Abstract:
This is a biographical sketch of Rabbit Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the most prominent and best-known leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. The article states that he was the "most phenomenal Jewish personality of modern times." His leadership was responsible for the extensive growth of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and saw the establishment of Lubavitch centers and Chabad houses in many cities and university campuses worldwide. His primary mission was fostering among Jews the kinds of good deeds and actions that would bring the world closer to the coming of the Messiah. Click on the URI above to read the biography. If you would like to read an obituary of Rabbi Schneerson in the New York Times, click on the See Also link below.