Portal:Rebbes of Chabad/The Alter Rebbe

Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (the Alter Rebbe) - the first of the Seven Rebbes of Chabad, in some sources, also referred to as "the Rav" or "the Baal HaTanya" founded Chabad Chassidus. The Alter Rebbe authored the Tanya, the Shulchan Aruch HaRav, as well as other works Chassidus published after his passing. Born on Chai Elul (18 Elul) in the city of Liozna, in the Mogilev region of Tsarist Russia (modern-day Belarus), to Rabbi Baruch, a student of the Baal Shem Tov and a descendent of the Maharal of Prague.