- Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as The Rebbe, was a prominent Hasidic rabbi who was the seventh (and to date, final) "Rebbe" (spiritual leader) of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He was fifth in a direct paternal line to the third Chabad-Lubavitch "Rebbe," Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (known as the "Tzemach Tzedek"), his namesake. In 1950, upon the passing of his predecessor, father-in-law, … - Manis Friedman
Rabbi Manis Friedman (born 1946) is a Chabad Lubavitch Hassid. He is a noted biblical scholar, author, counselor and speaker and is the dean of the Bais Chana Institute of Jewish Studies. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in 1946 Friedman immigrated with his family to the United States in 1950. He received his rabbinic ordination at the Rabbinical College of Canada in 1969.<br /> A noted biblical scholar, author, … - Shneur Zalman Of Liadi
Shneur Zalman of Liadi (September 4, 1745 – December 15, 1812 O.S.), was an Orthodox Rabbi, and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism, then based in Liadi, Imperial Russia. He was the author of many works, and is best known for "Shulchan Aruch HaRav", "Tanya" and his "Siddur Torah Or" compiled according to "Nusach Ari". He is also known as Shneur Zalman Baruchovitch, Reb Schneur Zalman, RaZaSh, … - Matisyahu
Matisyahu is the Hebrew and stage name of Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30 1979, West Chester, Pennsylvania), an American Jewish reggae musician. Known for blending traditional Jewish themes with reggae and rock sounds, Matisyahu is most recognizable for being a member of Chabad-Lubavitch, a chassidic group of Judaism. As such, Matisyahu stands out for wearing the traditional clothing of Hasidic Jews and not performing on the Sabbath. - Berel Lazar
Rabbi Berel Lazar (born 1964) is an Orthodox rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. He is presently one of two claimants to the title "Chief Rabbi of Russia", is the chairman of the Federation of Jewish Communities and is a close ally of Vladimir Putin's Kremlin. - Levi Yitzchak Schneerson
Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, (1878-1944), was a Chabad Hasidic rabbi in Yekatrinoslav, Ukraine. He was the father of the seventh and last Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Schneerson was born in 1878 in the town of Podrovnah (near Gomel) to his parents, Rabbi Baruch Schneur and Zelda Rachel Schneerson. His great-great grandfather was the third Chabad Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn of Lubavitch. - Yitzchok Dovid Groner
Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner, is the main Chabad Rabbi in Melbourne, Australia, and the director of the Yeshivah Centre, which includes the Yeshiva Shul, the Kollel Menachem Lubavitch, a boys' school known as Yeshivah College, a girls' school known as Beth Rivkah Ladies College, a seminary for girls known as Ohel Chana, and others. Born in New York to a Chabad family, he arrived in Melbourne, … - Shmuel Schneersohn
Shmuel Schneersohn (or Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch or The Rebbe Maharash) (1834-04-29-1882-09-14 OS) was an Orthodox rabbi and the fourth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic movement. - Lev Leviev
Lev Leviev President Federation of Jewish Communities of the CIS Israeli entrepreneur and philanthropist, Lev Leviev was born in the then Soviet city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 1956. His father, Rabbi Avner and his mother Chana Leviev were prominent members of the Bukharian Jewish community. At the age of fifteen in 1971 his family emigrated to Israel. - Avraham Fried
Avraham Fried born Sunday 12 Adar II 5719 - March 22, 1959 (full name: Avraham Shabsi HaCohen Friedman אברהם שבתי הכהן פרידמאן) is a popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish community. As a child, his extraordinary vocal talent was immediately noticed and he performed at various functions at a very young age. Avraham is a Lubavitcher Hasid. - Sholom Dovber Schneersohn
Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (1860-10-24 OS - 1920-03-21 NS) was an Orthodox rabbi and the fifth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic movement. He is also known as "the Rebbe "nishmosei eiden" (whose soul is in Eden) and as "the Rebbe Rashab" (for Reb Sholom Ber). His teachings represent the emergence of an emphasis on outreach that later Rebbes would develop into a major theme. - Yehuda Chitrik
Rabbi Yehuda Chitrik (August 28, 1899-February 14, 2006) was a leading scholar, author, and "Mashpia" in the Chabad Hasidic community in Brooklyn, New York. - Shlomo Cunin
Rabbi Shlomo Cunin is the director of Chabad-Lubavitch CA activities on the West Coast of the United States. He was sent as a Shliach in 1965, and together with Rabbi Menachem Shmuel David Raichik, he built a network of Chabad Houses throughout California and Nevada. Chabad of California is noted for its educational facilities, non-sectarian drug-rehabilitiation program, and homeless programs. Each fall it hosts a telethon to raise money for its programs. - Shmuley Boteach
Shmuley Boteach (born November 19, 1966) Los Angeles, California, USA is an American Orthodox rabbi, radio and television host, and author. - David Berger
David Berger is a rabbi, a professor of history at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and a visiting professor at Yeshiva University's Bernard Revel Graduate School. He is most famous for his critique of Chabad messianism. In 2006, Berger accepted his appointment as a full time faculty member at Yeshiva University. He will teach primarily Medieval Jewish history at the graduate level. - Dovber Schneuri
Dovber Schneuri (1773-11-13 - 1827-11-16 OS) was an Orthodox rabbi and the second Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic movement. Rabbi Dovber was the first Chabad rebbe to live in the town of Lyubavichi (now in present-day Belarus), the town for which this Hasidic dynasty is named. He is also known as Der Mitteler Rebbe ("The Middle Rebbe" in Yiddish), being the second of the first three generations of Chabad leaders. - Ari Halberstam
Ari Halberstam (May 6, 1977 - March 6, 1994) was a yeshiva student from a distinguished family associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, who was killed in a terrorist shooting in New York City. Raised under the personal supervision of the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Halberstam family's ties to the Rebbe include his father, who worked as a butler and personal manager to the Rebbe. - Shemaryahu Gurary
Rabbi Shemaryahu Gourary, also known by his Hebrew initials as The "Rashag" , (1898-1989) was an Orthodox rabbi belonging to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. His father was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gurary. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880- 1950), the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, known as "Rebbe Rayatz". He married Chana, the older daughter of Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn, … - Dov Ber Pinson
Dov Ber Pinson (~1971) is an author, lecturer, and scholar of Jewish philosophy and mysticism. He is Rosh Yeshiva of "The Yeshiva", a Yeshiva for adults. He is also the founder of the "Iyyun" Institute, a center for Jewish enrichment in Brooklyn, New York. Born in Crown Heights, Pinson is greatly influenced by the traditions of Chabad Chassidus and Lurianic Philosophy/Mysticism. - Pinchus Feldman
Rabbi Pinchus Hakohen Feldman <small>OAM</small> (born 1945) is the Chabad Chief Rabbi and first shaliach ("emissary") of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement in New South Wales, Australia. In 1968, the Lubavitcher Rebbe sent Rabbi Pinchus and Rebbetzin Pnina Feldman to establish Chabad Lubavitch in Sydney. It is under their continued leadership that the Yeshiva Centre thrives today.From its campus in Flood Street, Bondi, … - Chaim Rapoport
Rabbi Chaim Rapoport is an author, lecturer and renowned Judaic scholar. He is a member of the UK’s Chief Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks’ cabinet where he holds the Jewish Medical Ethics portfolio. Rabbi Rapoport is also a visiting professor at the Jewish Learning Exchange (JLE) in London and Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School (YCT) in New York. - Yoel Kahn
Rabbi Yoel Kahn (or Kahan) is a senior Chabad rabbi, Mashpia, "choizer" and community leader. He has served in this role for four decades. Until 1966 he also served as Meiniach. He lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. He is referred to familiarly amongst Chabad Chasidim as Reb Yoel, or just Yoel. He is the son of Refoel Nachman ("Folle") Kahn, author of "Shmu'ous VeSippurim", … - Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov
Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov (1902-1993) was the chief of staff of the secretariat of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson for more than 40 years. - Zalman Shazar
Zalman Shazar (born Shneur Zalman Rubrashov on 24 November 1889, died October 5, 1974) was an author, poet, and the third President of Israel from 1963 to 1973. Born to a Hasidic family of the Chabad-Lubavitch stream in Mir, near Minsk, he received a religious education as a youth. In his teenage years he became involved in the Poalei Zion Movement. - Joseph Gutnick
Joseph Isaac Gutnick (sometimes referred to as Diamond Joe) is an Australian businessman and a well known Jewish philanthropist. He is well known for his leadership of Western Mining Corporation and other resource and mining businesses. He is also an ordained Rabbi. He is a former president of the Melbourne Football Club. He is famous in legal circles for suing Dow Jones, … - Aaron Twerski
Professor Aaron Twerski is Dean and professor of tort law at Hofstra University School of Law. He is a prolific scholar who served as co-reporter for the American Law Institute’s Restatement of Torts Third: Products Liability, receiving the prestigious designation of "R. Ammi Cutter Reporter" for his outstanding performance. He is the author of five books and more than 70 articles in scholarly journals about torts, products liability and conflict of laws. - Shmuel Butman
Rabbi Shmuel Menachem Butman (born 1944) is a prominent Chabad rabbi in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York. He has served for many years as the head of the Lubavitch Youth Organisation and as the director of the "L'Chaim" weekly magazine. He was a spokesman for the Chabad community in Crown Heights during the Crown Heights Riot. After the Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson suffered a stroke, Butman emerged as a leading proponent of Chabad messianism. - Menachem Brod
Rabbi Menachem Brod is a senior Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi in Israel. He is the spokesman of the Chabad youth movement center "Tze'irei Agudas Chabad" in Israel, and is the editor of the Chabad weekly pamphlet "Sichat HaShavua", which is distributed throughout Israel. He also has a regular column in the local weekly magazine known as the "Kfar Chabad". He is considered a popular Haredi writer. - Shalom Dov Wolpo
Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo, also Sholom Ber Wolpe, (born 1948) is a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi and community leader in Israel. He has written more than forty books in Hebrew, some of which deal with the position of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Lubavitcher Rebbe, as the Jewish messiah. He set up the Chabad Yeshiva in Kiryat Gat where he is currently the dean or "Rosh Yeshiva". He has become associated in recent years with right-wing political causes, … - Barry Gurary
Barry Gurary (also: Gourary, Sholom Dovber) (b. in Rostov-on-Don, Russia November 2 1923, d. Montclair, New Jersey, United States March 3 2005), childless (though he adopted two children). Was the only son of Rabbi Shemaryahu Gurary and Rebbetzin Chana Gurary, who was the elder daughter of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn. Barry Gurary was an ordained non-practicing Orthodox rabbi and physicist. - Moshe J. Kotlarsky
Rabbi Moshe J. Kotlarsky is the Vice Chairman of the "Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch", the educational arm of the "Chabad-Lubavitch" movement. He was educated at the Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim, the main Lubavitch Yeshiva. He directs development of the global "Chabad-Lubavitch" emissary network. He initiated the sending of Shluchim (emissaries) to countless of countries unrepresented by Chabad Lubavitch. - Zalman Moishe Hayitzchaki
Shneur Zalman Moishe HaYitzchaki, usually known familiarly as Reb Zalman Moishe, (c. 1872-3 Shvat, 1952), was an Orthodox Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi in pre-war Europe, and towards the end of his life, in the Land of Israel. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia (Hasidic mentor) and shochet. He was a follower of the Rebbe Rashab, the Rebbe Rayatz, and the Rebbe - Hillel Paritcher
Rabbi Hillel HaLevi Malisov of Paritch, commonly known as Reb Hillel Paritcher (1795-1864) was a famous Orthodox Jewish Rabbi in Russia. Specifically, he served as a Mashpia, Chabad Hasidic mentor, and communal rabbi in the towns of Paritch (Parwich), near Minsk, Russia, and Bobroisk, Belarus. He was considered exceptional in his scholarship and piety, and is referred to as a Tzadik, and even as a "half Rebbe." He was born in Khometz, Russia. - Abraham Hecht
Abraham Hecht (Avraham Berl Hecht) (born April 5, 1922 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Orthodox rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch and is president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. Some regard Rabbi Abraham B. Hecht as one of America's most articulate Orthodox rabbinic leaders. Known as a "rabbi's rabbi" and scholar of Torah, … - Yehoshua Shneur Zalman Serebryanski
Rabbi Yehoshua Shneur Zalman Serebryanski, known familiarly as Reb Zalman, (Dec 1904-1991-06-15) was an Orthodox rabbi and Mashpia belonging to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. He was a follower of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880-1950), the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, known as "Rebbe Rayatz", and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, (1902-1994) the seventh Rebbe. - Menachem Shmuel David Raichik
Rabbi Menachem Shmuel David Raichik (March 15, 1918 - February 4, 1998) was an Orthodox rabbi of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, and the pioneer of Chabad's activities in Los Angeles, California. - Yitzchok Kogan
Yitzchok Kogan is an Orthodox rabbi affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. He serves in Moscow, Russia where he is the rabbi of the Bolshaya Bronnaya Synagogue and a member of the Agudas Chasidei Chabad of Russia. - Sholom Lipskar
Sholom Dovber Lipskar is a Chabad rabbi who founded the Landow Yeshiva Center in Miami Beach in 1969, The Shul of Bal Harbour in Surfside, Florida in 1981 and the Aleph Institute and the Educational Academy for the Elderly also in 1981. - Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn
Yosef Yitzchok (Joseph Isaac) Schneersohn (1880 - 1950) was an Orthodox rabbi and the sixth Rebbe (spiritual leader) of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic movement. He is also known as the "Frierdiker Rebbe" (Yiddish for "Previous Rebbe"), the "Rebbe RaYYaTz", or the "Rebbe Rayatz" (an acronym for Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak). After many years of fighting to keep Judaism alive from within the Soviet Union, … - Chaya Mushka Schneerson
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. She was the second of three daughters of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn. She was named after the wife of the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn.
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