The first Satmar rebbe, Joel Teitelbaum, came to Brooklyn after surviving the Holocaust and died in 1979. Consequently, there has only been one previous succession to provide any guidance.

The previous Rebbe, Yosef Yitzhak, had preached of the coming of the Messiah. In moving to assume leadership of Chabad, Menchem Mendel doubled down, he would succeed where his father-in-law had not.

The Frierdiker (Previous) Rebbe, R’ Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, of sainted memory, was born on the twelfth of Tammuz in the year 5640 (1880) to his parents the 5th Rebbe of Chabad R’ Sholom ...

Yud Shevat, the tenth day of Shevat, marked the yahrzeit of the previous Rebbe and the beginning of the nesius, leadership, of the Rebbe. I heard from a dear friend, Reb Nochum Avrohom Yakubovitch ...

Schneerson, who was the seventh Lubavitcher rebbe, assumed leadership after the previous rebbe, Schneerson’s father-in-law, died in 1950. During the next half-century, ...

The title hints at unabashed admiration. Joseph Telushkin's new biography, Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History, fascinates ...

In previous posts, I struggled with the application of this category to individuals who transformed Judaism, but exhibited moral flaws. With regard to the Rebbe, we need not struggle.

Schneerson rests beside Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneerson, his father-in-law and the previous rebbe of Chabad. Forwarding the News. Thoughtful, balanced reporting from the Forward and around the web ...

This week, we mark the anniversary of the Rebbe’s marriage, on the fourteenth of Kislev 5689 (1928), to Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, the daughter of the Previous Rebbe, the Rebbe Rayatz. Years ...