Chabad-Lubavitch movement - Revision history

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The move to New York

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Relationship with the Four Holy Cities

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 These activities reflect strong support among many Chabad members for Israel's military efforts but remain the actions of individuals or small groups rather than official policy of the global movement.<ref name="ChabadTanya" />
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+== Allegations of criminal involvement involving Chabad-related individuals ==
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 *https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/the-happy-go-lucky-jewish-group-that-connects-trump-and-putin-215007/
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 ===Winnipeg===
 A CBC report, from October 2020, stated that the Chabad community in Los Angeles provided support to a Jewish couple who faked an antisemitic attack on their cafe in Winnipeg, Canada. In April 2019, the Cafe had allegedly been vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti the night before Passover but 6 days later the Police said that they "believed the whole event was staged and the family members were charged." Records of the trial show that the Cafe had mounting financial pressure but the couple who owned the Cafe denied staging the crime. The defence said that the family had since lost their business and home and were "ostracized in Winnipeg in general and within the Jewish community as well." The family remained in America due to the Covid-19 pandemic. <ref> Kelly Geraldine Malone, [https://web.archive.org/web/20210411163738/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bermax-warrants-issued-1.5752423, Warrant issued for Winnipeg family charged with staging hate crime at café], CBC, 6 October 2020, archived on 11 April 2021 </ref>

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	===Kfar Chabad===		===Kfar Chabad===
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		+	[[Kfar Chabad]] is a Chabad-Lubavitch community settlement in central [[Israel]], located in the Central District between Beit Dagan and Lod, under the jurisdiction of the Lod Valley Regional Council.<ref name="LubavitchHist">Lubavitch.com, [https://www.lubavitch.com/today-in-chabad-history-kfar-chabad-established/ Today in Jewish History: Kfar Chabad Established] ''Lubavitch.com'', accessed June 2026.</ref><ref name="ChabadKfar">Chabad.org, related articles on Kfar Chabad establishment.</ref>
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		+	It serves as a major centre of [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] life in Israel, housing educational institutions, synagogues, and a full-scale replica of 770 Eastern Parkway, the global Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn.<ref name="LubavitchHist" />
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		+	==== History ====
		+	Kfar Chabad was established on 21 Iyar 5709 (1949) at the directive of the sixth [[Lubavitcher Rebbe]], [[Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn]] (the Rayatz).<ref name="LubavitchHist" />
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		+	The site was previously the depopulated Arab village of al-Safiriyya. The first residents were approximately 50-74 families of Chabad chassidim, mostly Holocaust survivors and immigrants from the Soviet Union who had been in displaced persons camps in Europe.<ref name="LubavitchHist" /><ref name="TimesOfIsraelKfar">Times of Israel, [https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-all-chabad-israeli-village-brooklyn-meets-country-living/ In all-Chabad Israeli village, Brooklyn meets country living] ''Times of Israel'', 11 February 2016.</ref>
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		+	The Rebbe instructed the settlers to build a self-sustaining agricultural community while preserving Chabad traditions. Early residents engaged in farming, raising livestock, and growing citrus and other crops.<ref name="TimesOfIsraelKfar" />
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		+	The village was officially inaugurated on 12 Tammuz 5709 with a large farbrengen attended by Israeli officials including [[Levi Eshkol]].<ref name="LubavitchHist" />
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		+	Over time, agriculture declined, but Kfar Chabad grew into a thriving residential and educational hub with yeshivot, girls' schools, and community facilities.<ref name="TimesOfIsraelKfar" />
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		+	==== Support from Outside 'Israel' ====
		+	Kfar Chabad has received significant ongoing support from the global Chabad movement, particularly from communities in the [[United States]], Europe, and other centres.<ref name="LubavitchHist" />
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		+	Funding for initial establishment, construction, and development came through the Rayatz and later the seventh Rebbe [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]], with contributions from Chabad supporters worldwide. The village has benefited from philanthropic donations for institutions, housing, and educational programmes.<ref name="Derher">Derher Magazine, articles on founding of Kfar Chabad.</ref>
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		+	International Chabad networks continue to provide financial, material, and human resources, including teachers and emissaries, reinforcing its role as a key Chabad stronghold in Israel.<ref name="LubavitchHist" />

	===Yitzhar===		===Yitzhar===

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 :[[Itzhak Ginzburg]] is the head of [[Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva]] in [[Yitzhar]], the most extreme rabbinical institution in the West Bank. Officially Ginzburg is a Chabad rabbi, however, most of his followers are known as the “hill dwellers,” young adults of a unique spiritual agenda that combines an ascetic and tough  lifestyle with neo-Chassidic tendencies.<ref> Inbari, M. (2012). Messianic religious Zionism confronts Israeli territorial compromises. Cambridge University Press. P. 118.</ref>
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 :Some of the guidelines mentioned at the back of the book in a section entitled "Conclusions - Chapter Five: The Killing of Gentiles in War," include the following: "There is a reason to kill babies [on the enemy side] even if they have not transgressed the seven [[Noahide Laws]] [to believe in God, not to commit idolatry, murder, theft or adultery, to set up a legal system, and not to tear a limb from a live animal] because of the future danger they may present, since it is assumed that they will grow up to be evil like their parents."<ref>Matthew Wagner [https://www.jpost.com/home/shapiras-distinction-between-jewish-gentile-blood-167053 Shapira's distinction between Jewish, gentile blood: Shapira, who grew up in Kedumim, learned in religious-Zionist yeshivot, first in Merkaz Harav's High School and later in Merkaz Harav's yeshiva for older students]. ''Jerusalem Post''. JANUARY 28, 2010 04:36</ref>
 ===Kahanism in Palestine===
 Leading up to the 2009 elections, the [[Jewish National Front]] (known as [[Hayil]] after its Hebrew acronym), headed by a long-time [[Kach and Kahane Chai|Kach]] party activist [[Baruch Marzel]], allied with [[Eretz Yisrael Shelanu]], a new party founded by Chabad Rabbi [[Shalom Dov Wolpo]]. The joint list ran as part of the [[National Union]], with [[Michael Ben-Ari]], its representative, taking the fourth spot on the alliance's list. The National Union won four seats, allowing Ben-Ari to enter the Knesset.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=841|title=Knesset Member, Michael Ben Ari|website=knesset.gov.il|access-date=4 July 2017|archive-date=18 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118235740/http://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mk_eng.asp?mk_individual_id_t=841|url-status=live}}</ref>

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 ===Crown Heights - 1991===
 In 1991, a car accompanying [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson|Schneerson's]] motorcade accidentally struck two Guyanese-American children while attempting to catch up to Schneerson's vehicle. One of the children was killed. The incident triggered the Crown Heights riot.
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	*See also: https://www.chabad.org/library/tanya/default.htm		*See also: https://www.chabad.org/library/tanya/default.htm
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		+	==Russia==
		+	=== Origins in Lyubavitchi ===
		+	The Chabad movement was founded in 1775 by Rabbi [[Schneur Zalman of Liadi]] in Liozna/Liadi (then part of the Russian Empire). In 1813 the leadership moved to the town of [[Lyubavichi]] (Lubavitch), which served as the headquarters of the movement for over 100 years until 1915.<ref name="ChabadHistory">Chabad.org, [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/112189/jewish/The-History-of-Chabad-Lubavitch.htm History of Chabad-Lubavitch] ''chabad.org'', accessed February 26, 2026.</ref>

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 ==In Palestine==
-== Relationship with the Four Holy Cities ==
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 [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] has maintained a historic presence in Judaism's [[Four Holy Cities]] — [[Jerusalem]], [[Hebron]], [[Safed]] (Tzfat), and [[Tiberias]] (Tveriah) — dating back to the late 18th century waves of Hasidic immigration from Eastern Europe.<ref name="ChabadSafed">Chabad.org, [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/6563171/jewish/17-Facts-You-Should-Know-About-Safed.htm 17 Facts You Should Know About Safed] ''Chabad.org'', accessed June 2026.</ref><ref name="ChabadTiberias">Chabad.org, [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/606244/jewish/Tiberias-Tveriah.htm Tiberias (Tveriah)] ''Chabad.org'', accessed June 2026.</ref>

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 Originally established to provide financial support to poor Jews in the Holy Land, particularly in the Four Holy Cities including [[Hebron]], it continues today as a major tzedakah organisation aiding the needy across 'Israel' regardless of background.<ref name="ColelSite" />
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 Cohen writes:
 :In the nineteenth century, Hebron was the center of Chabad Hasidism in the Holy Land. Most of the members of the sect who lived in Palestine were in Hebron, and they constituted a majority of the city’s Ashkenazi Jewish population. That had not always been the case.

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	Chabad maintained a presence amid challenges like earthquakes and poverty. Modern Chabad centres continue religious services and outreach in the city.<ref name="ChabadTiberias" />		Chabad maintained a presence amid challenges like earthquakes and poverty. Modern Chabad centres continue religious services and outreach in the city.<ref name="ChabadTiberias" />
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−	~~=== Hebron ===~~
−	[[Hebron]] served for many years as the headquarters of the Chabad community in [[Land of Israel\|Israel]]. Many early Chassidic immigrants settled there, drawn to the holy site of the [[Cave of the Patriarchs]].<ref name="ChabadHebron">Chabad.org, [https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/624279/jewish/A-Visit-to-Hebron.htm A Visit to Hebron] ''Chabad.org'', accessed June 2026.</ref>
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−	~~[[Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi]] encouraged settlement and support for Hebron’s Jews.~~

	=== Kolel Chabad ===		=== Kolel Chabad ===