Editing Menachem Mendel

'''Menachem Mendel''' ('''Menahem Mendl''') is a masculine [[Jewish]] first name.  The name is sometimes used as either just Menachem or just Mendel. Menachem means to console or comfort, Mendel is a [[diminutive]] of Menachem.  In 2005, Menachem was the 79th most popular name for boys, and the 38th most popular for white boys, born in New York City,<ref>[http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/public/press06/pr096-06-babynames.pdf DOHMH Bureau of Vital Statistics] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920041347/http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/downloads/pdf/public/press06/pr096-06-babynames.pdf |date=2009-09-20 }}</ref> and 971st most popular name for boys born in the USA.<ref>[http://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/popularnames.cgi Social Security Administration]</ref>

Notable people with this name include:
*[[Menachem Mendel Krochmal]] of Nikolsburg (c. 1600 &ndash; 1660), known as the "Tzemach Tzedek"
*[[Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk]] (c.1730 &ndash; c.1787), early leader of [[Hasidic Judaism]] and primary disciple of Dovber of Mezeritch, also known as "Menachem Mendel of Horodok".
*[[Menachem Mendel of Rimanov]] (1745 &ndash; 1815), Torah scholar and student of Elimelech of Lizhensk
*[[Menachem Mendel Lefin]] (1749–1826), early leader of the [[Haskalah]]
*[[Menachem Mendel Hager of Kosov]] (1768 – 1825), founding Rebbe of [[Kosov (Hasidic dynasty)|Kosov]]
*[[Menachem Mendel of Kotzk]] (1787 &ndash; 1859), Hassidic Rebbe, and student of Simcha Bunim of Peshischa
*Menachem Mendil Hager, the first [[Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)|Vizhnitzer Rebbe]], also known as the "Tzemach Tzadik"
*[[Menachem Mendel Schneersohn]] (1789 &ndash; 1866), the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, also known as the "New Tzemach Tzedek", or the "Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch"
*[[Menahem Mendel Beilis]] (1874 - 1934) who was wrongly accused of [[Blood libel|ritual murder]]
*[[Menachem Mendel Kasher]] (1895 –  1983), rabbi and author of the encyclopedic ''Torah Shleima''
*[[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]] (1902 &ndash; 1994), the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe
*[[Menachem Mendel Taub]] (1923 –  2019), [[Holocaust survivors|Holocaust survivor]] and Rebbe of [[Kaliv (Hasidic dynasty)]]
*[[Menachem Mendel Hager]] (b. 1957), Rebbe of [[Vizhnitz (Hasidic dynasty)|Vizhnitz]]

==Fictional characters==
*[[Menahem-Mendl]], Sholem Aleichem's character from a series of tales collected into books

== References ==
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