Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn Explained

Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn (1842-1923) was the fourth and last rebbe of Kopust, a branch of the Chabad dynasty of Hasidism. He succeeded as 4th leader of the group after his brother, Shalom Dovber Schneersohn, died.^[1] Other sources say he succeeded his brother, Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn, as leader of the group in the year 1900 after Shlomo Zalman died.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} He served as the Kopuster movement's rebbe in the town of Babruysk.^[6] He was rabbi 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

Schneersohn is the author of a two-volume work on Hasidic thought, titled Shemen LaMaor ("Oil for the Luminary").

Notes and References

1. Miller, Chaim. "Turning Judaism Outward" Page 437, in footnote 6 for chapter 3. Kol Menachem, 2014
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. Schneerson, Shmaryahu Noah. Shemen La'moar. Vol. 1. Kfar Chabad, Israel. (1964): p. 1.Available at HebrewBooks.org
5. 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.