
The Alter Rebbe’s Sephardic Ancestor Honored in Portugal
On Sunday, on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement, the International Observatory of Human Rights honored the memory of Rabbi Baruch Portugali, a distinguished figure of Portuguese Sephardic lineage and ancestor of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Alter Rebbe, founder of Chabad.