One of the most influential and prolific figures in 20th century Judaism, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994) expanded the Chabad Lubavitch from a small Jewish sect to a large, powerful religious movement.

Menachem Mendel Schneerson was the seventh rabbi of the Lubavitcher Hassidim. Descended from a rabbinical dynasty, the prolific Jewish leader guided his people through turbulent and triumphant times. His innovative efforts to reach out to Jews worldwide were essential in expanding the Chabad Lubavitch to a notable movement with more than 200,000 followers. Chabad Lubavitch is a sect of Hassidism, an Orthodox mystical form of Judaism. Founded in the 18th century by Rabbi Schneur Zalman, the movement originated in the Russian town of Lubavitch. The leader of the Lubavitchers is a rabbi known as the Rebbe, a person believed to possess a unique soul with experiential knowledge of the divine. Schneerson was such an influential leader that...