Shneur Zalman of Lyady

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• Shneur, Zalman of Lyady — (1745–1813)    Founder of Chabad Chassidism. Zalman Shneur was born in Byelorussia, and at the age of twenty moved to Mezhirech to join DOV BAER the maggid, the head of the chassidic movement. After the maggid’s death, Zalman Shneur was… …   Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament

• SHNEUR ZALMAN OF (Liozna-) LYADY — (1745–1813), founder of chabad Ḥasidism. According to family traditions he was born in Liozna, Belorussia, on the 18th of Elul. After his marriage in 1760 he devoted himself to Torah study. Concluding that he knew a little about learning, but… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• SHNEOUR (Shneur), ZALMAN — (Zalkind; 1887–1959), Hebrew and Yiddish poet and novelist who, together with bialik and tchernichowsky , is considered to be one of the three great figures in Hebrew poetry of his generation. Shneour was born in Shklov, Belorussia; his father,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Shazar (Rubashov), Shneur Zalman — (b. 1899)    Third president of Israel. Rubashov (later, Shazar, from the Hebrew initials of his name) was born in Russia. He helped organize Jewish self defence groups during the 1905 revolution and became active in the Marxist Zionist Poale… …   Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament

• Lyady — Lyady, Liady, or Liadi may refer to one of the following settlements:*Lyady, Smolevichi District, Smolevichi District, Minsk Voblast, Belarus [http://globus.tut.by/lyady smol/index.htm] *Lyady, Zhlobin District, Zhlobin District, Homiel Voblast,… …   Wikipedia

• ELIJAH BEN SOLOMON ZALMAN — (the Vilna Gaon or Elijah Gaon ; acronym Ha GRA = Ha Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu; 1720–1797), one of the greatest spiritual and intellectual leaders of Jewry in modern times. A man of iron will, Elijah combined the personal life of an intellectual hermit… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ḤASIDISM — ḤASIDISM, a popular religious movement giving rise to a pattern of communal life and leadership as well as a particular social outlook which emerged in Judaism and Jewry in the second half of the 18th century. Ecstasy, mass enthusiasm, close knit …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• CHABAD — CHABAD, a trend in the ḥasidic movement founded in the 18th century by Israel b. Eliezer Ba al Shem Tov . Ḥabad was   created by shneur zalman of lyady , a disciple of dov baer the maggid of mezhirich and of menahem mendel of vitebsk . When… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• AARON BEN MOSES HA-LEVI (Horwitz) OF STA-ROSIELCE — (1766–1828), leader of a dissenting group in the chabad branch of Lithuanian Ḥasidism. Born in Orshva Aaron was a descendant of the family of Isaiah Leib horwitz (Shelah; 1555–1630) and was considered both a brilliant interpreter of ḥasidic… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• AVIGDOR BEN JOSEPH ḤAYYIM — (18th–19th centuries), rabbi in Poland, one of the leading opponents of Ḥasidism in Poland Lithuania in the late 18th century. In 1785 he became rabbi of Pinsk and its district, but through the influence of the Ḥasidim he was dismissed in 1794,… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• ISRAEL BEN ELIEZER BA'AL SHEM TOV — (known by the initials of Ba al Shem Tov as Besht; c. 1700–1760), charismatic founder and first leader of Ḥasidism in Eastern Europe. (See Chart: Ba al Shem Tov Family). Through oral traditions handed down by his pupils (jacob joseph of Polonnoye …   Encyclopedia of Judaism