Death and Legacy
He died in Lubavitch on 13 Nissan 5626, leaving behild him seven sons and two daughters. He was succeeded by one of his youngest son Shmuel as the Rebbe of Lubavitch, while three of his other sons formed breakaways of the Chabad movement which continued to some extent until the Second World War. These movements saw themselves as part of Chabad.
His second son Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schneersohn settled in Kopys and established the Kopys branch. Other sons established dynasties in Nieshin and Lyady.
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