Nissen Nemanov (1904–1984),[1] known familiarly as Reb Nissen, was a Belarusian Orthodox rabbi. He served as a Mashpia (Hasidic mentor) in the yeshivaofTomchei TemimiminBrunoy, near Paris, France.[2] He taught many thousands of students during his lifetime,[3] He was buried in the Mount of OlivesinJerusalem.[4]
Nissen Nemanov
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ניסן נעמאנאוו
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| Born | 13Av, 1904
Zhlobin, Belarus
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| Died | 9Iyar, 1984 (aged 80–81) |
| Resting place | Mount of Olives, Jerusalem |
| Nationality | Belarusian |
| Occupation | Orthodox rabbi |
Nemanov was born in Zhlobin on 13 Av, 1904 to Yitzchak and Shaina Chaya Nemanov. He left home and went to study at the age of 12 in the yeshiva of the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Sholom Dov Ber Schneersohn. The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn appointed him the rosh yeshiva (dean and mashpia in various yeshivas in Russian cities. In 1947 he moved to Paris and established a yeshiva in Brunoy.[5]
Nemanov had four children: Rochel Pewzner, Sholom DovBer Nemanov, Moshe Nemanov, and Yitzchak "Itche" Nemanov.
His early religious education was at Yeshiva Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch of Brunoy, France, which was headed by Rabbi Nissen Nemanov.
as a boy he survived the war in Samarkand, later learning in the Lubavitch Yeshiva Brunoy, France under Rabbi Nissen Nemenov.
He passed away in 5744 and was buried in Jerusalem.
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