Dov Baer Schneuri

Rabbi Dov Baer Schneuri was the second rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Chasidic movement. Born in 1773 in modern-day Belarus to Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founding rebbe of Chabad, Schneuri was named after his father’s teacher, Rabbi Dov Baer of Mezeritch. Following his father’s death in 1812, he moved to the town of Lubavitch (or Lyubavichi), from which the movement would take its name. The majority of his father’s followers moved with him, and Schneuri began filling the role of rebbe and established a yeshiva there. He was active in helping the Jews of Russia develop economically in the face of growing restrictions under Russian czars, and founded several Jewish agricultural colonies. He authored several books on Chasidut and Kabbalah, the most famous of which is Sha’ar HaYichud.