Philosophy of Chabad (#2)

Rabbi Schneur Zalman Of Liadi by author, translator, and Rabbinic scholar Nissan Mindel is the informed and informative biography of a Jewish rabbi who lived in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and whose teachings have endured because of their inspiration and wisdom. Known as the "Alter Rebbe" among Chasidim, Rabbi Zalman was an influential leader among Russian Jewry and the founder of the Chabad Chasidic school during the first stirring of the Chasidic movement. Rabbi Schneur Zalman Of Liadi is enthusiastically recommended as providing contemporary readers with a fascinating and insightful look into the life of a devout and charismatic man, as well as a welcome and seminal contribution Judaic Studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists.