Nissan Nemanov

Nissen Nemanov (1904–1984),^[1] known familiarly as Reb Nissen, was a Belarusian Orthodox rabbi. He served as a Mashpia (Hasidic mentor) in the yeshiva of Tomchei Temimim in Brunoy, near Paris, France.^[2] He taught many thousands of students during his lifetime,^[3] He was buried in the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.^[4]

Nissen Nemanov
ניסן נעמאנאוו
Born	13 Av, 1904 Zhlobin, Belarus
Died	9 Iyar, 1984 (aged 80–81)
Resting place	Mount of Olives, Jerusalem
Nationality	Belarusian
Occupation	Orthodox rabbi

Life

Nemanov was born in Zhlobin on 13 Av, 1904 to Yitzchak and Shaina Chaya Nemanov. He left home and went to study at the age of 12 in the yeshiva of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Sholom Dov Ber Schneersohn. The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn appointed him the rosh yeshiva (dean and mashpia in various yeshivas in Russian cities. In 1947 he moved to Paris and established a yeshiva in Brunoy.^[5]

Family

Nemanov had four children: Rochel Pewzner, Sholom DovBer Nemanov, Moshe Nemanov, and Yitzchak "Itche" Nemanov.

References

1. Mattis Kantor (2005). Codex Judaica: Chronological Index of Jewish History. Zichron Press. ISBN 0967037832.
2. "Yehuda Refson". His early religious education was at Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch of Brunoy, France, which was headed by Rabbi Nissen Nemanov.
3. Student of ... "Loss: Rabbi Chaim Mayer Minkowitz, OB"M". March 1, 2017. as a boy he survived the war in Samarkand, later learning in the Lubavitch Yeshiva Brunoy, France under Rabbi Nissen Nemenov.
4. 9 Iyar, is the yahrzeit anniversary of ... "Yahrzeit". 23 April 2010. He passed away in 5744 and was buried in Jerusalem.
5. "Living in This World".

Sources

• HaPardes, June 1984, vol. 58, no. 9, pp. 30–31.
• Communicating the infinite: the emergence of Habad school, Naftali Loewenthal, pg. 298

External links

• Burial info in Mount of Olives database, photo of tombstone - (Hebrew)