Shalom Shachna Altshuler

Rabbi Shalom Shachna Altshuler was the son-in-law of the Alter Rebbe, married to his daughter Devorah Leah and father of the third Chabad Rebbe - the Tzemach Tzedek.

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Family of the Alter Rebbe
Parents: Rabbi Baruch & Rebbetzin Rivka • Siblings: Rabbi Yehuda Leib • Wife: Rebbetzin Sterna • Children: Rabbi Dovber (the Mitteler Rebbe) • Rabbi Chaim Avraham • Rabbi Moshe • Rebbetzin Freida • Rebbetzin Devorah Leah
Family of the Mitteler Rebbe
Parents: The Alter Rebbe & Rebbetzin Sterna • Children: Rabbi Baruch • Rebbetzin Esther Miriam • Rebbetzin Beila • Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel • Rebbetzin Sarah • Children-in-law: Rabbi Yaakov Kuli • Rabbi Menachem Mendel (the Tzemach Tzedek)
Family of the Tzemach Tzedek
Children: Rabbi Baruch Shalom • Rabbi Yehuda Leib of Kopust • Rabbi Chaim Shneur Zalman of Liadi • Rabbi Yisroel Noach of Niezhin • Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Avrutch • Reb Yaakov • Rabbi Shmuel (The Rebbe Maharash) • Rebbetzin Rada Freida • Rebbetzin Devorah Leah
Family of the Rebbe Maharash
Children: Reb Shneur Zalman Aharon (the Raza) • Rabbi Shalom Dovber (the Rebbe Rashab) • Reb Menachem Mendel • Avraham Sender • Chaya Mushka
Family of the Rebbe Rashab
Wife: Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah • Child: Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (the Rebbe Rayatz)
Family of the Rebbe Rayatz
Wife: Rebbetzin Nechama Dina • Children: Rebbetzin Sheina • Chana Gurary • Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka • Children-in-law: Reb Shemaryahu Gurary • Rabbi Menachem Mendel (the Rebbe)
Family of the Rebbe
Parents: Rabbi Levi Yitzchak & Rebbetzin Chana • Wife: Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka • Siblings: DovBer • Aryeh Leib
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Life HistoryEdit

The holy Rabbi Shalom Shachna was born on 20 Elul 5532, to his father Chassid Reb Noach Altshuler, who was among the chassidim of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk, and to his mother Ruchama, sister of the Maggid of Mezritch. His father passed away while he was still a child, and the Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi took him into his home where he grew up and was educated.

The Alter Rebbe arranged his marriage to his daughter, Rebbetzin Devorah Leah, who passed away shortly after. The chassidim asked the Alter Rebbe: Why did he trouble himself to become related through marriage to Reb Noach for his daughter when there were the students of the Maggid of Mezritch? The Alter Rebbe answered them: "Er iz gut oif plod" (He is good for offspring. In Russian "plod" means offspring).

From this marriage was born Rabbi Menachem Mendel, who later became the third Rebbe of Chabad and became known as the "Tzemach Tzedek".

When the Alter Rebbe published the Tanya for the first time, Rabbi Shalom Shachna was involved in its publication.

After the passing of Rebbetzin Devorah Leah - mother of the Tzemach Tzedek - the Alter Rebbe arranged a match between her husband Reb Shalom Shachna and Rebbetzin Rivka, daughter of Rabbi Aharon of Karlin (one of the students of the Maggid of Mezritch). From this marriage, two daughters were born, Devorah and Esther Hadas.

He passed away in the summer of 5567.

FamilyEdit

His father - Rabbi Noach Altshuler
His brother, Reb Yehoshua Altshuler, mashpia and among the great chassidim in Tiberias
His brother, Reb Yitzchak Altshuler
His first wife - Rebbetzin Devorah Leah, daughter of the Alter Rebbe
His son - the Tzemach Tzedek
His second wife - Rebbetzin Rivka (Rivale), daughter of Reb Aharon of Karlin
His daughter - Devorah
His daughter - Esther Hadas

Lineage to King DavidEdit

Some claim that his father Rabbi Noach Altshuler was a descendant of Rabbi Yechiel Hillel Altshuler from the holy community of Yavorov - author of the well-known biblical commentary "Metzudat David" and "Metzudat Tzion" (which are mainly collected from his father's teachings, and therefore named after him). And in any case, it is certain that he was from the family of the "Metzudot" which is famous for its lineage to King David of Israel.