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** [[Dubai]] – The [[Jewish Community Center of UAE]] has a [[synagogue]] and a [[Talmud Torah]]. 1,000 [[Kashrus|kosher]] chickens per week are provided to the community by local kosher [[shechita]]. The community is headed by Rabbi [[Levi Duchman]].<ref>[|date=2020-06-11|title=A robust Jewish life exists in the U.A.E.|url=ynetnews.com/article/HkuTEWg6I|access-date=2020-06-18|website=ynetnews|language=en|last1=Salami|first1=Daniel}}</ref><ref>[|title=Baltimore Jewish Life {{!}} A New Talmud Torah Opens in Dubai|url=baltimorejewishlife.com:443/news/news-detail.php?SECTION_ID=3&ARTICLE_ID=131802|access-date=2020-06-18|website=baltimorejewishlife.com}}</ref><ref>[|title=Kiddush, Torah learning, and gefilte fish in Dubai – Jewish World|date=11 June 2020 |url=israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/281713|access-date=2020-06-18|publisher=Arutz Sheva|language=en}}</ref>

== ~~Customs~~ and ~~holidays ==~~

== Holidays and customs ==

~~=== 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 [[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 [[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]].

* The founder of Chabad also instituted various other [[Halakha|halachic]] rulings, including the use of stainless steel knives for the slaughter of animals before human consumption, which are now universally accepted in all sects of Judaism.

=== Holidays ===

There are a number of [[Chabad holidays|days marked by the Chabad movement as special days]]. Major holidays include the dates of the release of the leaders of the movement, the ''rebbes'' of Chabad, from prison, others corresponded to the leaders' birthdays, anniversaries of death, and other life events.

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The anniversaries of death, or {{Lang|yi|[[yartzeit]]}}, of several of the movement's leaders are celebrated each year, include {{Lang|he|[[Yud Shvat]]}}, the {{Lang|yi|yartzeit}} of Rabbi [[Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn]], the sixth rebbe of Chabad,<ref name="YartzCust">[ |url=chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/82245/jewish/Yahrtzeit-Observances.htm |title=Yahrtzeit Observances |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> {{Lang|he|[[Gimmel Tammuz]]}}, the {{Lang|yi|yartzeit}} of Rabbi [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]], the seventh rebbe of Chabad,<ref name="YartzCust"/><ref>[ |url=chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/528345/jewish/A-Brief-Biography.htm |title=A Brief Biography |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and {{Lang|he|[[Chof Beis Shvat]]}}, the {{Lang|yi|yartzeit}} of [[Chaya Mushka Schneerson]], the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.<ref>[|url=chabadinfo.com/index.php/jq/css/ui-lightness/jq/js/?url=newsnew_en&string=tag_Chof%20Beis%20Shvat|archive-url=web.archive.org/web/20131216191431/chabadinfo.com/index.php/jq/css/ui-lightness/jq/js/?url=newsnew_en&string=tag_Chof%20Beis%20Shvat|url-status=dead|title=Chof Beis Shvat. ''Chabad.info''.|archive-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref>

=== Customs ===

Chabad Chassidim 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 [[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]].

* The founder of Chabad also instituted various other [[Halakha|halachic]] rulings, including the use of stainless steel knives for the slaughter of animals before human consumption, which are now universally accepted in all sects of Judaism.

== Organizations ==

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 ** [[Dubai]] – The [[Jewish Community Center of UAE]] has a [[synagogue]] and a [[Talmud Torah]]. 1,000 [[Kashrus|kosher]] chickens per week are provided to the community by local kosher [[shechita]]. The community is headed by Rabbi [[Levi Duchman]].<ref>[|date=2020-06-11|title=A robust Jewish life exists in the U.A.E.|url=ynetnews.com/article/HkuTEWg6I|access-date=2020-06-18|website=ynetnews|language=en|last1=Salami|first1=Daniel}}</ref><ref>[|title=Baltimore Jewish Life {{!}} A New Talmud Torah Opens in Dubai|url=baltimorejewishlife.com:443/news/news-detail.php?SECTION_ID=3&ARTICLE_ID=131802|access-date=2020-06-18|website=baltimorejewishlife.com}}</ref><ref>[|title=Kiddush, Torah learning, and gefilte fish in Dubai – Jewish World|date=11 June 2020 |url=israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/281713|access-date=2020-06-18|publisher=Arutz Sheva|language=en}}</ref>
-== Customs and holidays ==
+== Holidays and customs ==
-=== 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 [[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 [[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]].
-* The founder of Chabad also instituted various other [[Halakha|halachic]] rulings, including the use of stainless steel knives for the slaughter of animals before human consumption, which are now universally accepted in all sects of Judaism.
 === Holidays ===
 There are a number of [[Chabad holidays|days marked by the Chabad movement as special days]]. Major holidays include the dates of the release of the leaders of the movement, the ''rebbes'' of Chabad, from prison, others corresponded to the leaders' birthdays, anniversaries of death, and other life events.
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 The anniversaries of death, or {{Lang|yi|[[yartzeit]]}}, of several of the movement's leaders are celebrated each year, include {{Lang|he|[[Yud Shvat]]}}, the {{Lang|yi|yartzeit}} of Rabbi [[Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn]], the sixth rebbe of Chabad,<ref name="YartzCust">[ |url=chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/82245/jewish/Yahrtzeit-Observances.htm |title=Yahrtzeit Observances |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> {{Lang|he|[[Gimmel Tammuz]]}}, the {{Lang|yi|yartzeit}} of Rabbi [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]], the seventh rebbe of Chabad,<ref name="YartzCust"/><ref>[ |url=chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/528345/jewish/A-Brief-Biography.htm |title=A Brief Biography |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and {{Lang|he|[[Chof Beis Shvat]]}}, the {{Lang|yi|yartzeit}} of [[Chaya Mushka Schneerson]], the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.<ref>[|url=chabadinfo.com/index.php/jq/css/ui-lightness/jq/js/?url=newsnew_en&string=tag_Chof%20Beis%20Shvat|archive-url=web.archive.org/web/20131216191431/chabadinfo.com/index.php/jq/css/ui-lightness/jq/js/?url=newsnew_en&string=tag_Chof%20Beis%20Shvat|url-status=dead|title=Chof Beis Shvat. ''Chabad.info''.|archive-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref>
+=== Customs ===
+Chabad Chassidim 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 [[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]].
+* The founder of Chabad also instituted various other [[Halakha|halachic]] rulings, including the use of stainless steel knives for the slaughter of animals before human consumption, which are now universally accepted in all sects of Judaism.
 == Organizations ==