Nissan Nemanov Explained

Nissen Nemanov
Birth Date:	13 Av, 1904
Birth Place:	Zhlobin, Belarus
Death Date:	9 Iyar,
Resting Place:	Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Nationality:	Belarusian
Occupation:	Orthodox rabbi
Native Name:	ניסן נעמאנאוו
Native Name Lang:	yi

Nissen Nemanov (1904 - 1984),^[1] known familiarly as Reb Nissen, was a Belarusian Orthodox rabbi. He served as a Mashpia (Hasidic mentor) in the yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, near Paris, France.^[2] He taught many thousands of students during his lifetime,^[3] He was buried in the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.^[4]

Life

Nemanov was born in Zhlobin on 13 Av, 1904 to Yitzchak and Shaina Chaya Nemanov. He left home and went to study at the age of 12 in the yeshiva of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Sholom Dov Ber Schneersohn. The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn appointed him the rosh yeshiva (dean and mashpia in various yeshivas in Russian cities. In 1947 he moved to Paris and established a yeshiva in Brunoy.^[5]

Family

Nemanov had four children: Rochel Pewzner, Sholom DovBer Nemanov, Moshe Nemanov, and Yitzchak "Itche" Nemanov.

Sources

• HaPardes, June 1984, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 30–31.
• Communicating the infinite: the emergence of Habad school, Naftali Loewenthal, pg. 298

External links

• Burial info in Mount of Olives database, photo of tombstone - (Hebrew)

Notes and References

1. Book: Codex Judaica: Chronological Index of Jewish History. 0967037832. Mattis Kantor . 2005. Zichron Press .
2. Web site: His early religious education was at Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch of Brunoy, France, which was headed by Rabbi Nissen Nemanov. . Yehuda Refson.
3. Student of ... Web site: as a boy he survived the war in Samarkand, later learning in the Lubavitch Yeshiva Brunoy, France under Rabbi Nissen Nemenov.. Loss: Rabbi Chaim Mayer Minkowitz, OB"M. March 1, 2017.
4. 9 Iyar, is the yahrzeit anniversary of ... Web site: He passed away in 5744 and was buried in Jerusalem. . Yahrzeit . 23 April 2010 .
5. Web site: Living in This World.