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[[File:ציון ר' ברוך שלום שניאורסון.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The resting place of Rabbi Boruch Shalom Schneersohn]]

Rabbi '''Boruch Shalom Schneersohn''' ('''the Raba"sh'''; [[22 Cheshvan|22nd of Cheshvan]], [[5566|1805]] – [[16 Shevat|16th of Shevat]], [[5629|1869]]) was the probable firstborn son<ref>''Igros Kodesh'' (of the Rebbe Maharash), p. 38; Shalom Dovber Levin, ''Toldos Chabad b'Russia HaTzaris'', [https://chabadlibrary.org/books/6802240027 ch. 85, p. 168].</ref> of the [[Tzemach Tzedek|Rebbe Tzemach Tzedek]], the third Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch.

==Life==

Rabbi Boruch Shalom was born on the [[22 Cheshvan|22nd of Cheshvan]], [[5566|1805]].<ref>A list of maamarim (Chassidic discourses) of the Frierdiker Rebbe references "a discourse of the Alter Rebbe, the eve of Chanukah 5566," implying that the 30th day after the birth — the 23rd of Kislev — fell on Shabbos, parshas Vayeishev.</ref> He was named after Rabbi [[Boruch (father of the Alter Rebbe)]] and Rabbi [[Shalom Shachna Altschuler]], the father of the Rebbe Tzemach Tzedek.

Rabbi Boruch Shalom was missing fingers on his right hand. His father, the Rebbe Tzemach Tzedek, addressed in his halachic writings<ref>[http://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=1609&st=ברוך&pgnum=29 Tzemach Tzedek — Orach Chaim, siman 6].</ref> the question of which hand he should use for his tefillin — his left hand, the one he wrote with, or his stronger right hand.

The [[Alter Rebbe]] (Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Rebbe of Chabad) was very fond of him. Every day the young Boruch Shalom would come to be tested by the Alter Rebbe on all that he had learned in cheder (Torah school) that day. At age six the Alter Rebbe taught him grammar; at age seven, the cantillation notes of the Tanach.

From the day the Alter Rebbe departed [[Liadi]] during the [[Napoleonic Wars]] until the Alter Rebbe's passing on the [[24 Teves|24th of Teves]], [[5573|1812]], Rabbi Boruch Shalom was with him constantly — riding in his carriage and sleeping in his room. He later recounted that he had merited to be in the Alter Rebbe's presence for one hundred and forty-two days and nights.

He subsequently grew close to the [[Mitteler Rebbe]] (the second Rebbe of Chabad) and to the Rebbe Tzemach Tzedek. He traveled throughout Russia on his father's behalf, had many devoted followers, and regularly delivered maamarim (Chassidic discourses).

After the passing of the Rebbe Tzemach Tzedek in [[5626|1866]], Rabbi Boruch Shalom — unlike his brothers, who each established their own courts — remained in [[Lubavitch]] and became a chossid (devoted follower) of his youngest brother, the [[Maharash|Rebbe Maharash]], the fourth Rebbe of Chabad.

He passed away on the [[16 Shevat|16th of Shevat]], [[5629|1869]], after a brief illness, and is buried with honor in the ohel (burial enclosure) of the Rebbe Tzemach Tzedek and the Rebbe Maharash in Lubavitch.

==Family==

The following are his children, listed in order of birth:<ref>Based on ''He'aros u'Biurim Ohalei Torah'', issue 1101, pp. 111ff.</ref>

* Rebbetzin '''Beila'''. Born [[5592|1832]].
* Rabbi '''[[Levi Yitzchak Schneersohn (grandson of the Tzemach Tzedek)|Levi Yitzchak]]'''. Born [[5594|1834]].
* Rebbetzin '''Zlata'''. Born approximately [[5595|1835]]. She married, and while pregnant passed away on the [[6 Kislev|6th of Kislev]], [[5612|1851]]; she is buried with honor in Lubavitch. Her gravestone was discovered in recent years.
* Rebbetzin '''Golda'''. Her husband, Rabbi [[Schneur Schneersohn]], was a son-in-law of the Tzemach Tzedek through a second marriage.
* Rabbi '''[[Mordechai Schneersohn|Mordechai]]'''. Born [[5598|1838]].
* Rebbetzin '''Leah Sara'''. Born [[5599|1839]].
* Rabbi '''Yehuda Leib''' of Kremenchug. Born [[5603|1843]]. His son Boruch Shalom married Taitena (Toyba-Leah) daughter of Rabbi Yaakov. Their children: Raisa (b. 3 October 1903, Kiev); Yaakov Lev (b. 9 August 1909, Kiev).
* Rebbetzin '''Tzipa Rochel'''.
* Rebbetzin '''Rivka''' — wife of Rabbi [[Meshulam Reich|Meshulam (Shilem) Reich]], who passed away around [[5669|1909]].<ref>Mentioned in ''Nachalas Avos'', p. 32: "R' Shilem, may he live, emissary of the Chabad kollel."</ref> Their son: Rabbi [[Chaim Moshe Dovber Reich|Chaim Moshe Dovber (Berel)]].

==His Relationship to the Rebbe==

* '''Son''': [[Levi Yitzchak Schneersohn (grandson of the Tzemach Tzedek)|Rabbi Levi Yitzchak]]
* '''Grandson''': Rabbi [[Boruch Schneour Zalman Schneersohn (grandfather of the Rebbe)|Boruch Schneour Zalman]]
* '''Great-grandson''': Rabbi [[Levi Yitzchak Schneersohn (father of the Rebbe)|Levi Yitzchak]] (father of the Rebbe)
* '''Great-great-grandson''': the [[Rebbe]] (Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch)

==Further Reading==

* Naftali Tzvi Gutlib, ''Toldos Levi Yitzchak'', chapter 2: Rabbi Boruch Shalom (the Raba"sh).

==External Links==

* Rabbi Yehoshua Mondshine, [http://www.shturem.net/index.php?section=blog_new&article_id=125&lang=hebrew A Chassidic Discourse and Biographical Collection], ''Pardes Chabad'', issue 8, Tishrei 5763 (2002).
* Dov Levanon, [https://old.chabadinfo.com/66709 A Chossid of Wonders: A Portrait of the Rebbe's Great-Great-Grandfather], Beis Moshiach, 13 February 2012.

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