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Shemaryahu Gurary , also known by his Hebrew initials as Rashag , (1897-1989) was an Orthodox rabbi belonging to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.1His father was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gurary. He was the older son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880-1950), known as Rebbe Rayatz , the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, and the brother-in-law of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe. He worked with his father-in-law in communal service in both Russia and Poland and then arrived in the U.S. in 1940, where he continued this work until his death. Gurary had a comprehensive knowledge of Chassidic philosophy and was a devoted follower of his father-in-law Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, and later of his brother-in-law Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.2
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Rabbi Shemaryahu Gurary , also known by his Hebrew initials as The Rashag , (1898-1989) was an Orthodox rabbi belonging to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. His father was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gurary. He was the son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880- 1950), known as Rebbe Rayatz , the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. He married Chana Gurary, the older daughter of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok, and was thus the brother-in-law of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson , the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe (whose wife Chaya Mushka Schneerson was also the daughter of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok). He worked with his father-in-law in communal service in both Russia and Poland and then arrived in the U.S. in 1940, where he continued this work until his death.
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Rabbi Shemaryahu Gurary , also known by his Hebrew initials as Rashag , (1898-1989) was an Orthodox rabbi belonging to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. His father was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gurary. He was the older son-in-law of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn (1880- 1950), known as Rebbe Rayatz , the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, and the brother-in-law of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson , the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe. He worked with his father-in-law in communal service in both Russia and Poland and then arrived in the U.S. in 1940, where he continued this work until his death. Gurary had a comprehensive knowledge of Chassidic philosophy and was a devoted follower of his father-in-law Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, and later of his brother-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
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Shemaryahu Gurary , also known by his Hebrew initials as Rashag , (1897-1989) was a rabbi following the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty of Hasidism .His father was Menachem Mendel Gurary.He was a son-in-law of Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn , the sixth Chabad-Lubavitch rebbe , and the brother-in-law of Menachem Mendel Schneerson , the seventh.He worked with his father-in-law in Russia and Poland and moved to the U.S. in 1940.
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Shemaryahu Gurary , also known by his Hebrew initials as Rashag , (1897–1989) was a rabbi following the Chabad-Lubavitch dynasty of Hasidism . His father was Menachem Mendel Gurary. He was a son-in-law of Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn , the sixth Chabad-Lubavitch rebbe , and the brother-in-law of Menachem Mendel Schneerson , the seventh. He worked with his father-in-law in Russia and Poland and moved to the U.S. in 1940.
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orthodox rabbi belonging to the chabad-lubavitch hasidic movement
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rabbi following the chabad-lubavitch dynasty of hasidism
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