R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch

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R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of Lubavitch: Sixth leader of Chabad-Lubavitch; 1880-1950; lived in Lubavitch, Warsaw and New York; headed the movement’s active resistance against the Communist suppression of religion in Russia and transferred the movement to the US during World War II.

Works by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (60)

Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe visits US 1929 Event

On the 12th of Elul (September 16) of 1929, two years after escaping a death sentence imposed upon him by the Russian Communist regime and his subsequent departure from that country, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, arrived ...

Jewish Practice » Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul 12 » Jewish History

R. Yosef Yitzchak's marriage 1897 Event

Marriage of the 6th Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880-1950), to Rebbetzin Nechamah Dinah (1882-1971).

Jewish Practice » Jewish Calendar » Elul » Elul - 13 » Jewish History

Yahrtzeit of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn 1950 Event

The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, passed away on Shabbat morning, the 10th of Shevat, of the year 5710 from creation (1950) Links: A brief biography; more about Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak; works authored by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak.

Jewish Practice » Jewish Calendar » Shevat » Shevat 10 » Jewish History

Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe arrives in America 1940 Event

After a 12-day sea voyage, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880-1950), disembarked at the New York harbor on the 9th of Adar II of 1940, following his miraculous rescue from Nazi-occupied Warsaw. Link: Vintage film clip ...

Jewish Practice » Jewish Calendar » Adar » Adar 9 » Jewish History

Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe arrested 1927 Event

Shortly after midnight of the 15th of Sivan of 1927, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880-1950), was arrested by agents of the GPU (Soviet Secret Police) and Yevsketzia ("Jewish section" of the Communist Party) for leading ...

Jewish Practice » Jewish Calendar » Sivan » Sivan 15 » Jewish History

R. Yosef Yitzchak Released from Prison 1927 Event

The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1880-1950), who was arrested on Sivan 15 of 1927 by agents of the GPU (soviet secret police) and the Yevsektzia ("Jewish section" of the Communist Party) for his work to preserve and ...

Jewish Practice » Jewish Calendar » Tammuz » Tammuz 3 » Jewish History

R. Yosef Yitzchak Freed 1927 Event

On the 13th of Tammuz of 1927, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, received the documents authorizing his release from a sentence of exile to Kastroma in the interior of Russia. The Rebbe was actually notified of his release on ...

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