Aharon Aleksandrov
Aharon Aleksandrov edit
The gaon (outstanding Torah scholar) and celebrated chassid Rabbi Aharon Aleksandrov (Yiddish: Aleksandraov; 5569 / 1809 – 24 Iyar 5597 / May 28, 1837), of Shklov, was the son-in-law of the Mitteler Rebbe (R' Dovber Schneuri, the second Chabad Rebbe) — husband of his daughter Rebbetzin Chaya Sara in her first marriage.[1]
Biography edit
R' Aharon was born in 5569 (1809) to his father R' Moshe Aleksandrov, a grandson of the prominent R' Alexander Sender Aleksandrov of Shklov, one of the distinguished disciples of the Alter Rebbe (R' Schneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Chassidus).
On 15 Menachem Av 5586 (August 18, 1826), he married Rebbetzin Chaya Sara.
R' Aharon passed away in the prime of his life at only 28 years of age, on 24 Iyar 5597 (May 28, 1837).[1]
Family edit
Son:
- R' Shneur Zalman,[2] son-in-law of the wealthy R' Lyubinsky of Sosnitsa. His son: Chaim Moshe Aleksandrov.
Daughters:
- Sterna,[3] wife of R' Dovber Pradkin of Tcherei.[3] Their son: Zalman.
- Bracha Tzivya Gittel, wife of R' Zev Wolf Lempert (who passed away in his youth). Nizhyn.
- Rebbetzin Rivka (wife of the Maharash)
Further Reading edit
- Shmuel Kraus, R' Aharon MiShklov, Beis Moshiach Weekly, issue 136, p. 42.
Notes edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 From the Frierdiker Rebbe's (R' Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Chabad Rebbe) notes titled Divrei Yemei HaRebbetzin Rivka. Sefer HaSichos 5696, p. 160.
- ↑ Sefer HaSichos 5686, in the notes there.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 See the Frierdiker Rebbe's Reshimos (personal notes), which cite the Igeres Yuchsin LeMishpachas Aleksandraov — Odessa, 5652 (1892) — section 5. Note that in Igros Kodesh vol. 2, p. 26, she is not listed among the children of R' Aharon Aleksandrov and Rebbetzin Chaya Sara.