Chenoch Hendel Lieberman (29 March 1900 OS - 15 March 1976), born Chenoch Hendel Futerfas, was an Orthodox

Orthodox Judaism

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 Jewish

Judaism

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  Russia

Russia

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n-born, Chabad

Chabad

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 hasidic American

United States

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 artist. He was the brother of the famed Mashpia

Mashpia

Mashpia lit. "person of influence", pl. Mashpi'im is the title of a rabbi or rebbetzin who serves as a spiritual mentor in Tomchei Temimim , in a girls' seminary belonging to the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, or in a Chabad community.-Definition:Although counterparts to the mashpia exist in...

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Futerfas

Menachem Mendel Futerfas

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Futerfas , known informally as Reb Mendel, was a famous Chabad Mashpia. He was a top student of the famed Mashpia, Reb Zalman Moishe HaYitzchaki.-Activities:...

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He was born in Pleshchenitsy, Belarus

Belarus

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. In 1925 he married Breina Freidman, with whom he had two daughters; all three were killed by a Nazi Einsatzgruppe in 1941, in Brahin

Brahin

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, Belarus

Belarus

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, while he was serving in the army.

In 1946 he left the USSR using forged Polish papers; afraid that the KGB would track him down, he changed his name to Lieberman. After short stays in Paris

Paris

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 and London

London

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, in 1951 he settled in Brooklyn

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, New York

New York

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, where he became a devoted Hasid, follower of the Lubavitcher Rebbe

Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Menachem Mendel Schneerson , known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or just the Rebbe among his followers, was a prominent Hasidic rabbi who was the seventh and last Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He was fifth in a direct paternal line to the third Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Menachem Mendel...

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External links

• Article
• Biography of Hendel Lieberman By Joshua Dubrovsky
• An interview with Hendel Lieberman By Lubavitch Archives