Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch

Rabbi Shmuel ben Menachem Mendel (Tzemach Tzedek) Schneerson - the Rebbe Maharash - the 4th Lubavitcher Rebbe (1882) Rabbi Shmuel Schneerson was born in Lubavitch on 2 Iyar 1834 and was the seventh son of the Tzemach Tzedek. He faced competition from three of his brothers, chiefly from Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneerson, who founded a dynasty in Kopust after their father's passing. His other brothers founded dynasties in Liadi and in Nezhin and Ovruch. In 1848, Schneerson married the daughter of his brother, Rabbi Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneerson. A few months later she passed away, and he then married Rebbetzin Rivka, granddaughter of Rabbi Dovber Schneuri, the Mitteler Rebbe. He had three sons - Rabbi Zalman Aharon, Rabbi Sholom Dovber, and Rabbi Menachem Mendel - as well as one daughter, Devorah Leah. It is said that Schneerson kept carriages ready for evacuating sacred books in case of fire. Beyond his communal activity, he had wide-ranging intellectual interests. He spoke several languages, including Latin. He wrote extensively on various religious and secular topics, and much of his writing was never published and remains only in manuscript form. His discourses first began to be published under the title "Likkutei Torat Shmuel" in 1945 by the Kehot publishing house, and to date twelve volumes have been printed. He passed away in Lubavitch on 13 Tishrei 1882, leaving behind three sons and two daughters, and was succeeded by his son Sholom Dovber. Schneerson called for the study of Kabbalah as a prerequisite for being truly human: "A person who is capable of grasping the seder hishtalshelut (the kabbalistic mysteries concerning the constant unfolding of all existence) - and fails to do so - cannot be considered a person. At every moment and every time, a person must know where his soul stands. It is a mitzvah (commandment) and an obligation to know the seder hishtalshelut."   Sayings "The world says: 'If you cannot go under, go over.' But I say, Lechatchilah Ariber: 'From the outset, one should go over.'" "You cannot fool G-d; in the end, you cannot fool others either. The only one you can fool is yourself. And fooling a fool is no great achievement." May the merit of the tzadik protect our people! Sipurei Tzadikim https://silatehilim.com/%d1%82%d0%b5%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%b8%d0%bc-121-%d0%bc%d1%8d-%d0%b0%d0%b8%d0%bd-%d1%8f%d0%b2%d0%be-%d1%8d%d0%b7%d1%80%d0%b8-%d0%be%d1%82%d0%ba%d1%83%d0%b4%d0%b0-%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%b8/