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'''London''' ~~(in English: '''London''')~~ is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. It has over 8 million residents including approximately 200,000 (two hundred thousand) Jews concentrated mainly in the Stamford Hill and Golders Green neighborhoods. The city also has a large Chabad community numbering about 400 Anash families. The city has the second largest business center in the world after New York.

'''London''' is the capital city of [[England]] and the United Kingdom. It has over 8 million residents including approximately 200,000 (two hundred thousand) Jews concentrated mainly in the Stamford Hill and Golders Green neighborhoods. The city also has a large Chabad community numbering about 400 Anash families. The city has the second largest business center in the world after New York.

The main shluchim: Rabbi Bentzion Shem Tov, his son-in-law Rabbi Nachman Sudak, and Rabbi Shraga Feivish Vogel. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Raskin, son-in-law of Rabbi Sudak, is the rabbi of the Chabad community in London.

The main shluchim: Rabbi [[Bentzion Shem Tov|Bentzion Shem Tov,]] his son-in-law Rabbi [[Nachman Sudak]], and Rabbi [[Feivish Vogel|Shraga Feivish Vogel]]. Rabbi [[Levi Yitzchak Raskin]], son-in-law of Rabbi Sudak, is the rabbi of the Chabad community in London.

== Chabad Community in the City ==

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In 5709 (1949) - several years after the end of World War II, a number of Chabad chassidim immigrated to Britain, almost all concentrating in London, but they were still not an organized community.

When the Frierdiker Rebbe (Rebbe Rayatz) heard about this, he sent Rabbi Bentzion Shem Tov to strengthen the Jewish community in Britain, including the fresh Chabad community that was just forming in London.

When the [[The Rebbe Rayatz|Frierdiker Rebbe]] (Rebbe Rayatz) heard about this, he sent Rabbi Bentzion Shem Tov to strengthen the Jewish community in Britain, including the fresh Chabad community that was just forming in London.

Rabbi Bentzion Shem Tov achieved great success and began opening institutions and frameworks for Jewish children in Britain. Rabbi Shem Tov also opened a temporary Talmud Torah for the Chabad community in London in his private home on Cranwich Road. The cheder was managed by his wife and daughter. Rabbi Ovadia Strax was an educator in the Talmud Torah and a partner in establishing and managing the institutions during that period.

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-'''London''' (in English: '''London''') is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. It has over 8 million residents including approximately 200,000 (two hundred thousand) Jews concentrated mainly in the Stamford Hill and Golders Green neighborhoods. The city also has a large Chabad community numbering about 400 Anash families. The city has the second largest business center in the world after New York.
+'''London''' is the capital city of [[England]] and the United Kingdom. It has over 8 million residents including approximately 200,000 (two hundred thousand) Jews concentrated mainly in the Stamford Hill and Golders Green neighborhoods. The city also has a large Chabad community numbering about 400 Anash families. The city has the second largest business center in the world after New York.
-The main shluchim: Rabbi Bentzion Shem Tov, his son-in-law Rabbi Nachman Sudak, and Rabbi Shraga Feivish Vogel. Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Raskin, son-in-law of Rabbi Sudak, is the rabbi of the Chabad community in London.
+The main shluchim: Rabbi [[Bentzion Shem Tov|Bentzion Shem Tov,]] his son-in-law Rabbi [[Nachman Sudak]], and Rabbi [[Feivish Vogel|Shraga Feivish Vogel]]. Rabbi [[Levi Yitzchak Raskin]], son-in-law of Rabbi Sudak, is the rabbi of the Chabad community in London.
 == Chabad Community in the City ==
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 In 5709 (1949) - several years after the end of World War II, a number of Chabad chassidim immigrated to Britain, almost all concentrating in London, but they were still not an organized community.
-When the Frierdiker Rebbe (Rebbe Rayatz) heard about this, he sent Rabbi Bentzion Shem Tov to strengthen the Jewish community in Britain, including the fresh Chabad community that was just forming in London.
+When the [[The Rebbe Rayatz|Frierdiker Rebbe]] (Rebbe Rayatz) heard about this, he sent Rabbi Bentzion Shem Tov to strengthen the Jewish community in Britain, including the fresh Chabad community that was just forming in London.
 Rabbi Bentzion Shem Tov achieved great success and began opening institutions and frameworks for Jewish children in Britain. Rabbi Shem Tov also opened a temporary Talmud Torah for the Chabad community in London in his private home on Cranwich Road. The cheder was managed by his wife and daughter. Rabbi Ovadia Strax was an educator in the Talmud Torah and a partner in establishing and managing the institutions during that period.