Shmuel Bornsztain (second Sochatchover rebbe)

Shmuel Bornsztain
TitleSecond Sochatchover Rebbe
Personal life
Born
Shmuel Bornsztain

October 16, 1855
DiedJanuary 10, 1926(1926-01-10) (aged 70)
SpouseYuta Leah Litmanowicz , Mirel Shapiro
ChildrenDovid
Chanoch Henoch
Parents
  • Avrohom Bornsztain (father)
  • Sara Tzina Morgenstern (mother)
Religious life
ReligionJudaism
Jewish leader
PredecessorAvrohom Bornsztain (Bornsztajn)
SuccessorDovid Bornsztain (Bornsztajn)
Began1910
Ended1926
Main workShem Mishmuel
BuriedSochatchov
DynastySochatchov

Shmuel Bornsztain (16 October 1855 10 January 1926), Hebrew calendar (4 Cheshvan 5616 24 Teves 5686), also spelled Borenstein or Bernstein, was the second Rebbe of the Sochatchov Hasidic dynasty. He was known as the Shem Mishmuel by the title of his nine-volume work of Torah and Hasidic thought. He was a leading Hasidic thinker in early 20th-century Europe and a Rebbe to thousands of Hasidim in the Polish cities of Sochaczew (Sochatchov) and Łódź.