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==Early Life== | ==Early Life== | ||
Rabbi Levi Yitzchak was born on Sunday, 18 Nissan 5638 [April 21, 1878], in the small town of Podobranka near [[Homel]] in White Russia (today Belarus). His father was the distinguished rabbi Rabbi [[Baruch Schneor Schneerson]], and his mother was Rebbetzin [[Zelda Rachel Schneerson]]. He was named for his grandfather, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak — a grandson of the | Rabbi Levi Yitzchak was born on Sunday, 18 Nissan 5638 [April 21, 1878], in the small town of Podobranka near [[Homel]] in White Russia (today Belarus). His father was the distinguished rabbi Rabbi [[Baruch Schneor Schneerson]], and his mother was Rebbetzin [[Zelda Rachel Schneerson]]. He was named for his grandfather, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak — a grandson of the Tzemach Tzedek, the third Chabad Rebbe — who had died young. | ||
His mother, Rebbetzin Zelda Rachel, was the daughter of the chassid Rabbi [[Zalman Chaikin]], himself a devoted follower of both the [[Tzemach Tzedek]] and the [[The Rebbe Maharash|Rebbe Maharash]], the fourth Chabad Rebbe. | His mother, Rebbetzin Zelda Rachel, was the daughter of the chassid Rabbi [[Zalman Chaikin]], himself a devoted follower of both the [[Tzemach Tzedek]] and the [[The Rebbe Maharash|Rebbe Maharash]], the fourth Chabad Rebbe. | ||
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Upon arriving in [[Alma-Ata]], the prisoners were dispersed to remote locations throughout Kazakhstan, where they were to live out their years of exile. On 19 Shevat 5700 [1940], Rabbi Levi Yitzchak arrived at his place of exile in the town of [[Chialy]]. In those first days he stayed in the home of a non-Jew who took pity on him, together with another Jewish exile. | Upon arriving in [[Alma-Ata]], the prisoners were dispersed to remote locations throughout Kazakhstan, where they were to live out their years of exile. On 19 Shevat 5700 [1940], Rabbi Levi Yitzchak arrived at his place of exile in the town of [[Chialy]]. In those first days he stayed in the home of a non-Jew who took pity on him, together with another Jewish exile. | ||
The tortures of his imprisonment, the hardships of the journey, the harshness of the place, and the profound isolation all severely undermined his health. His condition improved somewhat when | The tortures of his imprisonment, the hardships of the journey, the harshness of the place, and the profound isolation all severely undermined his health. His condition improved somewhat when Rebbetzin Chana eventually made her way to Chialy to be at his side. | ||
Even in Chialy, he continued to strengthen Jewish life as best he could — seeing to it that Jewish souls who passed away in exile received proper Jewish burial, and organizing prayer with a ''minyan'', the quorum of ten required for communal prayer. | Even in Chialy, he continued to strengthen Jewish life as best he could — seeing to it that Jewish souls who passed away in exile received proper Jewish burial, and organizing prayer with a ''minyan'', the quorum of ten required for communal prayer. | ||
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* Rabbi [[Mordechai Menasha Laufer]], [http://www.col.org.il/show_news.rtx?artID=13622 "'My Father, May His Memory Be a Blessing?'"] — COL.org.il | * Rabbi [[Mordechai Menasha Laufer]], [http://www.col.org.il/show_news.rtx?artID=13622 "'My Father, May His Memory Be a Blessing?'"] — COL.org.il | ||
;Media | ;Media | ||
* [https://col.org.il/news/126210 "These Are the Generations of Levi Yitzchak: A Journey Through the Places He Lived and Worked"] — video documentary for the 20 Menachem Av ''yahrzeit'', COL.org.il | * [https://col.org.il/news/126210 "These Are the Generations of Levi Yitzchak: A Journey Through the Places He Lived and Worked"] — video documentary for the 20 Menachem Av ''yahrzeit'', COL.org.il | ||
* [https://he.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1923517 "The Rebbe Speaks About His Father"] — from JEM's weekly video magazine, Chabad.org | * [https://he.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/1923517 "The Rebbe Speaks About His Father"] — from JEM's weekly video magazine, Chabad.org | ||
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