Menachem Mendel Schneersohn

For the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, see Menachem Mendel Schneerson. For the Tzemach Tzedek of Nikolsburg, see Menachem Mendel Krochmal.
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn
The Tzemach Tzedek
TitleLubavitcher Rebbe
Personal
Born
Menachem Mendel Schneersohn

September 9, 1789 OS
Liozna, Russian Empire
DiedMarch 17, 1866 OS
Lyubavichi, Russian Empire
ReligionJudaism
SpouseChaya Mushka Schneersohn (daughter of Dovber Schneuri)
ChildrenBaruch Shalom
Yehudah Leib of Kopys
Chaim Shneur Zalman of Liadi
Yisroel Noach of Nizhyn
Yosef Yitzchak of Ovruch
Yaacov
Shmuel Schneersohn of Lubavitch
Rada Freida
Devorah Leah
Parents
Jewish leader
PredecessorDovber Schneuri
SuccessorShmuel Schneersohn
BeganMay 5, 1831
EndedMarch 17, 1866 OS
Main workShut Tzemach Tzedek
DynastyChabad Lubavitch

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.