Shmuel Bornsztain (second Sochatchover rebbe)

Shmuel Bornsztain
Shmuel Bornsztain
Title	Second Sochatchover Rebbe
Personal
Born	Shmuel Bornsztain; October 16, 1855; Kotzk
Died	January 10, 1926 (aged 70); Otwock
Religion	Judaism
Spouse	Yuta Leah Litmanowicz , Mirel Shapiro
Children	Dovid; Chanoch Henoch
Parents	Avrohom Bornsztain (father); Sara Tzina Morgenstern (mother);
Jewish leader
Predecessor	Avrohom Bornsztain (Bornsztajn)
Successor	Dovid Bornsztain (Bornsztajn)
Began	1910
Ended	1926
Main work	Shem Mishmuel
Dynasty	Sochatchov

Shmuel Bornsztain (16 October 1855 – 10 January 1926), Hebrew calendar (4 Cheshvan 5616 – 24 Teves 5686),^[1]^[2] also spelled Borenstein or Bernstein, was the second Rebbe of the Sochatchov Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the Shem Mishmuel by the title of his nine-volume work of Torah and Hasidic thought. He was a leading Hasidic thinker in early 20th-century Europe and a Rebbe to thousands of Hasidim in the Polish cities of Sochaczew (Sochatchov) and Łódź.

^ Belovski, Rabbi Zvi (1998). Shem Mishmuel: Selections on the weekly parashah and festivals. Targum Press. pp. xx–xxi. ISBN 1-56871-141-7.
^ Saltiel, Manny (2011). "Gedolim Yahrtzeits: Teves". chinuch.org. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

[Bel-1] Belovski, Rabbi Zvi (1998). Shem Mishmuel: Selections on the weekly parashah and festivals. Targum Press. pp. xx–xxi. ISBN 1-56871-141-7.

[2] Saltiel, Manny (2011). "Gedolim Yahrtzeits: Teves". chinuch.org. Retrieved 12 January 2011.

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