* 1902 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-French rabbi and Hasidic Judaism leader ( d. 1994 )

Being a follower of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson of Chabad-Lubavitch, he went to help Jews in the Soviet Union assisting Chabad's shluchim ( propagators ) network.

Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk and Schneur Zalman of Liadi began Hasidism in Russia.

Hasidic Old Yishuv | immigration to the Land of Israel began in the early movement, including in 1777 the Hasidic leaders Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, Avraham of Kalisk and their followers

In Poland the Chozeh of Lublin, Yisroel Hopsztajn | Maggid of Kozhnitz and Menachem Mendel of Rimanov saw Jewish eschatology | Messianic potential in the Gog and Magog | turmoil.

* 1994 – Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-French rabbi ( b. 1902 )

In a speech given in 1986, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, discussed " individuals who express an inclination towards a particular form of physical relationship in which the libidinal gratification is sought with members of one's own gender ".

Of note in recent times is Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's novel interpretation of Rashi's commentary, which was delivered in a series of public talks that began in 1964 and continued for over 25 years.

# In 1960 work started on a new edition under the name of Gemara Shelemah ( complete Gemara ) under the editorship of Menachem Mendel Kasher: only the volume on the first part of tractate Pesachim appeared before the project was interrupted by his death.

R ' Menachem Mendel Kasher in an article in the periodical Sinai refutes many of Scholem's points.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a prominent Hasidic leader, said that the Rebbe is God's essence itself put into a body of a Tzaddik.

In seeking to encourage the study of Musar literature, Salanter had three works of Musar literature republished in Vilna: Mesillat Yesharim by Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Tikkun Middot ha-Nefesh by Solomon ibn Gabirol, and Chesbon Ha-Nefesh by Menachem Mendel Lefin.

* Cheshbon HaNefesh ( Accounting of the Soul ) by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Lefin of Satanov ( based in part on Benjamin Franklin's idea of the thirteen virtues )

Most prominent among other Haredi figures who reject explaining the Holocaust as an act of divine punishment is the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who described it as blasphemous to depict God in this way.

; 1994: The Lubavitcher ( Chabad ) Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, dies.

The Tzemach Tzedek cites a question asked by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk: At first glance, this appears to have been mainly a test of Isaac, for he was the one to be giving up his life al kiddush Hashem ( in order to sanctify God ’ s Name ).

Rabbi Menachem Mendel answers that although it is a very great Mitzvah to give up one ’ s life, it is unremarkable in the annals of Jewish history.

* Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk ( born 1730 ), Hasidic Rebbe

Menachem Mendel Schneerson ( April 5, 1902 OS – June 12, 1994 NS ), known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or just the Rebbe among his followers, was a prominent Hasidic rabbi who was the seventh and last Rebbe ( Hasidic leader ) of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

He was fifth in a direct paternal line to the third Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn.

File: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson-Lag BaOmer parade. jpg | A child announces one of the 12 verses.

File: Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson3. jpg | Waving to children at a Lag BaOmer parade.

The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

* Biography of Menachem Mendel Schneerson

* Congressional Gold Medal Recipient Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson

* Timeline of Menachem Mendel Schneerson 1928 – 1938

His son-in-law, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, turned the movement into a powerful force within Judaism.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson strove, in his writings and lectures, to attain unity between opposites.

* Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson ( 1902 – 1994 ), fifth in paternal line from Menachem Mendel and son-in-law of the previous rebbe, Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn.

His ten years in New York saw the seeds of Lubavitch emissary work, and its messianic drive that was later taken on by his son-in-law and successor Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

The second daughter, Chaya Mushka ( March 16, 1901 – February 10, 1988 ), married Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Last Lubavitcher Rebbe

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who had been living in Rostov, Berlin, and Paris, France, since 1928, escaped from Paris via Nice in 1941 and joined his father-in-law in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City.

Following the initiative of the sixth Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson spurred on the movement to what has become known as shlichus (" serving as an emissary outreach ") after becoming Rebbe in 1950 – 1951.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson issued a call to every Jew: " Even if you are not fully committed to a Torah life, do something.

Menachem Mendel Schneerson, his philosophy, deeds and legacy are often debated with the study of Judaism.

The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson ( Princeton University Press ; 2010 ) 400 pages

In recent times the last two Rebbes expressed the spiritual warmth of Chabad in terms of daily reality, language and relevance, in the Yiddish translations and memoires of Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, and especially the Likkutei Sichos of Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

In the years since the 1977 election, particularly in the last decade, Likud has undergone a number of splits to its right, including the 1998 departure of Benny Begin, son of Herut founder Menachem Begin ( he rejoined Likud in 2008 ), and in 2005 experienced a split to its left with the departure of Ariel Sharon and his followers to form Kadima.

The last Rebbe of Lubavitch, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the late Rabbi Elazar Menachem Shach, and Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in Israel are examples of powerful contemporary Haredi rabbis.

The Chabad-Lubavitch movement is well associated with public lighting ceremonies, which it has done since a directive from their last Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in 1987.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the last rebbe of the worldwide movement of Lubavticher or Chabad Hasidism, was avidly opposed to evolution, and his following remains largely committed to that position, though individual Chabad Hasidim may hold different views.

Chaya Mushka ( Moussia ) Schneerson ( March 16, 1901 – February 10, 1988 ), referred to by Lubavitchers as The Rebbetzin, was the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh and last Rebbe ( spiritual leader ) of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism.

Soon thereafter at Interior Minister Roni " Bar-On's request, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered a criminal investigation be opened against Balad MKs Azmi Bashara, Jamal Zahalka and Wassel Taha over their recent visit to Syria ", as " fter Bashara's last trip in 2001, the Knesset passed a law forbidding MKs from visiting any enemy state.