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== Customs and holidays ==

=== Customs ===

Chabad adherents follow Chabad [[minhag|traditions]] and [[Nusach Ari|prayer services]] based on [[Lurianic Kabbalah]].<ref>[ |author=Nissan Mindel |url=chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111878/jewish/Rabbi-Isaac-Luria-The-Ari-Hakodosh.htm |title=Rabbi Isaac Luria – The Ari Hakodosh |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> General Chabad customs, called ~~{{Lang|he|~~[[minhagim]]}} (or ~~{{Lang|he|~~minhagei Chabad}}), distinguish the movement from other Hasidic groups. Some of the main Chabad customs are minor practices performed on traditional [[Jewish holidays]]:

Chabad adherents follow Chabad [[minhag|traditions]] and [[Nusach Ari|prayer services]] based on [[Lurianic Kabbalah]].<ref>[ |author=Nissan Mindel |url=chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111878/jewish/Rabbi-Isaac-Luria-The-Ari-Hakodosh.htm |title=Rabbi Isaac Luria – The Ari Hakodosh |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> General Chabad customs, called [[minhagim]] (or [[minhagei Chabad]]), distinguish the movement from other Hasidic groups. Some of the main Chabad customs are minor practices performed on traditional [[Jewish holidays]]:

* [[Passover]] – It is customary in Chabad communities, on Passover, to limit contact of ''[[matzah]]'' (an unleavened bread eaten on Passover) with water. This custom is called ~~{{Lang|yi|~~[[gebrokts]]}} ({{langx|yi|געבראָכטס}}, lit. 'broken'). However, on the last day of Passover, it is customary to intentionally have matzah come in contact with water.<ref>[ |url=chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/265990/jewish/Gebrokts-Wetted-Matzah.htm |title=Gebrokts: Wetted Matzah |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref>

* [[Passover]] – It is customary in Chabad communities, on Passover, to limit contact of ''[[matzah]]'' (an unleavened bread eaten on Passover) with water. This custom is called [[gebrokts]] ({{langx|yi|געבראָכטס}}, lit. 'broken'). However, on the last day of Passover, it is customary to intentionally have matzah come in contact with water.<ref>[ |url=chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/265990/jewish/Gebrokts-Wetted-Matzah.htm |title=Gebrokts: Wetted Matzah |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref>

* [[Chanukah]] – It is the custom of Chabad Hasidim to place the Chanukah [[Menorah (Hanukkah)|menorah]] against the room's doorpost (and not on the windowsill).<ref name="sichoscustom">[|url=chabad.org/calendar/candlelighting_cdo/aid/6226/jewish/Shabbat-Candle-Lighting-Times.htm|title=Shabbat Candle-Lighting Times|website=chabad.org}}</ref><ref>Schneersohn, Shalom Dovber. Tanu Rabbanan: Ner Chanukah ''Sichos In English'', N.Y., 1990.</ref><ref>[ |date=November 24, 2013 |url=crownheights.info/something-jewish/412805/laws-and-customs-chanukah/ |title=Laws and Customs: Chanukah |publisher=CrownHeights.info |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref>

* Prayer – The founder of Chabad wrote a very specific liturgy for the daily and festival prayers based on the teachings of the Kabbalists, primarily the [[Isaac Luria|Arizal]].

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 == Customs and holidays ==
 === Customs ===
-Chabad adherents follow Chabad [[minhag|traditions]] and [[Nusach Ari|prayer services]] based on [[Lurianic Kabbalah]].<ref>[ |author=Nissan Mindel |url=chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111878/jewish/Rabbi-Isaac-Luria-The-Ari-Hakodosh.htm |title=Rabbi Isaac Luria – The Ari Hakodosh |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> General Chabad customs, called {{Lang|he|[[minhagim]]}} (or {{Lang|he|minhagei Chabad}}), distinguish the movement from other Hasidic groups. Some of the main Chabad customs are minor practices performed on traditional [[Jewish holidays]]:
+Chabad adherents follow Chabad [[minhag|traditions]] and [[Nusach Ari|prayer services]] based on [[Lurianic Kabbalah]].<ref>[ |author=Nissan Mindel |url=chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/111878/jewish/Rabbi-Isaac-Luria-The-Ari-Hakodosh.htm |title=Rabbi Isaac Luria – The Ari Hakodosh |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> General Chabad customs, called [[minhagim]] (or [[minhagei Chabad]]), distinguish the movement from other Hasidic groups. Some of the main Chabad customs are minor practices performed on traditional [[Jewish holidays]]:
-* [[Passover]] – It is customary in Chabad communities, on Passover, to limit contact of ''[[matzah]]'' (an unleavened bread eaten on Passover) with water. This custom is called {{Lang|yi|[[gebrokts]]}} ({{langx|yi|געבראָכטס}}, lit. 'broken'). However, on the last day of Passover, it is customary to intentionally have matzah come in contact with water.<ref>[ |url=chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/265990/jewish/Gebrokts-Wetted-Matzah.htm |title=Gebrokts: Wetted Matzah |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref>
+* [[Passover]] – It is customary in Chabad communities, on Passover, to limit contact of ''[[matzah]]'' (an unleavened bread eaten on Passover) with water. This custom is called [[gebrokts]] ({{langx|yi|געבראָכטס}}, lit. 'broken'). However, on the last day of Passover, it is customary to intentionally have matzah come in contact with water.<ref>[ |url=chabad.org/holidays/passover/pesach_cdo/aid/265990/jewish/Gebrokts-Wetted-Matzah.htm |title=Gebrokts: Wetted Matzah |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref>
 * [[Chanukah]] – It is the custom of Chabad Hasidim to place the Chanukah [[Menorah (Hanukkah)|menorah]] against the room's doorpost (and not on the windowsill).<ref name="sichoscustom">[|url=chabad.org/calendar/candlelighting_cdo/aid/6226/jewish/Shabbat-Candle-Lighting-Times.htm|title=Shabbat Candle-Lighting Times|website=chabad.org}}</ref><ref>Schneersohn, Shalom Dovber. Tanu Rabbanan: Ner Chanukah ''Sichos In English'', N.Y., 1990.</ref><ref>[ |date=November 24, 2013 |url=crownheights.info/something-jewish/412805/laws-and-customs-chanukah/ |title=Laws and Customs: Chanukah |publisher=CrownHeights.info |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref>
 * Prayer – The founder of Chabad wrote a very specific liturgy for the daily and festival prayers based on the teachings of the Kabbalists, primarily the [[Isaac Luria|Arizal]].