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  Chabad Lubavitch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994) the seventh Rebbe of Chabad Lubavitch.
Chabad is a Hebrew acronym for Chochma ("wisdom"), Bina ("understanding"), and Da'as ("knowledge"), that was chosen early on by its founder, the first Rebbe, Shneur Zalman of Liadi.
Chabad is sometimes written as Habad in English, and in all the phonetic equivalents of the name in all the countries they operate in.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chabad   (3094 words)

  
 Chabad Lubavitch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi 1745 - 1812, son of Rabbi Boruch, was a student of Dovber of Mezeritch and founded the Chabad house of Hasidism.
The movement has trained and ordained thousands of rabbis, educators, ritual slaughterers, and ritual circumcisers, who are all accompanied by equally motivated spouses and typically large families, all of whom aim to fulfill their mandate of Jewish outreach, education, and revival.
Chabad fought battles in court all the way to the United States Supreme Court against the over the display of a public Menorah.
www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Lubavitch   (3172 words)

  
 MyJewishLearning.com - History & Community: Chabad Today
Chabad building projects around the world have kept pace with those of North America: a $15 million girls' school outside Paris; a $14 million community center in Buenos Aires; plus soup kitchens in Brazil, syna­gogues in Germany, schools in Latvia and Lithuania, and orphanages in Ukraine.
Chabad is of interest not because of those relatively few Jews who lead Hasidic lives, but because of the success with which these Lubavitchers have made their mark in the non­-Hasidic public arena.
Chabad headquarters ­in Brooklyn will supply them with resource materials, adjudicate dis­putes, and set the general course of the movement's work internationally, but the individual shliach couple is pretty much on its own, with only pluck and willpower to sustain it.
www.myjewishlearning.com /history_community/Jewish_World_Today/Denominations/ChabadToday.htm   (1342 words)

  
 Chabad Victims of Terror   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
With 220 Chabad Houses across the land of Israel, Chabad serves the religious, social and educational needs of every Jew regardless of affiliation, level of observance or non-observance, regardless of social or economic status, regardless of their level of education or profession.
As a religious organization, Tzeirei Chabad teaches the fundamentals of the Jewish religion in such a way as to expose people to the warmth, joy and richness of their Jewish heritage and to offer them a choice and path to participate.
And for this Chabad, with its roots in Eastern Europe, is renowned for being the most successful group to serve the new Russian-Jewish population in Israel.
www.ccoc.net /terror/pages/tzeirei_chabad.htm   (1046 words)

  
 Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidism
Chabad Hasidism continued to be a major force among Russian and Lithuanian Jews from its inception.
With the collapse of Russian Communism, Chabad was one of the important participants in educating a generation of Jews that had been forcibly deprived of their religious heritage for generations.
Chabad was particularly influential during the 1960's and early 1970's when the youth culture of the day was rebelling against the materialistic institutions of the large religious movements in favour of spiritual alternatives.
www.acs.ucalgary.ca /~elsegal/363_Transp/Orthodoxy/Chabad.html   (1248 words)

  
 Lubavitch and Chabad
Schneerson, known as the Rebbe, served as the heart and soul of Chabad for 44 years, he was the spiritual leader, as well as, intellectual and organizational leader of the movement.
Chabad leadership decided that he would be the final rebbe, this decision sparked much speculation and expectation that Schneerson was the Messiah.
Chabad also urges that efforts be made to inform the public at large about the nature and meaning of the Seven Laws of Noah.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/Lubavitch_and_Chabad.html   (540 words)

  
 Maryland Chabad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chabad's purpose is to bring Jewish traditions in a fun and educational style, to the students of University of Maryland.
It is based on the philosophy of "Chabad", an abbreviation of three hebrew words which stands for understanding and knowing what and why we do what we do.
Bearing this in mind, Chabads programs and activities are designed in a fun and down to earth fashion, to be able to inspire everyone to do their part.
www.wam.umd.edu /~chabad   (455 words)

  
 Chabad Info | çá"ã àéðôå
On the first days of Sukkos, Chabad chassidim and temimim in Yerres, France spread throughout the city for mivtza lulav, to give Jews the opportunity to bench the daled minim.
The simchas beis hashoeva was chaired by the head of the Kfar Chabad city council, Binyamin Lifshitz, who told of the bracha they requested of the Rebbe, that the rains not disturb the festivities.
Activists of the Beis Chabad of Kiryat Arba-Chevron, led by R. Victor Attiya, went from post to post, despite the stormy weather, to help every soldier perform the mitzvos of Sukkos and rejoice in the chag.
www.chabad.info /index.php?url=newsnew_en   (1368 words)

  
 Chabad FAQ   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A: Chabad is a worldwide movement that spreads Jewish awareness to all Jews whether male or female, old or young.
Chabad Houses can be found in every part of the world such as, Tasmania, Russia, Hawaii, and Bangkok and in each one of those places Chabad is doing everything it can to help Jews be Jewish.
Chabad has a table on the west mall of campus to provide information and answers to any question.
studentorgs.utexas.edu /cjso/chabadfaq.html   (518 words)

  
 Message from the Rabbi (12/28/2004) | Jewish Thailand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chabad volunteers are standing by at the local hospitals to visit the injured and provide them with kosher food and any other help needed.
Chabad staff is providing counseling to the survivors who are in a state of emotional trauma.
Chabad has been instrumental in notifying thousands of Israelis in Thailand who have not been affected by the quake to contact their families back home.
www.jewishthailand.com /templates/articlecco.html?AID=245883   (512 words)

  
 Ha'am - UCLA's Jewish Student Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chabad is one faction of the Chassidic Movement, a movement within Orthodox Judaism that was started about 300 years ago.
The Chabad dynasty was started in the European) town of Lubavitch (hence the term Lubavitchers), and the word Chabad is an ancronym for the words, Chochmah, Binah, Dayat (Wisdom, Intuition, Insight).
When an unfamiliar Jew walks into a Chabad house, someone immediately goes over to greet them; if it is a weekday they are asked if they would like to put on tefillin; if there is a Torah reading, they are usually called up to a take part in the service.
www.haam.net /articles.asp?ID=32   (1403 words)

  
 Chabad at GSU   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chabad Houses can be found in every part of the world, such as, Tasmania, Russia, Hawaii, and Bangkok and in each one of those places Chabad is doing everything it can to help Jews lead a more meaningful Jewish life.
Chabad's Rabbi Zalman Lipskier has incredible knowledge in all areas of Judaism, ready to listen to your concerns and answer your questions.
Chabad is a place for all Jews regardless of their affiliations or ties.
www.chabadofgsu.org /faq.htm   (418 words)

  
 Chabad: a UD Jewish student group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Rabbi Eliezer Sneiderman, the director of the Chabad House on campus, said there were 60 people attending the festivities.
Most of the students who attend the Chabad Seders and those who are regulars at the house are not orthodox, Sneiderman said.
Senior Ilena Ray, Chabad treasurer, said she attended the Seder because she has been active in Chabad for three years and wanted to experience Passover on campus.
copland.udel.edu /stu-org/chabad/inthenews/04182003.html?section=news&story=16   (493 words)

  
 Chabad-Lubavitch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chabad Lubavitch's activities in Indiana over the past eighteen years have borne fruit for this state's 20,000 Jews.
Chabad House Center of Kansas City serves as headquarters for Chabad Lubavitch of Missouri-Kansas, serving all the Jews of the states of Kansas and Missouri.
Chabad Lubavitch continues to develop innovative programs to meet this energetic Jewish community's expanding needs.
www.chabadonline.com /scripts/tgij/paper/midwest.asp   (1141 words)

  
 FAQ's About Chabad | Chabad Lubavitch of Alexandria
A: It is Chabad policy that each center is supported by the community it serves.  All funding for local Chabad programs is solicited locally.  No money is sent to international Chabad headquarters in New York.  All funds donated remain right here in our community.
Chabad recognizes no differences between Jews; its goal is to serve the spiritual and physical needs of each Jew regardless of affiliation, wherever he or she may be, with understanding and with love.
By means of a rare combination that blends traditional Judaism with modern day techniques, Chabad has found the formula to develop a rapport with the most alienated of Jews and to enhance their outlook.
www.chabadalexandria.org /templates/articlecco.html?AID=107443   (710 words)

  
 Lubavitch News Service - Articles - Chabad Dedicates Resources to Tsunami Relief Effort   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chabad rabbinical students packing home-cooked foods for Shabbat, for the wounded and the Israeli rescue workers in Phuket.
Chabad of Thailand's website--www.JewishThailand.com posts regular updates, a missing persons procedure with forms and contact information for facilitating searches, and instructions for DNA testing which has become necessary to confirm many of the bodies.
Chabad’s kosher restaurant has been feeding the hungry, dozens are sleeping at the Chabad House, and hundreds have been put up by Chabad at local motels until they are able to leave back home.
www.lubavitch.com /Article.asp?Section=60&Article=560   (609 words)

  
 Chabad - Who are we? | Chabad.AM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Alter Rebbe wrote the “Tanya” which is the base of chabad Chassidic teachings, and its 5000 additions since have repeatedly invigorated the Jewish world with a message of informed inspiration.
The sixth generation, his son Rabbi “Yosef Yitzchak” Schneurson, known as the “previous Rebbe”, served 30 years as leader of chabad movement; with many years in the Soviet Union sacrificing is life, to keep the flame of Judaism lit in the darkness of those days.
To the contrary the Rebbe had made his way out of the soviet union, to America, were he moved the chabad lubavitch headquarters, to 770 eastern parkway in Brooklyn, new York, which from their light goes out to the entire world.
www.kingmessiah.com /94/985.html   (949 words)

  
 Chabad Lubavitch of El Paso
Chabad is an international organization dedicated to supporting Jewish life and observance.
Since September 1986, Chabad has been in El Paso serving the Jewish community in the West Texas reaching out to each and every Jew who seeks to learn or to ask, to pray or participate, to be helped or welcomed.
Chabad of West Texas offers many services to the members of the community: for more information please click on the Schedule button.
www.chabadelpaso.com   (344 words)

  
 CHABAD on Campus | Chabad of Durham/Chapel Hill and Duke University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chabad anticipates and serves the needs of students on a social, educational and spiritual level.
Leadership: At Chabad and our affiliated student groups, students are invited to take leadership roles in their campus communities, helping foster the creation of the next generation of empowered Jewish leadership.
Future: At Chabad, we believe that Jewish education and meaningful experiences are the grass-roots method to fighting the forces of indifference, apathy and assimilation that face our community today.
www.chabaddch.com /templates/articlecco.html?AID=78383   (300 words)

  
 Chabad Tsunami Relief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Last week Chabad of Thailand focused its efforts in large part on the search and recovery effort -- compiling and updating lists of the missing, flying down Zaka to identify bodies, preparing bodies for burial, securing authorities' compliance for Jewish bodies to be handled in a manner prescribed by Jewish law, and much more.
In addition to our own efforts in Thailand, our colleague Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg of Chabad in Bombay traveled to the Andaman Islands where he helped the young Jews vacationing there to get in touch with their families after miraculously escaping death and even injury by the deadly Tsunami.
This week our three Chabad Houses are flooded with hundreds of young travelers still recovering from the shock, keeping our rabbis and rebbetzins busy from early morning till early morning.
www.itsateldonthing.com /tsunamiblog.html   (1074 words)

  
 Center Profile: Chabad House Center of Kansas City
Chabad Houses are in existence worldwide, deploying missionaries who encourage Jews to be observant -- to carry out the ceremonies of the Jewish life such as praying with phylacteries or celebrating the sabbath meal.
Chabad House Center of Kansas City is part of the Chabad-Lubavitch organization, which originated in the town of Lubavitch in Russia.
According to its website, www.chabadkc.org, “Chabad is a worldwide movement that spreads Jewish awareness to all Jews whether male or female, old or young.” The word chabad means understanding, wisdom, and knowledge.
www.pluralism.org /research/profiles/display.php?profile=72397   (363 words)

  
 Chabad.it - Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chabad sta ora lavorando con l'ambasciata Israeliana per localizzare i dispersi e identificare le vittime ebree al fine di garantire loro una degna sepoltura.
Molti rabbini Chabad erano presenti alla quinta assemblea ortodossa generale a Gerusalemme.
Oltre 2000 rabbini Chabad si sono riuniti per quattro giorni a New York (19-23 novembre), i rabbini provengono da 65 diversi paesi, molti rabbini italiani hanno partecipato.
www.chabad.it   (3836 words)

  
 Welcome to Chabad of University City
Our synagogue began as Chabad of La Jolla in 1975 with a small group of dedicated individuals who gathered in a home in La Jolla to pray.
The building was finally purchased and dedicated as the Chabad Jewish Center of University City.
With room to grow, Chabad Jewish Center of University City looks forward to a bright, positive future, contributing to the spiritual well-being of the University City/ La Jolla area.
www.chabaduc.org   (245 words)

  
 Chabad on Campus National Foundation - National site for Chabad-Lubavitch Student Centers at Colleges and Universities ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chabad Houses are open to students 24/7 on scores of campuses in the United States, and worldwide.
Chabad on Campus acts as a home-away-from-home for thousands of students from all walks of life.
Chabad is much more than a delicious Shabbat meal (although we offer that too...).
www.chabad.edu   (303 words)

  
 Myths & Facts | Chabad Lubavitch of Athens Greece   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
You may be surprised.  Take a few minutes to browse through these FAQ and you'll have a better understanding of what Chabad is all about.
The high standing of Jewish women in Chabad is central to the survival of Judaism.
As the cornerstone of Jewish family life, the woman can attain a profound and meaningful spirituality, one that fulfils her deepest needs and aspirations opening fresh perspectives on self-understanding, growth and Torah knowledge.
www.chabad.gr /templates/articlecco.html?AID=66636   (206 words)

  
 Chabad Jewish Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chabad is dedicated to making the richness of Jewish heritage accessible to every Jewish Child.
Chabad Jewish Center is dedicated to increasing the awareness and knowledge of Judaism in the Southern California communities of Culver City, Playa Vista and Westchester / PDR.
Its purpose is to reach out to all Jews, regardless of age, affiliation or level of observance.
www.chabadcc.com   (167 words)

  
 Chabad_7A
Chabad, Hasidism affirms that the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who was laid to rest in June 1994, initiated the authentic messianic mission and will soon return to complete the redemption in his capacity as the messiah.
Chabad rabbis issued a formal ruling that was soon reprinted with a growing number of signatures; by January 2000, it had gathered 150 signatures.
Chabad (or Lubavitch) has recently been a champion of the belief that the Jews are responsible to bring the Messiah by their works (attitudes and actions).
www.samliquidation.com /chabad_7a.htm   (15832 words)

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