Moshe Schneersohn

Moshe Schneersohn (also, Moshe Zalmonovitch or Moshe Shneuri, (allegedly) later Leon Yulievitz) (born c. 1784 - died before 1853) was the youngest son of the founder of Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidism, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi. He was a close student of his father, and served as rabbi of Ule, Belarus. According to some scholars he converted to Christianity and died in a St. Petersburg asylum. Other scholars point to the Church's investigation into the alleged conversion, and conclude that the conversion was staged, and the documents, forged.

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