The Lubavitcher Rebbe
By Galit Cohen
Oil on canvas
90 × 90 cm
A portrait of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, his gaze reflecting deep insight, clarity of spirit, and a life shaped by profound dedication to Torah and humanity.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, led Chabad for more than forty years and sent emissaries to every corner of the world. He believed that no Jew is far away, and no Jew is ever given up on. Every Sunday, even in his eighties, he stood for hours at 770 in Brooklyn. Thousands passed before him in line, and each received a dollar to give to charity, a look, and a word of blessing. Many still remember that brief moment, and the feeling that someone truly saw them.
The story behind the painting
Three moments from his life
Paris, 1947Homeward Together
After twenty years apart, he flew to Paris to meet his mother, Rebbetzin Chana. They returned to New York by ship: a shared voyage after two decades of separate lives.
New York, 1967Tefillin Before the War
Two days before the Six-Day War, the Rebbe urged his followers into the streets to help every Jew put on tefillin, above all soldiers heading to the front. Hundreds of thousands did, during the war and after it. A tefillin stand has stood at the Western Wall ever since.
Brooklyn, 1986Sunday Encounters
In his eighties, the Rebbe began spending hours each Sunday on his feet, receiving visitors one by one. Each left with a dollar and a request: choose a charity, and pass the gift along.
Presence in a room
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Frame shown for illustration only.
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Blue eyes that see every person.
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