Rabbi Schneur ZALMAN of Liadi (The Alter Rebbe founder of Chabad)

[3] Rabbi Schneur Zalman BORUCHOVITCH (Boruchovitch) of Liadi (Laydie) (The Alter Rebbe founder of Chabad) (b. 15 Sep. 1745 (18 Elul 5505) Liozna, Mogilev, d. 27 Dec. 1813 Lubavitch). Direct descendant of the Maharal of Prague. Author of Shulchan Aruch Harav. Author of Tanya. Imprisonned 1799 after being denounced by opponents of hassidism in St. Petersburg. Freed on 19 Kislev. This dates is considered the New Year of Hassidot.

Married (1760) Sterna SEGAL daughter of Yehuda Leib SEGAL and Bila.

See article on wikipedia.

Chabad has a publication enumerating his descendants. I have a Gedcom file which has not been completely entered into this website.

Their children:

• [5] Rabbi Dover Shneuri Dov BAER (The Mittler Rebbe, The Admour Haemtsahi, Intermediate Rabbi), son of Rabbi Schneur Zalman. (b. 24 Nov. 1773 (9 Kislev 5534), d. 1826 (9 Kislev 5587)). [Second leader of Chabad.] Moved to Lubavitch, a small village whose name now refers to the dynasty of Rabbis. He was devoted to the spread of chassidut. He helped Jews by organizing the reconstruction of settlements destroyed by the Napoleonic campaigns. Like his father he spent time in Russian prisons. Married (1788) Sheina.
  • [13] Chaya Moshka SHNEURSOHN (d. 21 Dec. 1861) married [22] Menahem Mendel SCHNEERSON (1789-1866). [Third leader of Chabad.]
  • [10] Menachem Nachum (SCHNEURI) SHNEURSOHN (b. about 1788 Zvur) first married [38] Sara Frieda (Shechana) TWERSKI.
    • [23] Mordechai Dov TVERSKY SHNEURSOHN (d. 4 Apr. 1920) m. Batya daughter of Levi Yitzchak
    • Moshe Zalman TVERSKY SHNEURSOHN m. Sarah Sarkah
    Menachem Nachum (SCHNEURI) SHNEURSOHNB remarried the daughter of Rabbi Zalman RIVLIN
    • [24] Shneur SHNEURSOHN m. [36] Rada Freida SHNEURSOHN
      • [66] Fruma SHNEURSOHN m. Binyamin TZUKERMAN
        • Dov TZUKERMAN (b. Riga) m. Shifra daughter of Shneur Zalman from Lublin
        • Mendel TZUKERMAN m. Shifra RIVLIN
        • Rada Freda TZUKERMAN m. Zalman Yitzchak VOLSHONOK
        • Sheina TZUKERMAN m. Shimon Yacobson
      • Chana Esther SHNEURSOHN m. Chaim Yeshayahu BERLIN (b. Riga)
      • [67] Rivka Zelta SHNEURSOHN m. Moshe Eliezer LEVIN
        • Zalman LEVIN
        • Baruch LEVIN m. Sonia PARTZKOVITZ
        • Shmuel LEVIN
        • Sonia LEVIN
        • Shterna LEVIN
        • Rachel LEVIN
      [24] Shneur SHNEURSOHN remarried Golda.
      • [68] Yehuda Leib SHNEURSOHN
        • Zalman SHNEURSOHN (d. 1939)
      • Baruch SHNEURSOHN m. Raizel
    • [25] Levi Yitzchak SCHNEURSOHN m. Adel
      • [69] Mordechai Zalman SHNEURSOHN
        • Yaacov Yisrael SHNEURSOHN (d. 1 Apr. 1938) m. Sarah
      • [70] Aharon Moshe SHNEURSOHN m. Chaya Rachel
        • Odia SHNEURSOHN (b. 1896, d. Odessa)
        • Mordechai Kalman SHNEURSOHN (b. 1898 Moscow)
        • Bluma SHNEURSOHN (b. 1899, d. 25 Sep. 1975 Petach Tikva, Israel)
        • Dov Ber SHNEURSOHN (b. 1904) m. Shoshana Rosa
        • Rivkah SHNEURSOHN (b. 1907 Petach Tikva, Palestine)
        • Shneur Zalman (SHNEURSOHN) YOELI m. Shoshana
      • [71] Hirsh Leib SHNEURSOHN
        • Sonia SHNEURSOHN m. Mark Cohen KAGAN
        • Adel SHNEURSOHN m. GINTZBURG (b. Hebron, Palestine)
      • [72] Pinchas Bar SHNEURSOHN
        • Zalman SHNEURSOHN
        • Meir SHNEURSOHN
        • Volodia Vladmir SHNEURSOHN (b. 1890, d. 1954 U.S.A.)
        • Sonia SHNEURSOHN (d. U.S.A.) m. LEVIN (b. Vilna)
      • [73] Esther Raizel SHNEURSOHN m. DOLITZKY
        • DOLITZKY m. LIBERMAN
      • [74] Sheina SHNEURSOHN m. FRIEDKIN
        • Lena FRIEDKIN (d. U.S.A.) m. BICHOVSKY
        • Katy FRIEDKIN (d. Russia)
      • Malka SHNEURSOHN (d. 1945 Moscow, U.S.S.R.)
      • [75] Rachel SHNEURSOHN (b. 1877)
    • [26] Chana Chisha (Chaykeh) SHNEURSOHN m. Yisrael Noach (B'Zvur) SHNEURSOHN
  • [11] Baruch Shmuel SHNEURSHON married his cousin [19] Beilah Raizah SHNEURSOHN
    • Shneur Zalman SHNEURSOHN.
  • Sara SHNEURSOHN (d. in her youth) m. Aharon.
  • [12] Bilah SHNEURSOHN m. Yekutiel ZALMAN (d. 1872) son of Yosef BUNIM
    • [27] Levi Yitzchak SCHNEURSOHN BUNIM ZALMANSON m. Dvorah Leah SCHNEURSOHN
    • [28] Keila BUNIM m. Dover COHEN
      • Zalman COHEN.
      • [79] Hinda COHEN.
      • [80] Miriam COHEN.
    • [29] Sarah Freida BUNIM m. [32] Yisrael Noach (B'Zvur) SHNEURSOHN.
  • Dvorah Leah SHNEURSOHN (d. 25 April 1876) m. (1810) Yaakov Israel TWERSKI (b. 1794 Cherkassy-Hornistopol, d. 2 Sept. 1876).
  • Brachah SHNEURSOHN m. Yona Mi Zitamir (b. Zitomar)
  • [14] Menuchah Rachel SHNEURSOHN (b. 1798, d. 1887) married Rabbi Yaacov Kuli SLONIM son of Zalman Royzes SLONIM.
  • Esther Miriam SCHNEURI married COHEN ??? (This line is not in Gedcom file).
  • [15] Sarah SHNEURSOHN m. Aharon Moshe ALEKSANDROV son of Chaim Moshe Aleksander SANDER
    • [47] Rivkah SHNEURSON (b. 1833)
  
  
• [9] Rebbetzin Dvora Leah SCHNEURI (b. Leozna, Poland, d. 1763????) married to Rabbi Shalom Schachna ben Noach (b. 18 Sep. 1792????, d. 1800)
  • [22] Menahem Mendel SCHNEURSOHN, the Tsemah Tzedek
  
  
• [6] Rabbi Chaim Avraham SCHNEURSON (b. about 1779 Leozna, Poland, d. 1844).
  • [16] Dover (Bliyadi) SHNEURSON
    • [48] Levi Yitzchak SHNEURSOHN m. Bracha
      • [129] Chaim Moshe SHNEURSOHN
      • [130] Rivkah SHNEURSOHN
    • Yehoshua Avli SHNEURSOHN
    • Freidah SHNEURSOHN m. Levi Yitzchak from Homla.
    • Tzvi SHNEURSOHN m. Moshe Yitzchak from Vitebsk.
  • [17] Baruch Shmuel SHNEURSON
    • [49] Zalman SHNEURSOHN. Daughter: Grona Chaya Doobah SHNEURSOHN.
    • [50] Levi Yitzchak SHNEURSOHN first married Krina.
      • Chaim Avraham SHNEURSOHN
      • Shmari SHNEURSOHN
      • [131] Shneur Tzvi Hirsh SHNEURSOHN (b. 10 May 1855)
      • Chaya Doobah SHNEURSOHN
      • Baruch SHNEURSOHN
      • Leib SHNEURSOHN
      • Yona SHNEURSOHN
      • Moshe SHNEURSOHN
      • Tzila SHNEURSOHN
      [50] Levi Yitzchak SHNEURSOHN remarried Sarah.
    • Meshulam Zusel SHNEURSOHN
    • Raphael Mordechai SHNEURSOHN
    • Sarah Freidah SHNEURSOHN m. Zalman ORINSHTEIN from Hordna.
  • Gita Rachel SHNEURSON m. Nachmi RIRECH (b. Dobrovna) son of Avraham BIRECH.
  • [18] Musya Hinda SHNEURSON m. Shneur Zalman FEIGELSOHN
    • [51] Shterna Slava FEIGELSOHN m. Avraham Abba ZELIKSON
      • [132] Shneur Zalman ZELIKSON
      • [133] Michal Aharon (ZELIGSON) ZELIKSON (b. 1879)
      • [134] Yehuda Leib ZELIKSON
      • [135] Bilah ZELIKSON
  • [19] Beilah Raizah SHNEURSON married her cousin [11] Baruch Shmuel SHNEURSON.
  
  
• [7] Rabbi Moshe SCHNEURSOHN (b. 1783 Leozna, Poland, d. 1877 Zitamir, Poland) m. Shifra HIRSH daughter of Tzvi HIRSH.
  • [20] Sarah Rivkah SHNEURSON m. Nachum Yosef SHNEURSOHN
    • [52] Shneur Zalman SHNEURSOHN m. Chana (d. 14 Oct. 1914 Jerusalem) daughter of Tzvi Ari from Ludmir
      • [136] David Tzvi Ari SHNEURSOHN
      • [137] Nechama SHNEURSOHN
    • [53] Chaim Tzvi SHNEURSOHN (d. 1881 South Africa)
      • [138] Moshe SHNEURSOHN
    • [54] Pinchas Eliyahu SHNEURSOHN (b. Jerusalem, d. 14 Sep. 1901 Jerusalem) m. Rachel Leah SHNEURSOHN.
      • [139] Yosef Moshe Bak SHNEURSOHN
      • [140] Chaim Avraham Aharon SHNEURSOHN
      • Yaacov SHNEURSOHN
  • [21] Rachael SHNEURSON m. Moshe Tzvi FUNDMINSKY
    • [55] Shneur Zalman FUNDMINSKY first married Rivka MESHUYOF.
      [55] Shneur Zalman FUNDMINSKY remarried Sarah Feigah MESHUYOF.
      • [141] Chaim Avraham FUNDMINSKY
      • [142] Yosef Halem FUNDMINSKY
      • [143] Gitel FUNDMINSKY
    • [56] Miriam (Mara) FUNDMINSKY m. Shlomo Halevi SEGAL
      • [144] Sarah Shifra SEGAL
    • [57] Dvora FUNDMINSKY (d. 1893) m. Shneur Zalman SHMERLING son of Yosef Yehuda Leib SHMERLING.
      • [145] Chaim Dover SHMERLING
      • Shterna SHMERLING m. Yekutiel Halevi SEGAL
    • [58] Rivka Hinda FUNDMINSKY m. Zalman Chaim RIVLIN (d. 1901) son of Avraham Binyamin RIVLIN
      • [146] Shterna Rashil RIVLIN
    • [59] daughter FUNDMINSKY m. Yaacov SHNEURSOHN
  
  
• [8] Rebbetzin Freida SCHNEURI (b. Leozna, Poland) married to Rabbi Eliyahu ben Rabbi Mordechai KLUTZKAR
  • Boruch married the daughter of Binyomin KLETZKER.
  • Aharon ZASLAVSKI from Kremenchug. He married Chayeh daughter of Rebbe Nachman.
    • daughter married Yankel BARON. Yankel BARON took on the BARON surname in honor of Rebbe Nachman (BARON being a synonym from BRAN, bar Rebbe Nachman).
      • Avram BARON married Slova
        • Herman BARRON married Ida Ethel MOSOFICH
          • Jenny BARRON married PERLMAN. Contact: great-grandson Josh BROWN gettysburg63 at msn.com
  
  
• Rebbetzin Rachel SCHNEURI married to Rabbi Avraham SHEINESS ben Tzvi SHEINESS. Contact: Herschel L. SHEINESS jsheines@swbell.net.
  • Rabbi Yosef Aharon SHEINES m. Yocheved RIVLIN daughter of Shlomo Zalman RIVLIN and Frumka NOTKIN. Yosef was Rabbi of Chary, Mohilev district. (SY entry 170).
    • Zvi SHEINES.
      • Rabbi Zalman Zissel SHEINES of Wiliz, Rabbi of Chary, Lipoli, Dubrovno and Wiliz. (SY entry 541)
    • Rabbi Shmuel SHEINES, Rabbi of Chary, Mohilev district (SY entry 294).
      • R. Zalman SHEINES, Dayan in Plotsk (SY entry 542)

• Hayom Yom has a section on the children of all the Lubavitcher Rebbes. Any Chabad House would have a copy of this book. It is available in English also.
• In Israel there is a book called sefer Tzezoim and this book published in Hebrew list the many thousands of descendants of the Alter Rebbe.
• Another book of interest regarding the SLONIM's is called Scattered Seeds. This book was published by George SACKHEIM from Skope, Illinois. The name SLONIM was originally Greiver and it traces back to the 1500s where their ancestor gave his life to save the jewish town of Rozanes.
• Information on this page from Andrew SHARPE.
• Gedcom file from Jules FELDMAN jfeldman@yizrael.org.il based on Sefer Hayachas leMishpachat RIVLIN which was printed in Jerusalem in 1940.

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