Nissan 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.

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

Background

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
  • The Philosophy of Chabad – 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. Nissan Mindel Publications. Accessed February 21, 2014.
  6. 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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