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'''770 Eastern Parkway''', formaly '''Agudas Chasidei Chabad - Ohel Yosef Yitzchak Lubavitch''' (also known as Chabad World Headquarters, or simply as 770 or "Seven Seventy") is the Rebbe's Shul and Beis Medrash and the global center of the Chabad movement. Thousands of Chassidim, shluchim, and friends of Lubavitch visit 770 each year. 770 is where [[the Rebbe]] davens and farbrengs, and where the Rebbe says [[Sicha|sichos]] and maamarim. The Rebbe also receives people for yechidus there and conducts the dollars distribution. | '''770 Eastern Parkway''', formaly '''Agudas Chasidei Chabad - Ohel Yosef Yitzchak Lubavitch''' (also known as Chabad World Headquarters, or simply as 770 or "Seven Seventy") is the Rebbe's Shul and Beis Medrash and the global center of the Chabad movement. Thousands of Chassidim, shluchim, and friends of Lubavitch visit 770 each year. 770 is where [[the Rebbe]] davens and farbrengs, and where the Rebbe says [[Sicha|sichos]] and maamarim. The Rebbe also receives people for yechidus there and conducts the dollars distribution. | ||
[[File:סווען סווענטי.jpeg|thumb]] | [[File:סווען סווענטי.jpeg|thumb|770 ]] | ||
The Rebbe refers to this place as a "triple house," meaning a house where the three pillars upon which the world stands are cultivated: "A house of Torah," "A house of avodah," and "A house of gemilus chassadim." When [[The Rebbe Rayatz|the Frierdiker Rebbe]] entered the building, he established [[Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim|Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim]] there, along with the shul, and opened a gemach fund. During the chanukas habayis, he delivered a maamar beginning with Chazal's statement "The world stands on three things." | The Rebbe refers to this place as a "triple house," meaning a house where the three pillars upon which the world stands are cultivated: "A house of Torah," "A house of avodah," and "A house of gemilus chassadim." When [[The Rebbe Rayatz|the Frierdiker Rebbe]] entered the building, he established [[Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim|Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim]] there, along with the shul, and opened a gemach fund. During the chanukas habayis, he delivered a maamar beginning with Chazal's statement "The world stands on three things." | ||
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== Eretz Yisroel == | == Eretz Yisroel == | ||
[[File:770 כפח.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:770 כפח.jpg|thumb|The 770 In Kfar Chabad]] | ||
# Kfar Chabad - Built in 1986, at the Rebbe's request. | # Kfar Chabad - Built in 1986, at the Rebbe's request. | ||
# Ramat Shlomo, Jerusalem - Built in 2003, by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Havlin. | # Ramat Shlomo, Jerusalem - Built in 2003, by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Havlin. | ||
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== Throughout the World == | == Throughout the World == | ||
[[File:בית חב"ד ניו ג'רסי.jpg|thumb]] | [[File:בית חב"ד ניו ג'רסי.jpg|thumb|Rutgers University, New Jersey - The Largest Chabad House in the World]] | ||
# Los Angeles, California - Central Chabad House built in 1982 | # Los Angeles, California - Central Chabad House built in 1982 | ||
# Los Angeles, California - Girls' School. Built in 2003 | # Los Angeles, California - Girls' School. Built in 2003 | ||