The Tzemach Tzedek: Difference between revisions
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== His Portrait == | == His Portrait == | ||
There was a non-Jewish artist who knew the Tzemach Tzedek and very much wanted to paint him, but the Tzemach Tzedek wouldn't agree. The artist cleverly came on Shabbos to the Tzemach Tzedek's house, studied him carefully to remember his likeness, ran home, and hurried to paint him. For this reason, the Tzemach Tzedek appears in the painting wearing his white Shabbos clothes, which he had inherited from the Alter Rebbe. Later, when the Tzemach Tzedek saw the picture, he was distressed that it was painted on Shabbos - but 'consoled' himself with the fact that the artist had made two mistakes: First, he painted the Tzemach Tzedek with the left side of his garment placed over the right, while Jewish custom is the opposite. Second, he painted the sefer that the Tzemach Tzedek was holding as a secular book, read from left to right. The Rebbe once noted an additional mistake - that in the painting, the Tzemach Tzedek places his glasses on the sefer's cover - something that would never be done as it shows disrespect for the sefer. | There was a non-Jewish artist who knew the Tzemach Tzedek and very much wanted to paint him, but the Tzemach Tzedek wouldn't agree. The artist cleverly came on Shabbos to the Tzemach Tzedek's house, studied him carefully to remember his likeness, ran home, and hurried to paint him. For this reason, the Tzemach Tzedek appears in the painting wearing his white Shabbos clothes, which he had inherited from the Alter Rebbe. Later, when the Tzemach Tzedek saw the picture, he was distressed that it was painted on Shabbos - but 'consoled' himself with the fact that the artist had made two mistakes: First, he painted the Tzemach Tzedek with the left side of his garment placed over the right, while Jewish custom is the opposite. Second, he painted the sefer that the Tzemach Tzedek was holding as a secular book, read from left to right. The Rebbe once noted an additional mistake - that in the painting, the Tzemach Tzedek places his glasses on the sefer's cover - something that would never be done as it shows disrespect for the sefer. | ||
[[File:צמח צדק.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:צמח צדק.jpg|thumb|A copy that arrived from Kopust]] | ||
In 5647 (1887), the portrait was restored and the mistakes were corrected, and since then it has been circulated in its corrected version. | In 5647 (1887), the portrait was restored and the mistakes were corrected, and since then it has been circulated in its corrected version. | ||
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==== His Sons ==== | ==== His Sons ==== | ||
# [[Reb Boruch Sholom Schneerson|Rabbi Baruch Shalom]] | # [[Reb Boruch Sholom Schneerson|Rabbi Baruch Shalom]] | ||
# [[Rabbi Yehuda Leib of Kopust]] | # [[Yehuda Leib Schneerson (Son of the Tzemach Tzedek)|Rabbi Yehuda Leib of Kopust]] | ||
# [[Rabbi Chaim Shneur Zalman of Liadi]] | # [[Chaim Shneur Zalman of Liadi|Rabbi Chaim Shneur Zalman of Liadi]] | ||
# [[Rabbi Yisroel Noach of Niezhin]] | # [[Yisroel Noach of Niezhin|Rabbi Yisroel Noach of Niezhin]] | ||
# [[Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Avrutch]] | # [[Yosef Yitzchak of Avrutch|Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak of Avrutch]] | ||
# [[Yaakov Schneerson|Reb Yaakov Schneerson of Orsha]] | # [[Yaakov Schneerson|Reb Yaakov Schneerson of Orsha]] | ||
# [[The Rebbe Maharash]] | # [[The Rebbe Maharash]] | ||
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# Rebbetzin Rada Freida Schneerson, wife of Rav Schneor Schneerson | # Rebbetzin Rada Freida Schneerson, wife of Rav Schneor Schneerson | ||
# Rebbetzin Devorah Leah Zalmanson, wife of Rav Levi Yitzchak Zalmanson | # [[Rebbetzin Devorah Leah - Daughter of The Tzemach Tzedek|Rebbetzin Devorah Leah Zalmanson]], wife of [[Levi Yitzchak Zalmanson|Rav Levi Yitzchak Zalmanson]] | ||
==== Distinguished Chassidim ==== | ==== Distinguished Chassidim ==== | ||
Among the distinguished chassidim of the Tzemach Tzedek were: | Among the distinguished chassidim of the Tzemach Tzedek were: | ||
* Rabbi Hillel Paritcher | * [[Reb Hillel Paritcher|Rabbi Hillel Paritcher]] | ||
* Rabbi Shneur Zalman Fradkin of Lublin, author of "Toras Chesed" | * Rabbi Shneur Zalman Fradkin of Lublin, author of "Toras Chesed" | ||
* Rabbi Avraham Dovid Lavut, author of "Shaar HaKollel" | * Rabbi Avraham Dovid Lavut, author of "Shaar HaKollel" | ||