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Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn (1808-1866) was a Ukrainian Habad Hasidic rabbi, the second son of Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, and founder and first leader of Kopust Hasidism.[1]

Known as the Maharil (an acronym for "Moreinu HaRav Yehuda Leib"), he settled in Kopust a few months after the death of his father, when he and his brothers were not able to reach an agreement about the succession. He died two months later. He had three sons:

  • Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn (1830–1900), oldest son of Rabbi Yehuda Leib, assumed his father's position in Kopust. He is the author of a work on Hasidism titled "Magen Avot" ("Shield of the Fathers"). Two months after the death of his father, Ha'Tzemach Tzedek, settled in the city of Kapust, located south of Vitebsk (today in Belarus), and began to lead the presidency there. Maharil was the oldest son who agreed to lead the rebbe, and even during his father's lifetime he led the rebbe, so most of the Hasidim flocked to him. Shmuel Schneerson is the one who is supposed to fill his father's place
  • Rabbi Shalom Dovber Schneersohn of Rechitsa (died 1908), known as the Rashab of Rechitsa.[2] Succeeding his brother, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman, Rabbi Shalom Dovber served as the Kopuster movement's rebbe in the town of Rechitsa.[3] Rabbi Shalom Dovber seems to have died without a successor.
  • Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn (1842–1924), known as Shmaryahu Noah of Babruysk. Succeeding his brother, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman, Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah served as the Kopuster movement's rebbe in the town of Babruysk.[4] He was rav of the chasidim in Babruysk from 1872, and founded a yeshiva there in 1901.[5] He authored a two volume work on Hasidism, titled "Shemen LaMaor" ("Light for the Luminary").[6][7][8]
  1. ^ Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1942). Introduction to Hayom Yom.
  2. ^ a Hebrew acronym for "Rav Shalom Ber"
  3. ^ Kaminetzky, Yosef. Y. Days in Chabad. Kehot Publication Society. Brooklyn, NY. (2005): p. 21.
  4. ^ Kaminetzky, Yosef. Y. Days in Chabad. Kehot Publication Society. Brooklyn, NY. (2005): p. 93.
  5. ^ Kaminetzky, Yosef. Y. Days in Chabad. Kehot Publication Society. Brooklyn, NY. (2005): p. 92-93.
  6. ^ Lowenthal, Naftali. Schneersohn, Shmaryahu Noah. Encyclopedia of Hasidism, Jason Aronson Publishers. London. 1996.
  7. ^ Schneerson, Shmaryahu Noah. Shemen La'moar. Vol. 1. Kfar Chabad, Israel. (1964): p. 1. Available at HebrewBooks.org
  8. ^ Schneerson, Shmaryahu Noah. Shemen La'moar. Vol. 2. Kfar Chabad, Israel. (1967): p. 1. Available at HebrewBooks.org

Schneersohn family tree

Shneur Zalman[i]
(1745–1812)		Shterna
Shalom Shachna[ii]Devorah Leah
(d. 1792)		Dovber[iii]
(1773–1827)		Sheina
Menachem Mendel[iv]
(1789–1866)		Chaya Mushka
(d. 1860)
Baruch Shalom
(1805–1869)		Shmuel[v]
(1834–1882)		Yosef Yizchak[vi]
(1822–1876)		Yisroel Noah[vii]
(1815–1883)		Chaim Schneur Zalman[viii]
(d. 1879)		Yehuda Leib[ix]
(1811–1866)
Levi Yitzchak
(1834–1878)		Shalom Dovber[x]
(1860–1920)		Shterna Sara
(1860–1942)		Avraham
(1860–1937)		Yitzchak Dovber[xi]
(1833–1910)		Shlomo Zalman[xii]
(1830–1900)		Shalom Dovber[xiii]
(d. 1908)		Shmaryahu Noah[xiv]
(1842–1924)
Baruch Schneur
(d. 1926)		Yosef Yitzchak[xv]
(1880–1950)		Nechama Dina
(1881–1971)		Levi Yitzchak[xvi]
(d. 1904)
Levi Yitzchak
(1878–1944)		Chana
(1880–1964)
Menachem Mendel[xvii]
(1902–1994)		Chaya Mushka
(1901–1988)

  Light green indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty

  Light purple indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Kapust dynasty

  Light orange indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Niezhin dynasty

  Light blue indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Liadi dynasty

  Light yellow indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of Avrutch dynasty

Solid lines indicate parents/children, dashed lines show marriages, dotted lines show in-laws. Additional members of Schneersohn family are not listed here

Notes:
  1. ^ Founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, known as Shneur Zalman of Liady
  2. ^ Surname Altschuler
  3. ^ 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Dovber Schneuri and the Middle Rebbe
  4. ^ 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Tzemach Tzedek, first to assume the surname "Schneersohn"
  5. ^ 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Maharash
  6. ^ Rebbe in Avrutch
  7. ^ 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Niezhin
  8. ^ 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi
  9. ^ 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Maharil of Kapust
  10. ^ 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rashab
  11. ^ 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, known as Maharid
  12. ^ 2rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust
  13. ^ 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Rashab of Rechitsa
  14. ^ 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust
  15. ^ 6th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rayatz
  16. ^ 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, Levi Yitzchak Guterman, son-in-law of Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneersohn
  17. ^ 7th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, uses the spelling of "Schneerson"
References:
  • Schneersohn, Yosef Yitzchak; Schneerson, Menachem Mendel (2005). Hayom Yom: Bilingual Edition. Brooklyn, NY: Kehot Publication Society. ISBN 0-8266-0669-5.