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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 [[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.

In his youth, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak studied Torah under his great-uncle, Rabbi [[Yoel Chaikin]], the Rav of Podobranka. Even as a young man his greatness was already apparent, and he received rabbinic ordination — ''semichah'' — from the leading halachic authorities of his generation, among them the Gaon Rabbi [[Chaim of Brisk]] and the Gaon Rabbi [[Eliyahu Chaim Meizel]] of [[Lodz]].<ref>Likkutei Sichos, vol. 9, p. 91 ff.</ref> He later also received a letter of appointment from [[Jaffa]] for the position of Chief Rabbi.<ref>Beginning of Rebbetzin Chana's memoirs; see also ''Toldos Levi Yitzchak'', vol. 1, p. 189.</ref> Some accounts hold that he studied for a period at the [[Tomchei Temimim]] yeshiva in Lubavitch — the flagship yeshiva of Chabad — though this is disputed and the Chabad Rebbes did not confirm it.<ref>Documentation and discussion of this question: ''MiBeis HaGenazim'', p. 71; ''Heichal HaBaal Shem Tov'', issue 40, p. 394.</ref>

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 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 [[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.
 In his youth, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak studied Torah under his great-uncle, Rabbi [[Yoel Chaikin]], the Rav of Podobranka. Even as a young man his greatness was already apparent, and he received rabbinic ordination — ''semichah'' — from the leading halachic authorities of his generation, among them the Gaon Rabbi [[Chaim of Brisk]] and the Gaon Rabbi [[Eliyahu Chaim Meizel]] of [[Lodz]].<ref>Likkutei Sichos, vol. 9, p. 91 ff.</ref> He later also received a letter of appointment from [[Jaffa]] for the position of Chief Rabbi.<ref>Beginning of Rebbetzin Chana's memoirs; see also ''Toldos Levi Yitzchak'', vol. 1, p. 189.</ref> Some accounts hold that he studied for a period at the [[Tomchei Temimim]] yeshiva in Lubavitch — the flagship yeshiva of Chabad — though this is disputed and the Chabad Rebbes did not confirm it.<ref>Documentation and discussion of this question: ''MiBeis HaGenazim'', p. 71; ''Heichal HaBaal Shem Tov'', issue 40, p. 394.</ref>