Editing Shmuel Menachem Mendel Butman (section)

== Life History ==
Born on 24 Shevat 5703 in the Soviet Union to his father Rabbi Shneur Zalman Butman and his mother Mrs. Yehudit, descendants of [[the Tzemach Tzedek]].

After years of suffering under the Communist regime, the family managed to escape after World War II. They settled in Paris, France, among the many Chassidim who made the city their temporary home.

He merited to meet the Rebbe when he came to Paris in 1947 to accompany his mother, Rebbetzin Chana, to the United States.

He immigrated to the United States with his family on 13 Adar I 5714/1954.

In 1966, he married the daughter of Rabbi Moshe Aharon Geisinsky.

In Sivan 5784/2024, he suffered a heart condition and was hospitalized in intensive care. After about a month, he passed away on 16 Tammuz 5784/2024 at the age of 81.