page_title: Shneur Zalman of Liadi
section_title: Liadi
hierarchical_section_title: Shneur Zalman of Liadi / Biography / Liadi
caption_attribution_description: English: Hadiach (Ukraine)
context_page_description: Shneur Zalman of Liadi, was an Orthodox rabbi and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism, then based in Liadi in the Russian Empire. He was the author of many works, and is best known for Shulchan Aruch HaRav, Tanya, and his Siddur Torah Or compiled according to the Nusach Ari. Zalman is a Yiddish variant of Solomon and Shneur is a Yiddish composite of the two Hebrew words "shnei ohr".
  Zalman of Liady is also known as "Shneur Zalman Baruchovitch," Baruchovitch being the Russian patronymic from his father Baruch, and by a variety of other titles and acronyms including "Baal HaTanya VeHaShulchan Aruch'", "Alter Rebbe", "Admor HaZaken", "Rabbenu HaZaken", "Rabbenu HaGadol"", "RaShaZ", "GRaZ", and "HaRav".
context_section_description: After his release he moved his base to Liadi, Vitebsk Region, Imperial Russia; rather than returning to Liozna. He took up his residence in the town of Liadi at the invitation of Polish Prince Stanisław Lubomirski, voivode of the town, were Zalman settled for the next 12 years. His movement grew there immensely, and to this day he is associated with the town. In 1812, fleeing the French Invasion, he left Mogilev, intending to go to Poltava, but died on the way in the small village of Pena, Kursk Oblast. He is buried in Hadiach.
caption: His grave in Hadiach
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