RabbiShemaryahu Gurary (d. 1989) is the son-in-law of Rabbi Joseph Isaac Schneersohn (1880- 1950), the sixth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch chassidic movement. He married Chana, the senior daughter of the Rebbe. Upon the death of his father-in-law He was considered a candidate to Succeed him, but ceded his rights to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in 1950 and became the latter's follower. Rabbi Gurary was the director of Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim in America. His son Barry disputed his father's decision, especially in reference to Chabad's rare books. Rabbi (Classical Hebrew רִבִּי ribbÄ«;; modern Ashkenazi and Israeli רַבִּי rabbÄ«) in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root-word RaV, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished, (in knowledge). In the ancient Judean schools (and among Sefaradim today) the sages... Joseph Isaac Schneersohn (Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn or Friyerdikker Rebbe (Previous Rebbe in Yiddish) or Rayatz) (1880 - 1950) was the sixth Rebbe (Rabbi) of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic Judaism movement. ... Chabad Lubavitch, or Lubavich, is one of the largest branch of Hasidic Judaism founded by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi . ... Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ... Rabbi M.M. Schneerson For the third Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch dynasty see Menachem Mendel Schneersohn (with an h) Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (April 18, 1902 – June 12, 1994), referred to by his followers as The Rebbe, was a prominent Orthodox Jewish rabbi who was the seventh and last... Yeshiva or yeshivah (Hebrew: ישיבה pl. ... Tomchei Temimim is the central Yeshiva (Talmudical school) of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ...