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'''[[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 [[Chassidus|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.

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