Chana Schneerson

Chana Schneerson
Chana Schneerson
Born	Chana Yanovsky; December 30, 1880; Nikolayev, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	September 12, 1964 (aged 83); Brooklyn, New York
Known for	Wife of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, a Chabad Hasidic rabbi in Yekatrinoslav, Ukraine; Mother of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, 7th Chabad rebbe;
Children	3, including Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Father	Meir Shlomo Yanovsky

Chana Schneerson (née Yanovsky; 1880–1964) was the wife of Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, a Chabad Hasidic rabbi in Yekatrinoslav, Ukraine and the mother of the seventh Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

Chana Schneerson's great grandfather was Abraham David Lavut, a composer of Jewish literature upon which Chabadic prayer books are based (including the Siddur Im Dach).

Early life

She was born Chana Yanovsky in 1880, on the 28th of Tevet in the city of Nikolayev (now Mykolaiv, Ukraine) to Rabbi Meir Shlomo Yanovsky and Rachel Yanovsky.^[1] She was the eldest of four children, having two sisters, Gittel and Ettel, and a younger brother, Yisrael Leib, who died in his youth. Rabbi Meir Shlomo was the chief rabbi of Nikolayev.^[2]

As a teenager, she was educated by her father,^[1] and when a maamar would arrive from Lubavitch, she would meticulously and faithfully transcribe it, making it available for other Chasidim.

Marriage to Levi Yitzchak

In 1900, she married Levi Yitzchak, a great-great-grandson of the third Rebbe of Lubavitch, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, also known as the Tzemach Tzedek.^[3] The wedding took place on the 13th of Sivan, in Nikolayev. The couple produced three sons, Menachem Mendel, Dov-Ber, and Yisroel Aryeh Leib. Their eldest son, Menachem Mendel, was later to become the seventh Rebbe of Lubavitch.

Levi Yitzchak was arrested in 1939, and exiled in 1940 for his religious practice. Schneerson joined him in exile. Levi Yitzchak died in 1944.^[4]

Later years

Widowed, Schneerson left the Soviet Union in 1947. She transported Levi Yitzchak's religious writings, considered illegal contraband under the communist soviet regime, focused around the Kabbalah, upon moving. That year she went to Paris, France, where she met with her son, Menachem Mendel. They both immigrated to the United States, and lived in Brooklyn, New York.^[1]

She held extensive interviews with journalist Nissan Gordon, which have been published in Di Yiddishe Heim.^[5]

She died on September 12, 1964 (6 Tishrei 5725).^[6]

In 2002, her memoirs, which she penned during the years 1947 until 1963, were published by the Kehot Publication Society.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, obm". Bais Chana of California Women's Yeshiva. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
^ Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson – A brief biography – Chassidism
^ "Overview on the life of Rebbetzin Chana". Vaad Or Vechom Hahiskashrus. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
^ Margolin, Dovid. "The KGB's Belated Apology for the Persecution and Death of the Rebbe's Father". Chabad.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana - Part 1". Chabad.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "MRS. C. SCHNEERSON". New York Times. 13 September 1964. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ Schneersohn, Chana (2002). A mother in Israel : the life and memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson of blessed memory : mother of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn: Kehot Publication Society. ISBN 9780826600998. OCLC 234119695. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

External links

Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson

Shneur Zalman^[i]
(1745–1812)

Shterna

Shalom Shachna^[ii]

Devorah Leah
(d. 1792)

Dovber^[iii]
(1773–1827)

Sheina

Menachem Mendel^[iv]
(1789–1866)

Chaya Mushka
(d. 1860)

Baruch Shalom
(1805–1869)

Shmuel^[v]
(1834–1882)

Yosef Yizchak^[vi]
(1822–1876)

Yisroel Noah^[vii]
(1815–1883)

Chaim Schneur Zalman^[viii]
(d. 1879)

Yehuda Leib^[ix]
(1811–1866)

Levi Yitzchak
(1834–1878)

Shalom Dovber^[x]
(1860–1920)

Shterna Sara
(1860–1942)

Avraham
(1860–1937)

Yitzchak Dovber^[xi]
(1833–1910)

Shlomo Zalman^[xii]
(1830–1900)

Shalom Dovber^[xiii]
(d. 1908)

Shmaryahu Noah^[xiv]
(1842–1924)

Baruch Schneur
(d. 1926)

Yosef Yitzchak^[xv]
(1880–1950)

Nechama Dina
(1881–1971)

Levi Yitzchak^[xvi]
(d. 1904)

Levi Yitzchak
(1878–1944)

Chana
(1880–1964)

Menachem Mendel^[xvii]
(1902–1994)

Chaya Mushka
(1901–1988)

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Solid lines indicate parents/children, dashed lines show marriages, dotted lines show in-laws. Additional members of Schneersohn family are not listed here

Notes:

^ Founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, known as Shneur Zalman of Liady
^ 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
^ Rebbe in 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, known as Maharid
^ 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
^ 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, Levi Yitzchak Guterman, son-in-law of Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneersohn
^ 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.

[CA1-1] "Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, obm". Bais Chana of California Women's Yeshiva. Retrieved 6 January 2013.

[2] Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson – A brief biography – Chassidism

[3] "Overview on the life of Rebbetzin Chana". Vaad Or Vechom Hahiskashrus. Retrieved 2024-10-28.

[chabadorg-apology-4] Margolin, Dovid. "The KGB's Belated Apology for the Persecution and Death of the Rebbe's Father". Chabad.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[5] "Memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana - Part 1". Chabad.org. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[nyt-c-6] "MRS. C. SCHNEERSON". New York Times. 13 September 1964. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

[7] Schneersohn, Chana (2002). A mother in Israel : the life and memoirs of Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson of blessed memory : mother of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Brooklyn: Kehot Publication Society. ISBN 9780826600998. OCLC 234119695. Retrieved 2024-10-29.

[8] Founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, known as Shneur Zalman of Liady

[9] Surname Altschuler

[10] 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Dovber Schneuri and the Middle Rebbe

[11] 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Tzemach Tzedek, first to assume the surname "Schneersohn"

[12] 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Maharash

[13] Rebbe in Avrutch

[14] 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Niezhin

[15] 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi

[16] 1st Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Maharil of Kapust

[17] 5th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rashab

[18] 2nd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, known as Maharid

[19] 2rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust

[20] 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust, known as Rashab of Rechitsa

[21] 4th Rebbe of Chabad-Kapust

[22] 6th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, known as Rayatz

[23] 3rd Rebbe of Chabad-Liadi, Levi Yitzchak Guterman, son-in-law of Chaim Schneur Zalman Schneersohn

[24] 7th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, uses the spelling of "Schneerson"

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Early life

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