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He was known for his davening that would last for many hours, his self-discipline, and his explanations of the Tanya. His image was and remains a role model among Chabad chassidim.
He was known for his davening that would last for many hours, his self-discipline, and his explanations of the Tanya. His image was and remains a role model among Chabad chassidim.


Life History Reb Nissan was born on 13 Menachem Av 5664 in the town of Zhelobin, Russia, to his father Reb Yitzchak and his mother Mrs. Sheina Chaya. He studied and was educated in Talmud Torah under the town's Chassidic Rav, Rabbi Moshe Axelrod. At age twelve, he traveled to Lubavitch with his future brother-in-law, Reb Yeshaya Denburg. He arrived in Lubavitch in Teves 5677 and was accepted into the class of the Rosh Mesivta Reb Shmuel Ber Nisnevitz, and was also a talmid of the mashpi'im Reb Yechezkel Feigin and Reb Zalman Moshe HaYitzchaki.
== Life History ==
Reb Nissan was born on 13 Menachem Av 5664 in the town of Zhelobin, Russia, to his father Reb Yitzchak and his mother Mrs. Sheina Chaya. He studied and was educated in Talmud Torah under the town's Chassidic Rav, Rabbi Moshe Axelrod. At age twelve, he traveled to Lubavitch with his future brother-in-law, Reb Yeshaya Denburg. He arrived in Lubavitch in Teves 5677 and was accepted into the class of the Rosh Mesivta Reb Shmuel Ber Nisnevitz, and was also a talmid of the mashpi'im Reb Yechezkel Feigin and Reb Zalman Moshe HaYitzchaki.


In 5685, he was appointed as mashgiach in the Tomchei Tmimim branch in Kharkov, and from there moved in early 5688 to become mashgiach of Chassidus in Tomchei Tmimim in Nevel, where he stayed until 14 Kislev 5689, when the Communists closed the yeshiva. After several months, he secretly moved to Leningrad where he served as mashpia for Chassidus. In 5688, he married Mrs. Mashe Rivka, daughter of Reb Moshe Raskin. On 8 Kislev 5690 (1929), he was arrested and sent to three years of exile in Arkhangelsk, Siberia, for teaching Torah, which was forbidden by law in the Soviet Union.
In 5685, he was appointed as mashgiach in the Tomchei Tmimim branch in Kharkov, and from there moved in early 5688 to become mashgiach of Chassidus in Tomchei Tmimim in Nevel, where he stayed until 14 Kislev 5689, when the Communists closed the yeshiva. After several months, he secretly moved to Leningrad where he served as mashpia for Chassidus. In 5688, he married Mrs. Mashe Rivka, daughter of Reb Moshe Raskin. On 8 Kislev 5690 (1929), he was arrested and sent to three years of exile in Arkhangelsk, Siberia, for teaching Torah, which was forbidden by law in the Soviet Union.