Menachem Mendel Schneerson
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson 🇷🇺

מנחם מנדל שניאורסון (Known as "The Lubavitcher Rebbe")
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Born Apr 18, 1902 🇷🇺 Mykolaiv, Russia
Passed Away Jun 12, 1994 New York City, United States
Lifespan 92 years old
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"If you see what is wrong and how it may be cured, you have found your own purpose."

Archival Overview

Seventh leader of Chabad-Lubavitch who built a global network of educational and humanitarian emissaries (shluchim), transforming post-Holocaust Jewish life worldwide.

Biographical Record

Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994 CE) studied mathematics and philosophy at the Sorbonne and Berlin before escaping Nazi Europe for the United States in 1941.

Assuming leadership of Chabad in 1951, he dispatched thousands of rabbinic couples across six continents, launched global campaigns for Torah education and mitzvot, and guided world leaders.

Key Life Milestones

1951

Accession as Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe

Formally accepted leadership of Chabad with the landmark discourse 'Basi LeGani', inaugurating modern outreach.

1994

Congressional Gold Medal Awarded

Posthumously awarded the United States Congressional Gold Medal for outstanding contributions to education and morality.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
The Ohel, Montefiore Cemetery
Queens, New York, United States
GPS: 40.6978, -73.7483
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