Editing Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (section)

== Sons ==
He had seven sons:<ref>The introduction to ''[[Hayom Yom]]'', by Rabbi [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]].</ref>

1. Rabbi Baruch Shalom (1805–1869) did not become a rebbe in his own right; he chose to remain in Lubavitch and become a chasid of his youngest brother. Rabbi [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]], the seventh Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, was his great-great-grandson.

2. Rabbi [[Yehuda Leib Schneersohn]] (Maharil) (1808–1866) settled in [[Kopys]] a few months after the death of his father, where he founded the [[Kopust]] branch of Chabad. He died two months later. He had three sons:
* Rabbi [[Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn]] (1830–1900), oldest son of Rabbi Yehuda Leib, assumed his father's position in Kopust. He is the author of a work on Hasidism titled "Magen Avot" ("Shield of the Fathers").
* Rabbi Shalom Dovber Schneersohn of Rechitsa (d. 1908), known as the Rashab of Rechitsa.<ref>a Hebrew acronym for "<u>R</u>av <u>Sh</u>alom <u>B</u>er"</ref> Succeeding his brother, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman, Rabbi Shalom Dovber served as the Kopuster movement's rebbe in the town of [[Rechytsa|Rechitsa]].<ref>Kaminetzky, Yosef. Y. ''Days in Chabad''. Kehot Publication Society. Brooklyn, NY. (2005): p. 21.</ref> Rabbi Shalom Dovber seems to have died without a successor.
* Rabbi [[Shmaryahu Noah Schneersohn]] (1842–1924), known as Shmaryahu Noah of Babruysk. Succeeding his brother, Rabbi Shlomo Zalman, Rabbi Shmaryahu Noah served as the Kopuster movement's rebbe in the town of [[Babruysk]].<ref>Kaminetzky, Yosef. Y. ''Days in Chabad''. Kehot Publication Society. Brooklyn, NY. (2005): p. 93.</ref> He was [[rav]] of the chasidim in Babruysk from 1872, and founded a [[yeshiva]] there in 1901.<ref>Kaminetzky, Yosef. Y. ''Days in Chabad''. Kehot Publication Society. Brooklyn, NY. (2005): p. 92-93.</ref> He authored a two volume work on Hasidism, titled "Shemen LaMaor" ("Light for the Luminary").<ref name="pop">Lowenthal, Naftali. Schneersohn, Shmaryahu Noah. ''Encyclopedia of Hasidism'', Jason Aronson Publishers. London. 1996.</ref><ref name="Hebrew1">Schneerson, Shmaryahu Noah. ''Shemen La'moar''. Vol. 1. Kfar Chabad, Israel. (1964): p. 1.
[http://hebrewbooks.org/6594 Available at HebrewBooks.org]</ref><ref name="Hebrew2">Schneerson, Shmaryahu Noah. ''Shemen La'moar''. Vol. 2. Kfar Chabad, Israel. (1967): p. 1. [http://hebrewbooks.org/6595 Available at HebrewBooks.org]</ref>

3. Rabbi Chaim Schneur Zalman (1814–1880) was Rebbe in [[Lyady, Vitebsk Region|Lyady]] after his father died. He founded the [[Liadi (Hasidic dynasty)|Liadi]] branch of Chabad. He was succeeded by his son, Rabbi Yitzchak Dovber (1835–1910) of Liadi, author of ''Siddur Maharid'', and his son-in-law, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak (d. 1905) of Siratin, a scion of the Rebbe of Radzimin.

4. Rabbi Yisroel Noach (1815–1883) of [[Nizhyn]] founded the [[Niezhin (Hasidic dynasty)|Niezhin]] branch of Chabad. Although officially a Rebbe, he had only a small following. He had no successor. His son was Rabbi Avraham Schneerson of Kischinev, whose daughter, Nechama Dina Schneersohn, married Rabbi [[Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn]], the sixth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch.

5. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (1822–1876) was a Rebbe in [[Ovruch]]. He founded the [[Avrutch (Hasidic dynasty)|Avrutch]] branch of Chabad. He was compelled to assume this position by his father-in-law, Rabbi Yaakov Yisroel of Cherkas (son of Rabbi [[Mordechai Twersky|Mordechai of Chernobyl]] and son-in-law of [[Dovber Schneuri|the Mitteler Rebbe]]) against his father's wishes. His daughter, Shterna Sarah, married the Rebbe [[Rashab]]. Thus, he was the maternal grandfather and namesake of Rabbi [[Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn]], the sixth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch.

6. Rabbi Yaakov, although leaving descendants, died at quite a young age. He lived in [[Orsha]]. Little is known about him.

7. Rabbi [[Shmuel Schneersohn]] (Maharash) (1834–1882) of Lubavitch, his youngest son, succeeded him as the Rebbe of Lubavitch.<ref name="poor"/>