-- > You have to know that Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (7th heir) is also named Rabbi of Loubavitch, being the city of origin
-- > All the descendants of Rabbi Schneer Zalman ( Rebbe, the Rav, BAAL Ha Tanya are all his different names) have adopted the names Schneersohn/Schneerson : Schneer + son. Mind the name BAAL! 😡😡😡
-- > Because Napoleon's imperial decree of July 20th, 1808 (n° 3589) imposed the choice of a family name. At that time Jews had no family names and were all called Sons of... Ben + the first name of their father. They chose then the name of the Rabbi Schneer.
-- In 1812 at the time of the Russian campaign, Napoleon had supported the idea of the installation of Jewish colonies in Israel, Palestine being then under Ottoman control (Turkey today)....




