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Chabad, also known as Lubavitch, Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch [2] ( US: / xəˈbɑːd luˈbɑːvɪtʃ /; Hebrew: חב״ד לובביץּ׳; Yiddish: חב״ד ליובאוויטש ), is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements. It is one of the largest Hasidic groups [3] as well as one of the ...
The origins of today’s Chabad-Lubavitch organization can be traced to the early 1940s, when the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn of righteous memory (1880–1950), appointed his son-in-law and later successor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel, to head the newly founded educational and social service arms of the movement.
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Jan 7, 2003 · Music, Spirituality and Transformation. Nigun (ni-gun): n., plural: nigunim, a song of the Kabbalistic/Chassidic tradition, generally without words. Considered a path to higher consciousness and transformation of being. “If words are the pen of the heart,” taught Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, “then song is the pen of the soul.”.
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Each member of the inner circle of the Baal Shem Tov was an expert scholar of Torah before he came to his teacher. Shortly after the Baal Shem Tov passed on, his seat was filled by Rabbi Dov Ber, the Magid of Mezeritch, an expert in both Talmud and Kabbalahand a master of profound metaphor, with penetrating insight into the human psyche. His discip...
Here’s a story that illustrates the distinction between the two schools of thought: Rabbi Schneur Zalman had one disciple who was a merchant, as were many Jews at the time. In chassidic parlance, a disciple is called a “chassid” and his teacher is called his “rebbe.” This chassid would travel on occasion to the large markets together with a friend,...
To this end, R. Schneur Zalman presented his approach in two short works, combined into one volume that he called “A Collection of Sayings,” modestly stating in the frontispiece that these were collected “from books and from scribes.” Today it is generally called “The Tanya,” after the first word of the first chapter. The first part of this book is...
Other disciples of the Magid emphasized the enthusiasm and excitement of prayer. R. Schneur Zalman emphasized the contemplation before and during prayer that could spontaneously generate that enthusiasm. He therefore distinguished his school of thought by calling it Chabad: The cognitive approach proved its potency in more ways than one. In late ni...
As the Chabad approach proved its strength in the traditional shtetl, against the cynicism of revolutionary Russia and under the religious persecution of the Bolshevik regime, so too it has demonstrated its viability in the secular, mobile and interconnected modern world. The externalities adjusted for each period, but the inner thrust remains the ...
May 30, 2019 · Chabad (חב"ד) is actually an a Hebrew acronym for the three intellectual faculties of wisdom: Ch (ח) for chochmah (חכמה), or wisdom. B (ב) for binah (בינה), or comprehension. D (ד) for da'at (דעת), or knowledge. Lubavitch is the name of a Russian town where the movement was headquartered -- but did not originate -- for more ...
Pronounced: khah-SID-ik, Origin: Hebrew, a stream within ultra-Orthodox Judaism that grew out of an 18th-century mystical revival movement.
Lubavitch Hasidism, most commonly presented through its organizational arm, the Chabad international movement, is based out of Crown Heights, New York. The Chabad-Lubavitch movement formed from the writings of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, who published the Tanya, in 1796. The Tanya contains the key to Jewish mystical and spiritual awareness ...
