{"id":23964,"date":"2014-08-29T12:03:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T16:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=23964"},"modified":"2014-09-02T10:58:51","modified_gmt":"2014-09-02T14:58:51","slug":"august-29-2014-rabbi-schneerson-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/08\/29\/august-29-2014-rabbi-schneerson-legacy\/23964\/","title":{"rendered":" The Rebbe&#8217;s Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, also known simply as the Rebbe, was the leader of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement when he died 20 years ago. Today, the movement has tripled in size and the Rebbe\u2019s many followers continue to remember him with visits to his gravesite. The Rebbe&#8217;s personality and teachings were well-received by Jews and non-Jews alike, and his followers have established Chabad centers for teaching in over 80 countries around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHe was a master teacher,&#8221; says Rabbi Chaim Schochet, recalling the Rebbe\u2014Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson\u2014who led the Hasidic Chabad-Lubavitch movement until his death 20 years ago. Rabbi Schochet directs Jewish Summer Fellowship, a program of intensive training in sacred texts and mystical teachings for Jewish college students. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2014\/08\/29\/august-29-2014-rabbi-schneerson-legacy\/23964\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":24009,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[6035,17816,17794,17815,1786],"class_list":["post-23964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-chabad","tag-joseph-telushkin","tag-lubavitchers","tag-menachem-mendel-schneerson","tag-rabbi","topics-religious-leaders","faith-jewish"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>August 29, 2014 ~ The Rebbe&#039;s Legacy | August 29, 2014 | Religion &amp; 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