yankel berel> How many hasidic rebeim thru the course of history , studied in universities , what are their names and when did they live ?
Sorry, I am lurking at this thread and I don’t have enregy to go back, so I may not understand the hidden meaning of this question. But I decided to research this intriguing question. The list seems to be short:
Lubavitcher Rebbe – university of Berlin, Montparnase Vocational College
his brother Yisroel Aryeh Leib Schneerson, died while doing PhD at Liverpool university
Talner Rebbe – Boston Latin high school, hebrew college, harvard, hebrew university,
Mayer Twersky, seems to consider himself (or considered?) Talner Rebbe – harvard
a possible drop-out: Munkacser Rebbe, Moshe Leib Rabinovich studied in Israel, undertook secular studies in public schools in S�o Paulo, Brazil, and later studied in the United States at the Telshe yeshiva in Cleveland, Ohio, refusing to attend college, to his father�s [previous Rebbe] disappointment.
almost there: Dr. Abraham Twerski – got the smicha, from chassidic family, but not really e rebbe – Marquette U, U of Pittsburgh
an honorable mention: Dr. Yehuda Sabiner, First Gerrer Chassid to Graduate Medical School