Editing The Split of Chabad Chassidus (section)

==== Aftermath ====
After the publication of the court ruling, the Tzemach Tzedek's eldest son, Rabbi Baruch Shalom Schneersohn, decided to remain in Lubavitch and became attached to the Maharash. The Tzemach Tzedek's second son, Rabbi Yehuda Leib, was pressured to move to the town of Kopust in the Belarus region in Elul of 5626 (1866), where a Chabad-Kopust court was established, and most of the Chassidim went with him. Some claimed that the Maharil and his son Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn were responsible for the outbreak of the dispute, and this was one of the reasons why the Maharil's Chassidim left with him (against his will) from Lubavitch and moved to Kopust. The Tzemach Tzedek's third son, Rabbi Yisrael Noach, remained in Lubavitch for about two years, and then traveled to the town of Nizhyn at the request of the local Jews, where he established Chabad-Nizhyn. The Tzemach Tzedek's fifth son, Rabbi Chaim Shneur Zalman, also remained in Lubavitch for several years and then traveled to Lyadi at the request of the local Jews, where he established Chabad-Lyadi. The Tzemach Tzedek's youngest son, the Maharash, continued to live in Lubavitch and continued the Chabad dynasty from there, in accordance with his father's wishes and the court's ruling.

The Maharash proposed to his brothers that they remain in Lubavitch and share the delivery of Chassidic discourses on Shabbat, but a group of Chassidim led Rabbi Yehuda Leib of Kopust to Kopust. Before his departure, Rabbi Yehuda Leib of Kopust said to the Maharash: "An aveirah a bruder" (A sin, brother).