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Shneour Zalman (ben Baruch) of Lyady (1747–1813)


Subject Religion » Judaism

DOI: 10.1111/b.9780631187288.1992.x


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Russian Ḥasidic leader, founder of the Ḥ aBAD movement. The pupil of Dov Ber of Mezhirich, he joined the Ḥasidim at the age of 20. In 1777 he succeeded Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk as the movement's leader, and became involved in controversy with the mitnaggedim. He was arrested by the Russian authorities and imprisoned in St. Petersburg; although he was released, he was later rearrested. In 1804 he settled in Lyady. His teaching emphasized a rational approach and stressed the importance of study and contemplation. He wrote a liturgy, a code of laws, a mystic commentary on the Pentateuch, and a kabbalistic work, Likkute Amarim (also known as the Tanya ). ... log in or subscribe to read full text

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