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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.

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."

Until 2017, access was available to workers of the Agudas Chassidei Chabad Library, and tours were occasionally organized, especially during visitor seasons such as Tishrei and Yud Shevat.

On this floor, only maintenance work is carried out, without changes to the rooms and walls of the building. The Rebbe's apartment remains in its original form, as it was before Yud Shevat 1950, the time of the Frierdiker Rebbe's histalkus.

This floor also contains a room for "Machon Otzar HaChassidim," where they prepare Chabad Rebbes' writings for publication.

== The Main Synagogue ==

In around 5714 (1954), due to the increasing number of participants in the Rebbe's tefillos and farbrengens, the "Small Zal" on the first floor could no longer contain all the people. They began using the "Shalash," which was larger than the "Small Zal," for farbrengens and Yomim Noraim tefillos. The major farbrengens of Yud Tes Kislev, Yud Shevat, and Purim were held in other larger halls in the Crown Heights area.

Over the years, as the number of participants grew, there was an increasing need to expand the space. The shul was expanded toward the adjacent building at 784-788 Eastern Parkway, as well as toward Union Street.

== Sifrei Torah in the Shul ==

There are many Sifrei Torah in the Rebbe's shul - 770. Some of these scrolls are associated with interesting events or special history, including the Sefer Torah for Kabbalas Pnei Moshiach Tzidkeinu and the Rebbe's Sefer Torah.

== Management of the Shul ==

The shul is managed by gabbaim elected by the community. The gabbaim are responsible for maintaining the place and managing the tefillos. The gabbaim are subject to the authority of the neighborhood rabbanim.

The Rebbe gave special respect to the gabbaim, and frequently mentioned their role in managing the shul by changing the order of requesting their permission, listening to their announcements, saying "Gut Shabbos" to them on Friday night, paying for aliyos when needed, and many other acknowledgments expressing their responsibility for managing the shul.

== Davening in 770 ==

One of the main aspects of 770 as the center of Chabad Chassidus is davening and avodas hatefillah. It is said that when the Frierdiker Rebbe first entered the 770 building, he first went to the area designated for the shul and said that he was dedicating this place for "tefillah from within pnimiyus."

The davening in 770 is done at maximum speed so as not to waste the Rebbe's precious time.

== Chomas Anash ==

'Chomas Anash' was a fundraising project that operated in 5753 (1993) with the goal of expanding 770, in accordance with the Rebbe's instruction in Kuntres Beis Rabbeinu SheBeBavel. As part of this initiative, each Anash family was asked to donate an equal amount of 770 dollars, with their names to be engraved on a special wall in the renovated building. The project was halted on Gimmel Tammuz 5754 (1994).

== Vaad Seudas Shlomo ==

'Vaad Seudas Shlomo' is an organization that prepares food for 770 visitors. Located in a room under the women's section on Eastern Parkway, it provides food and drink to 770 visitors on weekdays (coffee, tea, and mezonos) and on Shabbos and Yom Tov (challos, wine, and cholent). It also provides meals after fasts and hosts certain farbrengens in the shul.

== The Central Farbrengens in 770 ==

Most of the Rebbe's farbrengens were held in 770, initially in the Small Zal and later in the Shalash and the main shul.

The central farbrengens in 770 are held on Chabad commemorative days and on days when there is a special instruction to farbreng, such as after Yom Tov. These are usually organized by the 770 gabbaim.

== Tishrei ==

Approaching the month of Tishrei, Chabad chassidim and Temimim students from around the world stream to 770 and stay there throughout the days of Tishrei.

The publication of the kuntres created significant waves within Chabad chassidus, as it contained matters written and edited by the Rebbe that no one imagined the Rebbe himself would agree to publish.

Since the publication of the kuntres, the Rebbe kept it consistently in his siddur (which was extremely rare regarding other kuntresim).

* '''Daled Amos of Nesi Doreinu''' - As it is the fixed place of the Nasi HaDor.

* '''Bayis Meshulash''' - As three types of activities take place there: Torah, tefillah, and tzedakah.

== Bedek Habayis ==

'''Extended Article - 770 Expansions''' '''Extended Article - Bedek Habayis (770)'''

== Eretz Yisroel ==

# Kfar Chabad - Built in 1986, at the Rebbe's request.

# Ramat Shlomo, Jerusalem - Built in 2003, by Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Havlin.

== Throughout the World ==

# Los Angeles, California - Central Chabad House built in 1982

# Los Angeles, California - Girls' School. Built in 2003

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