Rabbi Dovber Schneuri - The Leader Who Expanded and Consolidated the Chabad Movement

The sources presented here focus on the lives, activities, and teachings of the Chabad Rebbes, with particular emphasis on the Mitteler Rebbe (Rabbi Dovber Schneuri) and the Rebbe Rashab (Rabbi Shalom Dovber Schneersohn). The texts review pivotal historical events, such as the imprisonment and liberation of Rabbi Dovber on the 10th of Kislev and the establishment of the Tomchei Temimim Yeshiva by Rabbi Shalom Dovber. In addition, the sources detail the leaders' principal Torah and Chassidic works, including Kuntres HaHitpa'alut ("Treatise on Ecstasy") and the famous series of hemshechim (extended discourses) that systematically expound the teachings of Chassidism. The material also presents information about their extensive public activities on behalf of Russian Jewry, as well as the leadership's complex attitude toward modern movements such as Zionism and the Haskalah (Jewish Enlightenment). In conclusion, these sources provide a comprehensive glimpse into the Lubavitch dynasty, through biographies, bibliographies, and catalogs of Judaica-related materials.