Editing Rabbi Shneur Zalman Fradkin (section)

== In Lublin ==
After serving thirteen years in Polotzk, he was appointed as Rabbi and Av Beis Din in Lublin, which was a great honor as very few were permitted to be appointed as rabbis there.

His departure from Polotzk was puzzling. Some said the reason was rooted in the fact that most Chabad chassidim in Polotzk became connected to Kopust Chassidus, while Rabbi Shneur Zalman remained connected to Lubavitch, and this caused a split between them.

During his time in Lublin, he once took a book home for one night, and afterwards returned it saying to the seller: "I will pay you for the book being in my mind, but I won't take it as I don't like it..."

While in Lublin, he became especially close with Rabbi Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin, and they would study Chassidus together for hours.

Rabbi Shneur Zalman reigned in Lublin for twenty years, and there became the leader of the generation. Questions came to him from all corners of the world, from New York in America to Melbourne in Australia. His genius was so great that even the Rogatchover - Rabbi Yosef Rozin traveled to study under him in Lublin