Schneersohn

Schneersohn (or Schneerson) is a Jewish surname used by many of the descendants of the Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.

Origins

Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745 – 1812), founded the Chabad Hasidic movement in 1775.[1] His son, Rabbi Dovber Schneuri (1773 – 1827), the second Chabad Rebbe, adopted the "Schneuri" surname after his father's first name. The first to use the "Schneersohn" surname was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the son-in-law of Rabbi Dovber and the grandson of Rabbi Schneur Zalman and the third Chabad Rebbe.

Persons with the surname Schneersohn

Chabad Rebbes

• Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (1789 – 1866), the third Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe
• Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn (1834 – 1882), the fourth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe
• Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn (1860 – 1920), the fifth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe
• Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880 – 1950), the sixth Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe
• Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902 – 1994), the seventh Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe

Rebbes of Chabad offshoots

• Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn (1811 – 1866), the second son of third Chabad and the founder and first rebbe of the Kopust-Chabad offshoot dynasty
• Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn (1830 – 1900), the second rebbe of the Kopust-Chabad dynasty
• Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn (1842 – 1924), the third rebbe of the Kopust-Chabad dynasty
• Rabbi Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneersohn (d. 1879), the son of third Chabad and the founder and first rebbe of the Liadi-Chabad offshoot dynasty
• Rabbi Yitzchak Dovber Schneersohn, the second rebbe of the Liadi-Chabad dynasty

Others

• Chaya Mushka Schneersohn (d. 1860), the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad rebbe
• Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (1878 – 1944), a Kabbalist, rabbi of Dnepropetrovsk and the father of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Chabad rebbe
• Chana Schneerson (1880 – 1964), the mother of the seventh Chabad rebbe.
• Rabbi Isaac Schneersohn (1879 or 1881(?) – 1969), a French rabbi, industrialist, founder of the first Holocaust Archives and Memorial.
• Rabbi Yaakov-Leib Schneerson Salzman (1879 – 1941), Polish rabbi in Poland (Pystin); died during Holocaust in Auschwitz, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
• René Yitzhak-Lev Baduel Schneerson Salzman (1921 – 1991), the son of Rabbi Yaakov Leib Schneerson Salzman, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
• Jean-Claude Abraham-Leib Baduel Schneerson Salzman (1948 - ), indistrualist, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
• Antoine Ethan-Lev Baduel Schneerson Salzman (1971 – ), President and CEO of Radio FG, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
• Sarah-Lev Galland Schneerson Salzman (1975 – ), model, television and radio presenter, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
• Jean-Etienne Yaakov-Lev Baduel Schneerson Salzman (1978 – ), CEO of Radio FG, the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
• Alexandre Yitzhak-Leib Baduel Schneerson Salzman (2010 – ), the first Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe dynasty
• Rabbi Schneour Zalman Schneersohn (1898 – 1980), a French Hasidic Rabbi.
• Chaya Mushka Schneerson (1901 – 1988), the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel, the seventh Chabad rebbe
• Sheina Horenstein (d. 1942), born Sheina Schneersohn, the daughter of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak, the sixth rebbe
• Menucha Rochel Slonim (1798–1888), the daughter of Rabbi Dovber, the second rebbe. Leader and pioneer of the Hebron community in Israel.
• Shmuel Schneurson, a leader in the underground Zionist movement Hechalutz in the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1928.
• Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky (1914 – 1984), an Israeli poet, widely known as Zelda

References

1. Agudas Chasidei Chabad of United States v. Gourary NO. CV-85-2909.

Schneersohn Family Tree
Shneur Zalman[lower-roman 1] (1745-1812) Shterna Shalom Shachna[lower-roman 2] Devorah Leah (d. 1792) Dovber[lower-roman 3] (1773-1827) Sheina Menachem Mendel[lower-roman 4] (1789-1866) Chaya Mushka (d. 1860) Baruch Shalom (1805-1869) Shmuel[lower-roman 5] (1834-1882) Yosef Yizchak[lower-roman 6] (1822-1876) Yisroel Noah[lower-roman 7] (1815-1883) Chaim Schneur Zalman[lower-roman 8] (d. 1879) Yehuda Leib[lower-roman 9] (1811-1866) Levi Yitzchak (1834-1878) Shalom Dovber[lower-roman 10] (1860-1920) Shterna Sara (1860-1942) Avraham (1860-1937) Yitzchak Dovber[lower-roman 11] (1833-1910) Shlomo Zalman[lower-roman 12] (1830-1900) Shalom Dovber[lower-roman 13] (d. 1908) Shmaryahu Noah[lower-roman 14] (1842-1924) Baruch Schneur (d. 1926) Yosef Yitzchak[lower-roman 15] (1880-1950) Nechama Dina (1881-1971) Levi Yitzchak (1878-1944) Chana (1880-1964) Menachem Mendel[lower-roman 16] (1902-1994) Chaya Mushka (1901-1988)
Light green indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty   Light purple indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Kapust dynasty   Light orange indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Niezhin dynasty   Light blue indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Liadi dynasty   Light yellow indicates a Hasidic Rebbe of the Chabad-Avrutch dynasty dashed lines indicate married relationships, solid lines indicate parental relationships, additional members of Schneersohn family are not listed here
Notes: Founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, known as Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Shneur Zalman Baruchovitch, and as the Old Rebbe Surname Altschuler 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Dovber Schneuri and the Middle Rebbe 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Tzemach Tzedek, first to assume the surname "Schneersohn" 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Maharash 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Avrutch 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Niezhin 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Maharil of Kapust 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rashab 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi 2rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Rashab of Rechitsa 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust 6th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rayatz 7th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, uses the spelling of "Schneerson"
References: Schneersohn, Yosef Yitzchak; Schneerson, Menachem Mendel (2005). Hayom Yom: Bilingual Edition. Brooklyn, NY: Kehot Publication Society. ISBN 0-8266-0669-5.