Transition of Leadership To Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn died in January 1950. One year later,his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, succeeded him as Rebbe and overseer of the various Lubavitch organizations.
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