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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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.

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 ...

Bobov-45 Rebbe dances 'mitzva tantz' at hasidic wedding in Borough Park, as thousands of hasidim watch, ... Bobov hasidim split into ttwo factions after the death of the previous Rebbe.

This week, we celebrated Yud Beis-Yud Gimmel Tammuz, commemorating the 1927 release of the Previous Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, known as the Rebbe RaYaTz, from his imprisonment in ...

The previous rebbe’s grandson staked a claim on the rare texts. Schneerson’s lawyers argued that the books belonged to the organization of Chabad and not to the previous rebbe as a private ...

Instead of asking How do I prepare for the day of Gimmel Tammuz, perhaps we should be asking: What is this day preparing me ...