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On Tuesday, 9th of Adar I 1940, the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived in [[The United States|America]] after leaving Nazi-occupied Europe. Upon arrival in the USA, he stayed at the Greystone Hotel in Manhattan, and the chassidim established a committee to search for a suitable location for Agudas Chasidei Chabad as a private home and beis medrash for the Rebbe, called the Committee for Building Beis Chayeinu by Agudas Chasidei Chabad.

Initially, Rabbis Jacobson and Kunin wanted the Rebbe to remain living in Lakewood where he first stayed upon arrival, but the Rebbe responded: "Among my people I dwell" - meaning that Lakewood was merely a tourist destination compared to New York which was an active residential area for most European immigrants.

Most residents in the neighborhood were Conservative, and the building that today serves as Yeshivas Chovevei Torah was their center for all of America.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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'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).

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'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.

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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.

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 prayer schedules, learning sessions, and farbrengens are adapted for the holidays. The gabbaim, together with the yeshiva administrations and Eshel Hachnosas Orchim, organize learning schedules for the guests according to the Rebbe's instructions, farbrengens with mashpiim, and welcome and farewell events.

The first Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in the United States was founded on 9 Adar Sheni 1940, the day the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived in the United States. For about nine months, classes were held in one of the Chabad synagogues in Brooklyn, and in the month of Cheshvan 1941, the yeshiva moved to the new building - 770 Eastern Parkway, where it remains until this very day.

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

* '''Beis Agudas Chassidei Chabad - Ohel Yosef Yitzchak''' - Appears above the main entrance to the building and was inscribed at the Rebbe's instruction after the seforim case.

* '''Beis Rabbeinu SheBebavel''' - Named after the kuntres published by the Rebbe explaining the special merit of the main beis medrash in each generation, similar to the Amoraim's synagogue in Bavel.

On the 15th of Tammuz 1985, the Rebbe requested to build an exact replica of 770 in Kfar Chabad - construction was completed on the 15th of Tammuz 1986. Following this, a trend began of building 770 replicas around the world: even before this, there was a replica in Milan.

[[File:770 כפח.jpg|thumb|The 770 In Kfar Chabad]]

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

# Sderot - Built by Shliach Rabbi Moshe Zeev Pizem.

# Ofakim - Built by the Shliach, Rabbi Hershkowitz

# Shlomi, Northern Eretz HaKodesh - To be built by Shliach Rabbi Benny Nachum

# Beit Shemesh Rama Alef - Built by Rabbi Michael Abishid

[[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

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