Menachem Mendel Schneersohn

1789 - 1866

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: Russian Empire

native language: Yiddish

languages spoken, written or signed: Hebrew

occupation: rabbi, composer, Rebbe

award received: Honorary Citizen of the Russian Empire

position held: Rebbe

student of: Dovber Schneuri, Shneur Zalman of Liadi

Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (Yiddish: מנחם מענדל שניאורסאהן; 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) of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Source: Wikipedia (en)