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Nissan Nemanov

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Nissen Nemanov
ניסן נעמאנאוו
Born13 Av, 1904
Zhlobin, Belarus
Died9 Iyar, 1984 (aged 80–81)
Resting placeMount of Olives, Jerusalem
NationalityBelarusian
OccupationOrthodox rabbi

Nissen Nemanov (1904–1984),[1] known familiarly as Reb Nissen, was a Belarusian Orthodox rabbi. He served as a Mashpia (Hasidic mentor) in the yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, near Paris, France.[2] He taught many thousands of students during his lifetime,[3] He was buried in the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.[4]

Life

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Nemanov was born in Zhlobin on 13 Av, 1904 to Yitzchak and Shaina Chaya Nemanov. He left home and went to study at the age of 12 in the yeshiva of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Sholom Dov Ber Schneersohn. The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn appointed him the rosh yeshiva (dean and mashpia in various yeshivas in Russian cities. In 1947 he moved to Paris and established a yeshiva in Brunoy.[5]

Family

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Nemanov had four children: Rochel Pewzner, Sholom DovBer Nemanov, Moshe Nemanov, and Yitzchak "Itche" Nemanov.

References

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  1. ^ Mattis Kantor (2005). Codex Judaica: Chronological Index of Jewish History. Zichron Press. ISBN 0967037832.
  2. ^ "Yehuda Refson". His early religious education was at Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch of Brunoy, France, which was headed by Rabbi Nissen Nemanov.
  3. ^ Student of ... "Loss: Rabbi Chaim Mayer Minkowitz, OB"M". March 1, 2017. as a boy he survived the war in Samarkand, later learning in the Lubavitch Yeshiva Brunoy, France under Rabbi Nissen Nemenov.
  4. ^ 9 Iyar, is the yahrzeit anniversary of ... "Yahrzeit". 23 April 2010. He passed away in 5744 and was buried in Jerusalem.
  5. ^ "Living in This World".

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