth Russian Empire ⓘ
dateAwarded 1994-11-02 ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1902-04-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1994-06-12 ⓘ
denomination Hasidic Judaism ⓘ
linked to: Hasidism
educatedAt University of Berlin ⓘ
rabbinical studies in Eastern Europe ⓘ
École Spéciale des Travaux Publics ⓘ
endTime 1994-06-12 ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Ashkenazi Jews ⓘ
familyName Schneerson ⓘ
father Levi Yitzchak Schneerson ⓘ
fieldOfStudy Hasidic philosophy ⓘ
Jewish law ⓘ
Talmud ⓘ
engineering ⓘ
founded worldwide network of Chabad Houses ⓘ
givenName Menachem Mendel ⓘ
headquartersLocation 770 Eastern Parkway ⓘ
Crown Heights, Brooklyn ⓘ
linked to: Crown Heights
ideology emphasis on every Jew’s intrinsic value ⓘ
integration of secular knowledge with Torah ⓘ
messianic consciousness in daily life ⓘ
influenced Baalei teshuva movement ⓘ
Chabad-Lubavitch movement ⓘ
linked to: Chabad-Lubavitch

modern Jewish outreach models ⓘ
knownFor Jewish education initiatives ⓘ
extensive correspondence ⓘ
global Jewish outreach ⓘ
leadership of post-Holocaust Jewish rebuilding ⓘ
public talks and farbrengens ⓘ
revitalizing Chabad-Lubavitch ⓘ
sending emissaries (shluchim) worldwide ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
mother Chana Schneerson ⓘ
movement Chabad outreach movement ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Ten Mitzvah Campaigns (Mivtzaim) ⓘ
office Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch ⓘ
linked to: Hasidic Rebbe
originalNationality Russian ⓘ
placeOfBirth Mykolaiv ⓘ
Russian Empire ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
United States ⓘ
positionHeld seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe ⓘ
precededBy Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
religiousMovement Chabad-Lubavitch ⓘ
religiousTitle Rabbi ⓘ
Rebbe ⓘ
residence Crown Heights, Brooklyn ⓘ
linked to: Crown Heights

New York City ⓘ
signatureWork global shlichus (emissary) system ⓘ
spouse Chaya Mushka Schneerson ⓘ
startTime 1951-01-17 ⓘ
supported Jewish day schools ⓘ
Mitzvah campaigns ⓘ
campus outreach ⓘ
wrote Igrot Kodesh ⓘ
Likkutei Sichos ⓘ
Maamarim (Hasidic discourses) ⓘ

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