What is Chabad?
[[File:770Lubavitch.JPG|thumb|The Lubavitch World Headquarters]] '''Chabad-Lubavitch''' is the name of a group of [[Hasidic Judaism|Hasidic]] [[Jews]]. It is one of the largest groups of Hasidic Jews in the [[earth|world]]. Many of the Lubavitch Hasidim live in the [[United States]] or [[Israel]]. The Lubavitch world [[headquarter]]s is in Crown Heights, a [[neighborhood]] in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. The Chabad movement was started by [[Rabbi]] [[Schneur Zalman]] of [[Liadi]] in Eastern [[Europe]] during the late 1700s. He named his 'Chabad' because in [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] it is an [[acronym]] for [[Wisdom]], [[Understanding]], and [[Knowledge]]. 'Lubavitch' was the name of the [[town]] in [[Russia]] where the movement was at from the time of the second Lubavitcher Rebbe (leader), Rabbi [[Dov Ber Schneuri]], through the sixth, Rabbi [[Joseph Isaac Schneersohn]]. == The Seven Rebbes of Lubavitch== * Rabbi [[Schneur Zalman of Liadi]] (1745-1812) * Rabbi [[Dov Ber Schneuri]] (1773–1827) * Rabbi [[Menachem Mendel Schneersohn]] (1789–1866) * Rabbi [[Shmuel Schneersohn]] (1834–1882) * Rabbi [[Shalom Dovber Schneersohn]] (1860–1920) * Rabbi [[Joseph Isaac Schneersohn]] (1880–1950) * Rabbi [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]] (1902–1994) == Other websites == * [http://www.lubavitch.com Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters Online] * [http://www.chabad.org Chabad Lubavitch on the web] ** [http://www.chabad.org/global/about/article.asp?AID=36226 About Chabad-Lubavitch] ** [http://www.chabad.org/centers/default.asp?AID=6268 Global Chabad-Lubavitch Centers and Institutions Directory] ** [http://www.chabad.org/109867 Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbes (leaders)] {{religion-stub}} [[Category:Judaism in Israel]] [[Category:Judaism in the United States]] [[Category:Brooklyn]] [[Category:Religious organizations based in the United States]]