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Heilman, Samuel C.

The Rebbe : the life and afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson / Samuel C. Heilman and Menachem M. Friedman. - Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010. - 1 online resource (xix, 343 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations - Princeton Press e-book. . - Princeton Press e-book. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-329) and index.

Farbrengen : the gathering of the emissaries -- Death and resurrection -- Coming of age in a time of transition -- Entering the court of Lubavitch -- From survival to Uforatzto -- On a mission from the Rebbe in life -- From resurrection to death : we want moshiach now -- On a mission from the Rebbe in his afterlife.

A biography of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson that discusses his childhood in Russia, education in Germany and Paris, messianic conviction, religious leadership, legacy, and other related topics.

ISBN: 9781400834273 1400834279

Standard No.: 9786612665813 9786612665813

Source: 266581 MIL 22573/cttf21k JSTOR 799E65AF-D2DD-4DF0-A8EC-E8A42E01648C OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

Subjects--Personal Names:
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel, 1902-1994.
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel, 1902-1994.
Schneerson, Menachem Mendel, 1902-1994

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rabbis--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Hasidim--New York (State)--New York--Biography.
Habad.
Rabbins--New York (État)--New York--Biographies.
Habad.
RELIGION--Judaism--General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Religious.
Habad
Hasidim
Rabbis
Chabad.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New York (State)--New York

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Biographies

LC Class. No.: BM755.S288 / H45 2010eb

Dewey Class. No.: 296.8/3322092