Rabbi Chaim Avraham Dov Ber Levine haCohen (1859/1860 - 1938), known as "the Malach" (lit. "the angel") came to New York in 1923. He was founder of the Malachim (Hasidic group)

Malachim (Hasidic group)

The Malochim or Malukhim is a small Hasidic group with strong Monsey and Williamsburg connections...

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In Europe the Malach had been one of the closest followers of Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn

Sholom Dovber Schneersohn

Sholom Dovber Schneersohn was an Orthodox rabbi and the fifth Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch chasidic movement. He is also known as "the Rebbe nishmosei eiden" and as "the Rebbe Rashab" .His teachings represent the emergence of an emphasis on outreach that later Chabad Rebbes would develop...

 and the tutor of his son, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn. He had been esteemed by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn , and in New York was welcomed by Rabbi Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz

Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz

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, the Rosh Yeshiva (Dean) of Yeshiva Torah Vodaath in Brooklyn, The Malach parted ways with the Lubavitch group, and the M'lochim became separate from the Lubavitch movement. After his death Rabbi Yankev Schor led the group.

The Malach is not to be confused with another "Malach" who taught Shneur Zalman of Liadi

Shneur Zalman of Liadi

Shneur Zalman of Liadi , also known as the Baal HaTanya, , was an Orthodox Rabbi, and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad, a branch of Hasidic Judaism, then based in Liadi, Imperial Russia...

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