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R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi (Alter Rebbe): 1745-1812, founder and first Rebbe of the Chabad branch of chassidism, known also as the "Alter Rebbe," “the Rav,” and as Baal HaTanya; lived in Li'ozna and Liadi, White Russia; author of Tanya, a classic text of the chassidic tradition, and Shulchan Aruch HaRav, a code of Jewish law
Artist’s Statement: Portrait of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Chabad Rebbe, who was released from prison and able to continue spreading Chassidism on this day, the 19th of Kislev.
Artist’s Statement: I want to share this popular pose in a life-size grand scale.
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