The Rebbe Rashab

Rabbi Shalom DovBer Schneersohn - The Rebbe Rashab (20 Cheshvan 5621 - 2 Nissan 5680) was the fifth Nasi in the golden chain of Chabad Rebbeim, the son of the Rebbe Maharash and Rebbetzin Rivka. He founded Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch, the mother of all Chabad yeshivos worldwide. Known as "the Rambam of Chassidus" for his systematic and comprehensive approach to explaining Chassidic concepts.

Early Years and Childhood

Chabad-Lubavitch
The Chasidic Founders
Baal Shem Tov • The Maggid
The Seven Rebbes of Chabad
Alter Rebbe • Mitteler Rebbe • Tzemach Tzedek • Rebbe Maharash • Rebbe Rashab • Rebbe Rayatz • The Rebbe
General Topics
Chassidus • Beis HaRav • Chasidim • Music • Mivtzoim • Geography
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Born in Lubavitch on Monday, Parshas Chayei Sarah, 20 Cheshvan 5621. Regarding his birth, it is told that a year earlier, on the 10th of Kislev 5620 (1860), his mother dreamed that she saw her mother, Mrs. Chaya Sarah, and her grandfather, the Mitteler Rebbe. Her mother said to her with a happy face: "Rivka, you and your husband should write a Torah scroll," and the Mitteler Rebbe added: "And you will have a good son, and don't forget to name him after me." Her mother added: "Rivka, did you hear what my father is telling you?" And thus the dream ended. After nine days, on the night of the 19th of Kislev, she dreamed again, and this time in addition to her mother and grandfather, an elderly man arrived. Her mother said to her: "Rivka, you and your husband should write a Torah scroll." The Mitteler Rebbe said: "And you will have a good son," and the elderly man said: "Amen, so may Hashem say." Her mother concluded: "Grandfather, bless her," and the elderly man blessed her. Her mother and the Mitteler Rebbe answered Amen loudly, and she awoke. Afterwards she told her dreams to her husband, the Rebbe Maharash, who said that he wanted the Torah scroll to be written on elegant parchment from properly slaughtered and kosher hides. The Tzemach Tzedek commanded that the beginning of the Torah scroll writing should be done secretly, in the presence of his brothers only and in his room. Less than a year later, the son was born and was named 'Shalom Dovber' after his two grandfathers, Rabbi Shalom Shachna and the Mitteler Rebbe.

On the 26th of Kislev 5621 (1861), the circumcision ceremony was held, after being postponed at the instruction of the Tzemach Tzedek from the 27th of Cheshvan. His grandfather the Tzemach Tzedek explained during the circumcision event the name according to Chassidic teachings: "Rashab means flesh breaking (basar shavar) - one needs to break the flesh of the body, and he was born on the 20th of Cheshvan 5621 (1861), which contains two kaf letters, alluding to the supernal crown."

On the 20th of Cheshvan 5624 (1864), the Rebbe Rashab's first haircut was performed. At the instruction of the Tzemach Tzedek, the haircut was done secretly. The night before, the Rebbe Rashab slept in the room of the Tzemach Tzedek, and when he woke up, the Tzemach Tzedek told the attendant R' Chaim Ber Chaimson to wash the Rebbe Rashab's hands, and the Tzemach Tzedek recited the morning blessings with the child and answered Amen after his blessings. After the prayer, he called his son and daughter-in-law, the child's parents, and told them: "The spiritual oil flask that our teacher the Baal Shem Tov gave to his disciple our teacher the Maggid of Mezritch to anoint the Alter Rebbe for leadership for his generations, with this power my father-in-law - the Mitteler Rebbe was anointed, and I with this power anointed you (Admor the Maharash) and with this power I am anointing the child."

As customary, the Rashab's entrance to cheder was done on the day of his haircut, and he was brought to study in the "cheder" which was in the second room of the small Beit Midrash of his grandfather the Tzemach Tzedek. It is told that during the child's entrance celebration, his grandfather threw candies at him saying they were thrown by the angel Michael. The child accepted this with innocence and refrained from eating the candies. On Passover eve, while checking the children's pockets, the Tzemach Tzedek called his grandson and asked him what he did with the candies, and he was compelled to eat them.

Every day, the Rashab would enter with his brother Rabbi Shneur Zalman Aharon Schneerson to their grandfather, the Tzemach Tzedek, who would play with him and take interest in his studies, and even gave them various coins regularly. In his childhood, he played a lot with his older brother the Raza, and in the Chabad tradition there are many chassidic stories related to this period. The Rebbe used to tell these stories and derived instructions in divine service from them.

Early Achievements

By age five, he showed extraordinary hasmada. At age eight, he began attending the Rebbe Maharash's maamarim, and by age nine, his father began teaching him p'nimius. Before his bar mitzvah, he was already boki in all of Tanach, Shisha Sidrei Mishna, and Shulchan Aruch.

At age 14, he knew all of Seder Nashim by heart. In 5635, he began serving as a chozer for his father the Rebbe Maharash, transcribing hanachos of the maamarim.

Marriage

The shidduch (match) between Rebbe Rashab and his cousin Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah was proposed by their grandfather, the Tzemach Tzedek, when the Rebbe was only 4 years old.

As the wedding time approached, the Maharash instructed his son, the groom, to be tested and receive rabbinic ordination (smicha), as was the custom in the Rebbe's household. When the wedding date arrived, the Maharash insisted on holding the wedding in a holy place comparable to Jerusalem during the time of exile - in the town of Lubavitch. In practice, due to various circumstances, this did not materialize and the wedding took place in the bride's hometown of Avrutch.

On Saturday night of Parshat Teitzei, on the 11th of Elul 5635 (1875), the wedding took place in the city of Avrutch. The plan was for the bride and groom to return immediately after the wedding together with Rebbetzin Rivka Schneerson to Lubavitch, but due to an unexpected delay, they arrived in Lubavitch only the following Saturday night.

The groom's father, the Maharash, did not attend the wedding because of his health condition. His wife, Rebbetzin Rivka, traveled with the groom to the wedding. A week before the wedding, on Sunday the 5th of Elul, the Maharash traveled to accompany his son to the town of Acharmove. There he delivered Chassidic teachings (Dach) and shared wonderful stories. When he finished sharing the Chassidic teachings, he said to his son the groom: "Now is the revelation of the aspect of mochin d'ima (mother's consciousness), therefore the groom's mother travels, but in the future to come, when mochin d'abba (father's consciousness) will be revealed, I myself will also be there."

The Maharash told his son the groom not to wear the shtreimel at his wedding, and in general to wear it only in Lubavitch. In the carriage was placed a box containing a hat with a feather, a gift from the groom and his mother to the bride. The Maharash asked for the hat and removed its feather.

The groom's father wished for the bride, groom, and all their escorts to return to Lubavitch immediately after the wedding, so that at least he could celebrate the "Shabbat Sheva Brachot" with them. However, the bride's father tried to delay them further, and they ended up leaving Avrutch late and could not reach Lubavitch before Shabbat, arriving only on Saturday night. When the groom returned, his father told him, "I have regards for you from Father (the Tzemach Tzedek), from Grandfather (the Mitteler Rebbe), and from Great-grandfather (the Alter Rebbe), with an understanding heart."

Although the groom himself was not present in Lubavitch, the Maharash was in an especially elevated state of joy throughout the seven days of celebration, and even delivered an enormous number of Chassidic discourses (32). On the Shabbat of Sheva Brachot, the Rebbe held three farbrengens (gatherings).

Accepting the Nesius

On 13 Tishrei 5643 (1882), the Rebbe Maharash, father of the Rebbe Rashab, passed away. This event affected him very deeply. The process of the Rebbe Rashab accepting the leadership continued for about eleven years. A few days after the passing, on the second day of Sukkot, 16 Tishrei, the Rebbe Rashab delivered a maamar (Chassidic discourse) beginning with "Kesser Yitnu Lecha." During Chanukah, he delivered another maamar. These maamarim were copied and sent to the chassidim who received them with joy (among Chabad Rebbes, delivering a maamar serves as a sign of accepting leadership).

During the year of mourning, the Rebbe Rashab adopted special practices; he would pray in his father's room, and after prayer, he would close the door and remain in the room throughout the day, where he ate, studied, and slept. He refused to receive anyone and did not answer questions or requests for advice. He dedicated all his time to prayer and Torah study, and was generally engaged in solitude and inner spiritual work. During that year and in the years that followed, he traveled several times to other cities and distant countries for health reasons.

In 5650 (1890), the Rebbe Rashab began receiving people for yechidus (private audience) on a temporary basis. On Rosh Hashanah 5654 (1893), he also began to pray in his father's regular place, to receive chassidim for yechidus on a regular basis, and to respond in writing to the chassidim's questions. He would also deliver his Chassidic discourses for the chassidim to copy, distribute, and study.

It was very important to the Chabad chassidic community that the Rebbe Rashab formally and fully accept the leadership. On one occasion, Reb Gershon Dov of Nevel said to the Rebbe Rashab regarding his refusal to accept the leadership: "The Alter Rebbe kindled the light of Chassidus, and you want to extinguish it?" When the Rebbe Rashab heard this, he burst into tears. After many requests and pleas, he agreed to formally and fully accept the leadership.

His Torah

The Rebbe Rashab is known as the "Rambam of Chassidus," due to his lengthy discourses in which he extensively explained complex topics in Chassidus. His discourses were published over the years in volumes of maamarim.

The letters of the Rebbe Rashab were printed in the Igros Kodesh series in six volumes.

Chazara

The Rebbe Rashab would deliver a Chassidic discourse on Friday nights, holidays, and other special occasions. After the team of chozrim (those who would memorize and transcribe) thoroughly memorized the discourse throughout the night of Shabbos, in the morning the meinichem (editors) would enter the Rebbe's room and repeat the discourse before him. He would correct their mistakes and explain what needed clarification.

The Chozrim

• Rabbi Meshulam Yedidya Kuratin (called "Reb Shilem"). Served as the head chozer
• Rabbi Yisroel Noach "HaKatan" Chatzkovitch
• Rabbi Eliyahu Yachil Simpson
• Rabbi Mordechai Chefetz
• Rabbi Alter Shimchovitz
• Rabbi Moshe Rosenblatt (known as Reb Moshe der Chozer)
• Rabbi Yaakov Landau

Public Activities

During his leadership, he worked extensively to improve both the physical and spiritual condition of Jews in general and Russian Jews in particular. He first began to engage in public activism in the year 5640 (1880), when he would update his father regarding a decree that was imposed on the Jews in Russia at that time. In 5652 (1892), the Russian government decided to expel all Jews from Moscow. The Rebbe Rashab tried various ways to cancel the decree, but without success. Nevertheless, during the implementation of the decree, he ensured that the Jews of Moscow were settled in suitable locations.

In 5655 (1895), the Rebbe Rashab began to become more involved in public activism, especially in strengthening Colel Chabad in the Holy Land. In 5657 (1897), he began to work against the establishment of schools by the Society for the Promotion of Enlightenment, and tried at least to prevent the establishment of a school in the town of Lubavitch by appealing to Baron Naftali Hertz Ginzburg. After the school was already established, he tried at least to prevent funding for the school and initiated a struggle on the issue.

In 5662 (1902), he established a weaving and spinning factory in Dubrovna in order to employ Jews, and he even requested support from the Jewish organization JCA to finance the factory.

During the Russo-Japanese War (5664-5665 / 1904-1905), the Rebbe Rashab arranged for matzos and Pesach necessities for Jewish soldiers who were then in the Russian army. In 5665 (1905), he established a special committee to handle this matter. In the summer of that year, he first proposed during a Colel Chabad conference the establishment of a Chabad yeshiva in Hebron. The yeshiva Toras Emes was founded several years later in 5672 (1912) in Beit Romano in Hebron.

In 5665 (1905), a rabbinical assembly was held in Vilna, where the government demanded that rabbis teach secular studies. During the assembly, the Rebbe Rashab said:

This all nations on earth must know, that only our bodies were handed over to exile and subjugation of kingdoms, but our souls were not handed over to exile and subjugation of kingdoms. We must declare openly before all, that regarding everything known to our religion, Torah and mitzvot and Jewish customs, no one has any authority over us Children of Israel and no coercive power may be used for this purpose. We must declare with the strongest Jewish stubbornness, with the Jewish self-sacrifice of a thousand years - Do not touch my anointed ones and do not harm my prophets! — Sefer HaSichot 5702, pp. 105-106.

In the year 5670 (1910), a general rabbinical assembly was held in the city of Petersburg on behalf of the authorities, which dealt with fundamental questions regarding the physical and material condition of the Jewish people. This assembly was attended by 42 representatives of Jewish communities in Russia, and through it the authorities sought to establish regulations and rules that contradicted accepted tradition, primarily regarding the status of religious rabbis. During the assembly, government representatives threatened that if the rabbis did not yield, they would begin pogroms throughout the country. The Rebbe Rashab responded:

"We are not afraid of this at all, since there is no decree from Above for this, God forbid." — Sefer HaMaamarim Kuntreisim, p. 350.

The Rebbe Rashab took an active part in the Beilis trial, and even established a special committee that worked to defend Mendel Beilis.

The Rebbe Rashab was one of the prominent Jewish leaders who opposed Zionism. He pushed for the publication of the book "Or L'Yesharim" that presented the views of Torah leaders against Zionism, and even wrote his own letter for the book: "And if, God forbid, they succeed in holding onto the land as they imagine, they will defile and desecrate it with their abominations and evil deeds, and thereby lengthen the duration of the exile." The Rebbe Rashab was initially among the founders of Agudas Yisroel, but due to its proximity to Zionism and broad emphasis on aliyah to the Holy Land without connection to spiritual conditions, he withdrew from it.

Much of his public activism was done in cooperation with great Rebbes and rabbis such as Rabbi Chaim of Brisk, Rabbi Chaim Ozer Grodzinski, and the Chofetz Chaim, with whom he maintained regular correspondence and in some cases even met with several of them.

Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva

"The Rebbe Rashab, besides his great holiness and righteousness as leader of Chabad chassidim, was known from his youth among Chabad maskilim as an extraordinary genius in Chabad teachings. Elder chassidim crowned The Rebbe Rashab as 'The Rambam of Chabad teachings' as every topic explained in his Chabad teachings and discourses is established halacha arranged with all reasoning and explanations properly ordered."

On Sunday 15 Elul 1897, during his son the Rayatz's sheva brachos, The Rebbe Rashab called a conference of fifty leading rabbis and wealthy individuals then in Lubavitch for the wedding, announcing his decision to establish Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva. The yeshiva's innovation would be students' analytical study of Chassidus and following its ways. The students, called "Tmimim," would be a center of G-d-fearing, genuine heartfelt divine service. Two days later, on Tuesday 17 Elul, The Rebbe Rashab chose the first 18 students.

Three years after establishing the yeshiva, on Simchas Torah 1901, The Rebbe Rashab gave a talk to Tmimim students based on Chazal's statement "Anyone going to war for Beis Dovid writes a divorce document for his wife." He explained the Tmimim students' purpose and established additional points in their required work as soldiers of Beis Dovid.

Health

The Rebbe Rashab had a weak constitution and often fell ill. Consequently, he spent much time traveling to health resorts and specialist doctors. In 1884, he first began traveling to healing places, mainly warm coastal countries. In 1886, he went to the Yalta mountains, uniquely bringing his whole family unlike other journeys.

His father the Maharash's passing broke his spirit and weakened him physically. In his twenties, he had to leave home for health resorts to be examined by top doctors and strengthen himself in restful places. Except rarely, he never took his son.

In Kislev 1891, he fell severely ill with fever for about two months. The first month he was confined to his room, emerging for prayer on 24 Teves. That summer he traveled three times (each for five days) to nearby Mazinkes village for his health. After Chanukah 1897, he had to travel to Moscow for healing. Doctors then gave him only months to live, leading him to decide to either move to Eretz Yisroel or relocate somewhere he could study Torah and serve alone.

In winter 1903, he traveled to Vienna with his son the Rayatz and met Dr. Sigmund Freud due to loss of feeling in his left hand. Freud gave The Rebbe Rashab electrical treatment and they discussed various matters. In their conversation, the Rebbe explained how to connect mind and heart so the mind could spiritually enrich the heart.

His Last Years

Move to Rostov

In Cheshvan 5676 (1915), the Rebbe Rashab left Lubavitch and moved to Rostov due to World War I.

Passing

In winter 5680 (1920), the Bolsheviks captured Rostov after a long civil war. Due to dangerous roads and the occupation, the court diminished and the Rebbe requested people not come. Prayers and maamarim were conducted with minimal minyanim.

At the end of Adar, the Rebbe Rashab fell ill. On Motzei Shabbos, the eve of 2 Nissan 5680 (1920) at 4am, it was clear these were his final moments. His eyes closed in dveikus and his breathing weakened. The Frierdiker Rebbe cried out "Tatte! Tatte!" several times. When he stopped breathing and the Frierdiker Rebbe called out again, the Rebbe opened his eyes, looked at him, and two tears fell from his holy eyes before closing again. The Rebbe Rashab straightened his head, arranged his hands and feet, and his holy soul ascended in holiness and purity.

After the passing, the Chevra Kadisha called some Anash to choose an appropriate burial place. R' Moshe Dober Rivkin, R' Shmuel Gurary, R' Nosson Gurary, R' Tzvi Hirsh Gurary, R' Zalman Havlin, and R' Y. Levin decided to bury him near the shamash's house. The Frierdiker Rebbe came and approved the location.

The elders and respected Anash performed the tahara. They reported that the Rebbe Rashab's holy face maintained vitality throughout, with a slight smile on his lips. A burial coffin was built from the bima boards of the beis medrash and the Rebbe Rashab's shtender. Besides shrouds, he was wrapped in the Shabbos tallis he prayed with in his final days.

All Rostov Jews participated in the funeral. Before burial, the Frierdiker Rebbe designated R' Avrohom Boruch Pozner, R' Eliezer Krasik and another chossid as a special beis din, stating the burial was conditional and he retained rights to transfer the holy remains to his ancestors' graves in Lubavitch. An ohel was erected over the Rebbe Rashab's grave.

Moving the Ohel

In winter 5699 (1939), Rostov authorities planned to destroy the cemetery to build new buildings. The chassidim decided to move the ohel to another cemetery on Takucheva Street 155. The Frierdiker Rebbe approved the transfer. Instructions for handling the holy remains came from R' Levi Yitzchok Schneerson (the Rebbe's father).

The actual transfer took place in Adar 5700 (1940) by a minyan of chassidim including: R' Tzemach Kutman, R' Mendel Kantor (the Rebbe's attendant), R' Moshe Wolf Labak, R' Nachman Lokshin, R' Avrohom Katznelson, R' Yona Eidelkop, and R' Chaim Yisroel Epstein. No monument was erected at the new cemetery. The marker for the Rebbe Rashab's resting place was a tree at his head and a mound of earth. To prevent others from being buried next to the Rebbe, the chassidim made six additional earth mounds as if others were buried there.

In 5749 (1989), with the Rebbe's approval, the monument and fence were erected by R' Dovid Nachshon and R' Avi Taub.

After the passing, his only son, the Frierdiker Rebbe, assumed leadership.

His Shluchim in Russia

The Rebbe Rashab sent mature or married Tomchei Tmimim graduates as his shluchim to Russian communities to strengthen Yiddishkeit.

His Shluchim to Sefardic Jews

The Rebbe Rashab worked among Sefardic Jews through shluchim:

• Georgia - sent R' Shmuel Levitin, R' Avrohom Levi Slavin and others
• Bukhara - sent R' Shlomo Yehuda Leib Eliezrov and R' Avrohom Chaim Naeh to Samarkand
• Caucasus - sent R' Shemaryahu Sasonkin

His Picture

The Rebbe Rashab was particular about not being photographed. The only time he agreed was in 5680 (1920), near his passing, when there were plans for the Rebbe and family to travel from Rostov. For passport purposes he was photographed, which is the known picture of him.

The Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka noted the picture didn't capture his true appearance. Therefore R' Nachum Yitzchok Kaplan drew the Rebbe Rashab's likeness from memory wearing a shtreimel. After the Rebbetzin's corrections, she expressed satisfaction.

In 5780 (2020), a new picture was discovered with Hebrew writing "Rabbi Shalom Dober Schneerson 5668" and in Russian "Moscow 1908". Discussion arose whether it was indeed the Rebbe Rashab or a relative.

His Nigunim

1. Min Hametzar - on verses before shofar blowing on Rosh Hashanah
2. Brochos Before Tekios - on blessings before shofar blowing
3. Verses After Tekios - on verses after shofar blowing
4. Rostov Nigun - sung during his time in Rostov
5. Preparation for 4 Bavos - nigun beloved to him, sung as preparation for the 4 Bavos nigun

His Seforim

1. Igros Kodesh - his letters, published in six volumes
2. B'Shaah Shehikdimu 5672 - long hemshech explaining core Chassidic concepts
3. Sefer HaMaamarim - series of his maamarim during his leadership
4. Sefer HaSichos Toras Shalom - his sichos from farbrengens during holidays
5. Hagahos on Posach Eliyahu - 5658
6. Kuntreisim:
   • Chanoch L'Naar - his first will
   • Kuntres U'Maayan - series on the posuk "U'maayan m'beis Hashem"
   • Kuntres HaTefillah - extensive explanation on prayer
   • Kuntres Eitz HaChaim - written for Tomchei Tmimim students
   • Kuntres HaAvodah - for Tmimim on proper avodas Hashem Also wrote an article for Ohr L'Yesharim

His Family

• His only son, R' Yosef Yitzchok - the Frierdiker Rebbe
• Granddaughter Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, the Rebbe's wife
• Granddaughter Chana Gurary
• Granddaughter Sheina Horenstein

Further Reading

Early Years

• Secret meeting in the Tzemach Tzedek's holy room - Beis Moshiach magazine Kislev 5781
• The early years, childhood period - Kfar Chabad 1882
• Rebbe Rashab's tenaim - Beis Moshiach 206
• R' Zalman Hertzel on the Rebbe Rashab and Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah's wedding.

• R' Menachem Ziegelboim on Rebbe Rashab accepting leadership - Beis Moshiach 595

• R' Moshe Dober Rivkin's "Ishkavta D'Rebbi" - Documentation of final illness, passing and funeral
• R' Shneur Zalman Berger, Chabad Community in Rostov - Beis Moshiach 595
• The Mashpia Who Never Returned - Passing account by R' Avrohom Boruch Pozner
• Passing and Ohel of Rebbe Rashab - Beis Moshiach 273
• Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah's letter to R' Shmuel Bezpalov about the passing
• Passing and funeral of Rebbe Rashab - Lev Ha'Ari
• R' Shneur Zalman Berger - Documentation of moving Rebbe Rashab's Ohel
• R' Menachem Ziegelboim's "Estalak Yekara" - Stories of Chabad Rebbes' passing
• R' Elishiv Kaplan's "Inside the Exile" - Jewish community in Rostov

Accepting the Nesius (Leadership)

• Rabbi Menachem Zigelboim, "Accepting the Nesius of the Rebbe Rashab", Beis Moshiach Weekly 595

Histalkus (Passing)

• Rabbi Moshe Dober Rivkin, "Ashkavta D'Rebbi" - Documentation of the final illness, histalkus and levaya. Pilpulim on the conduct during the Rebbe Rashab's illness. Description of the histalkus and levaya - pages 99-108
• Rabbi Shneur Zalman Berger, "The Chabad Community in Rostov", Chabad in the Holocaust series, Beis Moshiach Weekly issue 595
• "The Mashpia Who Never Returned", Rabbi Shneur Zalman Berger - Histalkus journal by Rabbi Avraham Baruch Pevzner
• "The Histalkus and Ohel of the Rebbe Rashab", Beis Moshiach Weekly 273, 2 Nissan 5760
• Letter from Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah to Rabbi Shmuel Bezpalov about the passing, Beis Moshiach Weekly 643 page 14
• "The Histalkus and Levaya of the Rebbe Rashab", Lev Ha'Ari page 62
• "Geza Chassidim", Rabbi Shneur Zalman Berger - Documentation of the relocation of the Rebbe Rashab's Ohel
• Menachem Zigelboim, "Estalak Yekara" - The story of the histalkus of Chabad Rebbeim page 175, 5773
• Rabbi Elyashiv Kaplan, "Within the Diaspora" - The Jewish Community in Rostov

History and Special Events

• Tishrei 5673 journal in the presence of the Rebbe Rashab, Beis Moshiach Weekly issue 200
• Rabbi Shalom Dovber Levin, "History of Chabad in Czarist Russia", Kehot Publication, New York, 5770
• Avraham Chanoch Glitzenstein, "Sefer HaToldos - Rebbe Rashab", Kehot
• Rabbi Shalom Yaakov Chazan, "The Rebbe Rashab Guides and Assists Chassidim's Parnassa", Beis Moshiach 317
• Rabbi Shalom Dovber Reichman, "First-time Published Stories about the Rebbe Rashab", Beis Moshiach 317
• Shneur Zalman Berger, "History of Chabad in Petersburg", Chapter 9 - The Rabbinic Conference of 5670 with the participation of the Rebbe Rashab and the Frierdiker Rebbe
• Shneur Zalman Berger, "The Rabbinic Conference in Petersburg in 5670", Beis Moshiach 923
• Shneur Zalman Berger, "Beis Chayeinu in Rostov - The Rebbe Rashab's Court in His Final Years", Beis Moshiach 1353
• Yosef Yitzchak Bloy, "Tomchei Tmimim", Kehot Publication, 5772
• "Heichal HaBaal Shem Tov - Heichal HaShalom" - Special issue marking 100 years since the Rebbe Rashab's histalkus - Volume 40 Year 14 (page 121 onwards), Summer 5780
• "The Lubavitcher Rebbe is Har HaMoriah", Collection of 68 unknown stories about the Rebbe Rashab from Rabbi Chananya Yosef Eisenbach's notes, in Kfar Chabad Weekly issue 1882 page 37
• "Ten Chabad Facts about the Rebbe Rashab", Beis Moshiach Weekly 2 Nissan 5780 page 37
• "Eat the Food in Small Pieces", Collection of stories about the Rebbe Rashab for the yahrzeit by Rabbi Shalom Dovber Reichman, Beis Moshiach Weekly 2 Nissan 5780 page 36
• Menachem Bronpman, "Rambam of Chassidic Teachings", Comprehensive review of the Rebbe Rashab's teachings, Kfar Chabad Weekly issue 2002 page 28
• Ari Rubin, "Thieves at Night in the Rebbe Rashab's House", Beis Moshiach Weekly, issue 1353 pages 36-41 (5783)
• Zusha Wolf, "Chabad Rebbes and Georgian Jewry", Sending chassidim to Georgia for spreading Yiddishkeit, Tiferes Refael Institute Publication, Tammuz 5776
• Zusha Wolf, "Chabad Rebbes and Bukharian Jewry", Sending chassidim to Georgia for spreading Yiddishkeit, World Congress of Bukharian Jews Publication, Menachem Av 5776
• Lev Leibman, "The Fifth Nasi and the Chamber of Music", Beis Moshiach Weekly issue 993 page 52

External Links

• Menachem Zigelboim, "The Four-Year-Old Groom and the Seven-Year-Old Bride" - A description of the Rebbe Rashab's shidduch, Beit Moshiach weekly magazine - (Link inactive, 28 Iyar 5783/2023)
• "I Am Ascending to Heaven" - Description and story of the final days in this physical world of the Rebbe Rashab
• Memories of the Rebbe Rashab - Written by Rabbi Shneur Zalman Berger (Link inactive, 28 Iyar 5783/2023)
• Holy Customs, a collection of the Rebbe Rashab's customs (Nissan 5775/2015)
• Crown of Israel and Its Glory - Article about the Rebbe Rashab in 'HaModia' newspaper marking 100 years since his passing, Shabbat Parshat Vayikra 5780/2020 edition
• To Be a Lamplighter, stations and milestones in the life of the Rebbe Rashab marking one hundred years since his passing, 'A Chassidisher Derher' magazine Nissan 5780/2020 (English)
• Published for the First Time: The Accurate Colored Portrait of the Rebbe Rashab, on the 'Lachluchit Geulati' website