The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of
righteous memory (1902-1994), the seventh leader in the Chabad-
Lubavitch dynasty, is considered to have been the most
phenomenal Jewish personality of modern times. To hundreds of
thousands of followers and millions of sympathizers and admirers
around the world, he was -- and still is, despite his passing --
"the Rebbe," undoubtedly, the one individual more than any other
singularly responsible for stirring the conscience and spiritual
awakening of world Jewry. The Rebbe was born in 1902, on the
11th day of Nissan, in Nikolaev, Russia, to the renowned
kabbalist, talmudic scholar and leader Rabbi Levi Yitzchak and
Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson. Rebbetzin Chana (1880-1964) was
known for her erudition, kindness and extraordinary
accessibility. Her courage and ingenuity became legend when
during her husband's exile by the Soviets to a remote village in
Asian Russia she labored to make inks from herbs she gathered in
the fields -- so that Rabbi Levi Yitzchak