The rebbe by samuel heilman and menachem friedman the. Schneerson has 207 books on goodreads with 818 ratings. Below is a short video tribute where i talk about my relationship with the rebbe and why his teachings remain as relevant today as ever before. Menachem mendel schneerson, russianborn rabbi born april 14, 1902, nikolayev, russia now in ukrainedied june 12, 1994, new york, n. Posts about rabbi menachem mendel schneerson written by sarah. A year after yosef yitzchaks death in 1950, menachem mendel became the.
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