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Kapust (Hasidic dynasty)
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The Kapust Hasidic dynasty was based on the Chabad school of thought.
The first three Rebbes of Chabad were Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Dovber Schneuri and Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, also known as the "Tzemach Tzedek". When the Tzemach Tzedek died, he did not leave a clear successor. His son, Shmuel Schneersohn became the Rebbe in the city of Lyubavichi. Another son, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn (the MaHarI"L, acronym for "Moreinu HaRav Yehuda Leib") became the Rebbe in Kapust (a Jewish tradition of the name for Kopys, Belarus, possibly a corruption under the influence of the Russian word kapusta, "cabbage"). However, he died soon after becoming Rebbe; his son Rabbi Shlomo Zalman took over the Kapust dynasty thereafter. Rabbi Shlomo Zalman authored Magen Avos, a sefer on Chassidism.
The Tzemach Tzedek also left a number of other sons who became Rebbes respectively in the cities of Liadi, Bobruisk, and Nezhin.
There is reason to believe that during his short-lived reign, the MaHarIL actually had more followers than the then Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel. However, after his passing, many Chassidim of Kapust returned to Lubavitch. Even so, evidence suggests that Kapust remained as large or larger than Lubavitch even into the leadership of the Rebbe RaSHaB, the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe.
There was very little antagonism between the branches of the Chabad hasidic movement - indeed the second and third rebbes of Kapust were sent to study in Lubavitch with the grandfathers and uncles.[1] Menachem Mendel Schneerson referred to the Rebbes of Kapust as "Admorim", (the acronym for Adoneinu Moreinu v'Rabeinu, a term for a Chassidic Rebbe or Grand Rabbi), indicating his respect for the Kapust dynasty.[2]
Yehuda Leib's oldest son Shlomo Zalman became the second Rebbe of Kapust on his death in 1866, on the laters death in 1900 many of the Hasidim became followers of his brother, Shmarya Noah Schneersohn of Kopys, who was then the Rebbe of Bobruisk. When the third Rebbe died in 1926 many of the Kopys Hasidim rejoined the Lubavitch branch of Chabad hasidism.[1]
- Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn of Kopys, (1811-1866).
- Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn of Kopys, (1830-1900).
- Rabbi Shmarya Noah Schneersohn of Kopys, - and Bobruisk, (1846-1926)
- ^ a b Encyclopedia of Hasidism, entry: Schneersohn, Shemryah Noah. Naftali Lowenthal. Aronson, London 1996. ISBN 1568211236
- ^ The introduction to HaYom Yom, a book written by the Menachem Mendel Schneerson.