Schneersohn


Schneersohn is a Jewish surname used by many of the descendants of the Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.

Origins

Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founded the Chabad Hasidic movement in 1775. His son, Rabbi Dovber Schneuri, the second Chabad Rebbe, adopted the "Schneuri" surname after his father's first name. The first to use the "Schneersohn" surname was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the son-in-law of Rabbi Dovber and the grandson of Rabbi Schneur Zalman and the third Chabad Rebbe.

Persons with the surname Schneersohn

Chabad Rebbes