Nissan Mindel

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Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel
Born1912
Riga
Died1999
Brooklyn, NY
NationalityLatvian
OccupationRabbi, author, editor
OrganizationChabad-Lubavitch
Notable work
Chabad Philosophy
TitleDr. Rabbi
Parent(s)Yaakov Yitzchak and Bunia Mindel

Nissan Mindel was a Chabad Hasidic rabbi, author, editor, and served on the administrative staff of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe.

Background[]

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Nissan Mindal was born in Riga, Latvia in March, 1912, one of nine children, to Yaakov Yitzchak and Bunia Mindel.[1] He left Riga for America by way of Sweden together with the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn and his entourage,[2] arriving at New York in March 1940,[3] and settled at Long Beach where he was one of the founders of the Young Israel of Long Beach.[4] He died in Crown Heights, Brooklyn in 1999.

Mindel served on the staff of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.[5][6] Nissan Mindel recorded a great deal of Chabad history and helped edit the memoirs of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak.[7]

Education[]

Mindel received his B.A. and M.A. from University of Manchester in England. In 1962 he earned a PhD in philosophy from Columbia University in New York.[5]

Published works[]

Mindel authored works published by Chabad's Kehot Publication Society including the first official translation of the Tanya in English.[6] His works include:

  • The Tanya – the official Chabad English translation of Schneur Zalman of Liadi's Tanya
  • Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi – a biography of the Chabad movement's founder
  • – a work exploring the central topics of Chabad philosophy
  • The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Memoirs – a three-volume work tracing the roots of the Chabad movement
  • The Letter and the Spirit – a compilation of the English correspondence of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, covering a range of Jewish topics
  • My Prayer – a two-volume work on Jewish prayer
  • Our People – a multi-volume work on Jewish history
  • The Storyteller – a collection of Jewish children stories
  • The Call of the Shofar – a book of Jewish children stories
  • The Complete Story of Tishrei – a work on the Jewish month of Tishrei
  • The Complete Festival Series – a multi-volume work on the Jewish holidays
  • The Commandments – a short work on the Ten Commandments

References[]

  1. ^ Mindel, Nissan (Dec 2, 2015). "My Life and Times". Ami. No. 245. p. 95.
  2. ^ Mindel, Nissan (Dec 2, 2015). "My Life and Times". Ami. No. 245. p. 100.
  3. ^ Mindel, Nissan (Dec 2, 2015). "My Life and Times". Ami. No. 245. p. 101.
  4. ^ Frankfurter, Yitzchok (Dec 2, 2015). "Looking for Rav Shamshon Raphael Hirsch in Lubavitch". Ami. No. 245. p. 86.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Nissan Mindel Publications. Accessed February 21, 2014.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Seligson, Michoel. Yartzeit of Dr. Nissan Mindel. Collive. Collive.com. Accessed February 21, 2014.
  7. ^ Archives of Nissan Mindel to be Published. Crownheights.info. Accessed February 21, 2014.

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