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Was the Kopuster Rebbe a Zionist?

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  Story ט״ז אייר ה׳תשפ״ו  | May 2, 2026 Was the Kopuster Rebbe a Zionist? In honor of the upcoming 126th yartzeit of Harav  Shlomo Zalman of Kopust ,  From the Margins of Chabad History  presents new information about his life and stance towards the Zionist movement. By Shmuel Super All credit goes to Shmuel Super and the Anash.org website. Introduction 27 Iyar marks the 126th yartzeit of the Kopuster Rebbe, Harav Shlomo Zalman Schneersohn. The story of Harav Shlomo Zalman’s life is artfully related at length in R. Amram Bloi’s  Benei Hatzemach Tzedek ,  pp. 215–288. In an installment of this column  last year , we published the first detailed eyewitness account of life in his  chatzer  in Kopust.   This year, we add new information about his biography, character, and his views on the Zionist movement of his time. It is no secret that there were periods of tension and points of contention between Lubavitch and Kopust. A drawing of K...
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A World Without The Rebbe

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  April 22, 2026 By: Rabbi Chaim Aryeh Zev Ginzberg all go credit goes to him and the 5 Towns Jewish Times A close friend and long-time  mispallel  of the  shtiebel  in Cedarhurst recently asked me how I would describe the irreplaceable loss of our beloved Rebbe, HaRav David Spiegel, the Ostrov-Kalushiner Rebbe, around a month ago. I immediately responded with a description after the loss of a great  gadol hador  more than 75 years ago. When the Chazon Ish was  niftar , another  gadol hador,  the Brisker Rov, made the following brief statement that said all that had to be said, “Yesterday we lived in a world with the Chazon Ish, and today we live in a world without the Chazon Ish.” Many of us,  mispallelim  and acquaintances alike, feel very similar today. Last month we lived in a world with the Rebbe, and today we live in a world without the Rebbe, and his loss is felt so deeply by his  baalebatim in Cedarhurst and by the...
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Rav Itche Meir Morgenstern on Parshas Emor-English

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  All credit goes to The Rebbe and His Chasidim who help produce his Divrei Torah
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