Editing Kfar Chabad (section)

==== The Village's Establishment ====
When the first group of chassidim arrived in Eretz Yisroel, they were housed in a transit camp in Pardes Chana, where each family received a small hut for temporary housing. There - alongside the committee for refugee resettlement - the olim established another committee that dealt with establishing the colony, headed by R' Zalman Feldman, with R' Zalman Bronstein, R' Yitzchak Meir Greenberg, R' Avraham Shmuel Gerlick, R' Dovid Chen, and R' Zalman Sudkevich. The Mizrachi movement proposed to them and to the refugee resettlement committee to establish the Chabad colony on the ruins of the Arab village "Safaria," but they stipulated that the village residents must register with the party's registry.

The Agudas Chassidei Chabad members firmly refused and tried to work with the Jewish Agency to establish the village without registering with the Mizrachi movement. Meanwhile, in Iyar 5709 (1949), 70 families from among Chabad chassidim who were housed in transit camps began to settle unofficially in the abandoned Arab houses. On 21 Iyar 5709 (1949), Levi Eshkol gave the approval for the establishment of the village, and it was officially established. On Erev Shabbos Parshas Behar-Bechukosai 5709 (1949), the Rebbe Rayatz sent a letter of encouragement to the first settlers in Kfar Chabad, informing them of a Torah scroll that was being sent to them.

During the years 5709-5710 (1949-1950), the Rebbe Rayatz made many efforts to establish the settlement economically. As part of these efforts, the Rebbe Rayatz sent many letters to officials from the Jewish Agency and the Joint Distribution Committee to help the residents of Kfar Chabad. After the passing of the Rebbe Rayatz, the Rebbe continued to encourage the settlers, and with his great encouragement, the village grew.

In accordance with the request of Agudas Chassidei Chabad and Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary, Mr. Eshkol committed to providing the residents with appropriate farming equipment within a few years, and a sum of 26,000 liras was allocated for the new village residents.

Initially, forty-five families settled in the village, and after Shavuos, another thirty families arrived. The houses in which the settlers lived were in poor condition, and with the help of the Jewish Agency, they were renovated.

The village was officially inaugurated on 12 Tammuz 5709 (1949), at a large event attended by Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary as the representative of the Rebbe Rayatz. During that period, the Rebbe Rayatz sent a Torah scroll to Kfar Chabad with Rabbi Avraham Paris.

During the founding period of the village, several members of the Mizrachi movement settled alongside the new settlement and established their own settlement then called "Tochelet," claiming that the area where the village residents lived belonged to their party. In a letter to the Chassidic philanthropist R' Shlomo Palmer, Rabbi Karasik describes the affair:<blockquote>The village that was placed at our disposal was invaded, with the claim that the village was theirs, and a war broke out between the Mizrachi and the Left, because they wanted to come to our aid without receiving any compensation, and finally we won with God's help, and they divided the village into two, and we do not belong at all to the Mizrachi, and we will have a special council and even a different name for the village.</blockquote>After several years, most of the residents of "Tochelet" left their place, except for a few residents who insisted on living in a kind of autonomy on a small hill within Kfar Chabad.

In the early days of the village, most of the village residents were engaged in various agricultural sectors such as raising animals, poultry, various vegetables, and more. Over the years, with the advancement of technology, agricultural work in Kfar Chabad was gradually abandoned, and currently, limited agriculture remains in the village.