Yud Shvat is the anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch, of blessed memory, (5710/1950). On the same day, one year later, his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, assumed the mantle of leadership of Chabad. During a farbrengen–a Chasidic gathering that evening, the Rebbe delivered his inaugural discourse titled Bati Legani— […]

Here, we share reflections on the Rebbe’s iconic leadership culled from several interviews. Shabbat, January 22, the Jewish calendar date of 10 Shvat, marks 71 years of the unfolding of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s vision. On that date (January 28) in 1950, Rabbi Joseph I. Schneersohn, sixth in the dynasty of Chabad Rebbes, passed away, and […]

The worldwide family of Chabad Lubavitch emissaries is heartbroken by the passing of our dear, beloved colleague, Rabbi Yehuda Dukes, 39. Yudi, as he was known by all of us, fought a courageous and difficult battle since being hospitalized with Covid-19 in March. A father of six, he was the director of JNet, a program […]

This Saturday, the tenth day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, marks the seventieth anniversary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, assuming the mantle of Chabad leadership. The event, on the occasion of the first yahrtzeit of his predecessor and father-in-law, the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, has […]

COVID has created a seismic shift in schooling. Parents are taking note. Amid a national discourse about the transformation of America’s school system in the wake of the pandemic, Jewish day schools are enjoying an unexpected boost: Jewish families who previously relied on the public-school system are considering a day school for the first time, […]

Two Florida Chabad Centers open playgrounds in memory of school shooting victims Two state-of-the-art playgrounds are opening at neighboring Chabad centers in Coral Springs and Parkland, Florida, each dedicated to one of the seventeen victims of the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland. The first, Meadow’s Playground at Chabad of Coral Springs, […]

As many people transferred to a work-from-home model during the last year due to COVID restrictions, many, especially those with young children, began to look for homes outside the big cities. The city of Tracy, a little more than an hour east of San Francisco is a beneficiary of that population migration, and Rabbi Levi […]

After 9 years of dealing with red tape, Chabad Chayil finally got the full set of permits to build a new state of the art center in the Highland Lakes section of North Miami. Chabad Chayil was founded in the late eighties by the legendary Rabbi Dovid Bryn of blessed memory, at the directive of […]