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9 February 2025

• 18:4618:46, 9 February 2025 diff hist +6,775 N Shlomo DovBer Pinchas Lazar Created page with "'''Rabbi Shlomo DovBer Pinchas Lazar''' (commonly known as Reb Berel, born on 8 Sivan 5724, May 19, 1964) is the Rebbe's Chief Shliach to Russia and serves as the Chief Rabbi of Russia on behalf of the Federation of Jewish Communities of Russia. He was initially sent on shlichus by Ezras Achim and later began working through Or Avner and the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Commonwealth of Independent States. = Life History = Rabbi Lazar was born in Milan, Italy,..." Tag: Visual edit
• 18:4318:43, 9 February 2025 diff hist +14,445 N The Holocaust Created page with "'''The Holocaust''' was the genocide of the Jewish people carried out during World War II, in which approximately six million Jews were murdered Al Kiddush Hashem (sanctifying G-d's name). The Holocaust began in Elul 5699 (1939) and ended in early spring 5705 (1945) with the defeat of Nazi Germany in the war. Thousands of Chabad chassidim perished in the Holocaust, and afterward, most of the chassidim left the Soviet Union through Lvov and arrived at displaced persons ca..." Tag: Visual edit
• 18:3918:39, 9 February 2025 diff hist +4,591 N World War II Created page with "World War II was the largest war humanity has ever known. The war was between Nazi Germany's army and many countries worldwide. The number of casualties in World War II (according to accepted estimates) was approximately 64.5 million people, more than any other war in history. In the European theater, the war began on September 1, 1939, with Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland, and ended on May 8, 1945, with Nazi Germany's signing of the final surrender agreement. During..." Tag: Visual edit
• 18:3718:37, 9 February 2025 diff hist +10,530 N Pocking Created page with "Pocking (in German: Pocking) is a small village near Munich, Germany. After World War II, the Americans established a camp for Jewish refugees nearby. Hundreds of Chabad chassidic families who left Russia during the 'Known Escape' in 5706-5707 (1946-1947) settled in the DP camps in Europe, and most of them settled in the Pocking camp. They developed a community and educational institutions there under the leadership of Rabbi Avraham Eliyahu Plotkin and Rabbi Nissan Nemen..." Tag: Visual edit
• 18:3318:33, 9 February 2025 diff hist +7,598 N Ahron Yaakov Schwei Created page with "Rabbi Aaron Yaakov was born on 26 Tammuz 1934 in Åbo, Finland to his father Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu Shwei and his mother Mrs. Bonia, where his father served as Rav and Moreh Hora'ah. In 1942, when he was about seven years old, his father passed away. During World War II, he fled with his mother to Uzbekistan, where they lived in a small village. At around age seven, he was sent to study at Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim in Samarkand under conditions of poverty and hardship...." Tag: Visual edit
• 15:0015:00, 9 February 2025 diff hist +1 The Rebbe No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 14:5814:58, 9 February 2025 diff hist +49 Tzava'at HaRivash (Testament of the Baal Shem Tov) No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 13:5113:51, 9 February 2025 diff hist +110 770Live No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 13:4913:49, 9 February 2025 diff hist +76 Make yourself a Rabbi No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 13:4613:46, 9 February 2025 diff hist +11 Make yourself a Rabbi No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
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• 13:3613:36, 9 February 2025 diff hist +14,117 N Sheitels (Wigs) Created page with "A Sheitel is a head covering made of natural or synthetic hair, which is currently common among most women in the Charedi community. This custom began approximately 500 years ago, and over the years has become a widespread halachic discussion. == The Mitzvah of Head Covering for Women == In the Talmud Bavli, Masechet Ketubot, Chazal derive from the pasuk "and he shall uncover the woman's head" that the woman's head was covered to begin with, hence establishing that it w..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 13:3013:30, 9 February 2025 diff hist +6,161 N Tznius Created page with "Tznius (meaning "concealment" and hiding) is the term for desired behavior according to Torah. Tznius can be interpreted regarding the conduct of both men and women, meaning covering the private parts of the body. It can also be interpreted regarding conducting oneself in a modest way in avodas Hashem and other worldly matters. == Das Moshe and Das Yehudis == The halachos for women are divided into two categories: There are halachos that are forbidden by Torah law call..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:5912:59, 9 February 2025 diff hist −732 Ben Tzion Binyamin (Binke) Althaus No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 12:5812:58, 9 February 2025 diff hist +10,565 N Lubavitch Shechita Created page with "Lubavitch shechita is the unique form of ritual slaughter practiced by Chabad chassidim. The shochet must be a yirei shamayim (G-d fearing person), and the shechita generally needs to maintain the highest level of hiddur (enhancement) possible according to the conditions of time and place, as well as conform to the rulings of our Rebbeim. == About Lubavitch Shechita == Throughout the generations, chassidim have been particular about maintaining maximum hiddur in eating,..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:5412:54, 9 February 2025 diff hist +13,130 N Kashrus Created page with "Kashrus refers to something done correctly and properly, permissible according to Torah law. Kashrus is generally divided into two areas: # Kashrus of objects that a person deals with - A person's environment needs to be "kosher." A Yid must be careful to see and hear things that are permitted according to Torah. # Kashrus in matters of eating and drinking - The food that a Yid wants to eat must be "kosher." Meaning, it is permitted for consumption according to Torah l..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:4612:46, 9 February 2025 diff hist +6,059 N Man (Manna) Created page with "Man was miraculous food that the Yidden ate during Yetzias Mitzrayim. It began falling on the 16th of Iyar, one month after they left Mitzrayim, and fell every weekday for 40 years, until the day they approached crossing the Yarden to enter Eretz Yisroel. The Man had wondrous properties, and one could taste all types of food in it. Along with it, precious stones and pearls would also fall. == History == After Yetzias Mitzrayim and Krias Yam Suf, the Yidden began advanc..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:4312:43, 9 February 2025 diff hist +10,872 N Days of Vacation Created page with "Days of vacation are typically defined as days off from the regular learning schedule in educational institutions, as well as temporary breaks from workplaces. However, Chabad Chassidus ideologically opposes the concept of "vacation" as expressed in common world practice. The Rebbe instructed that the meaning of "vacation days" should be defined as a period meant to strengthen Torah study and meticulous mitzvah observance. == Negating the Concept of Vacation == The Reb..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:3912:39, 9 February 2025 diff hist 0 m Neos Deshe (Summer Retreats) Raphaelwilmowsky moved page Neot Deshe (Summer Retreats) to Neos Deshe (Summer Retreats) without leaving a redirect
• 12:3812:38, 9 February 2025 diff hist +6,690 N Neos Deshe (Summer Retreats) Created page with "The term "Neos Deshe" was used by our Rebbeim in many sichos regarding summer travel to "datche" (vacation resorts and healing spots), based on the possuk in Tehillim: "In lush meadows He lays me down, beside tranquil waters He leads me." == By Our Rebbeim == Our Rebbeim would periodically travel to Neos Deshe during the summer months to change their environment, gather strength, and improve their health. == The Rebbe Rashab == The first time the Rebbe Rashab traveled..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:3512:35, 9 February 2025 diff hist +6,099 N Water Created page with "Water is one of the four physical elements through which the world was created - fire, wind, water, and earth - and corresponds spiritually to the sefira of Chesed. In Chassidus it is explained that the source of higher love and the source of lower waters were originally one, and they are called "upper waters" and "lower waters." == Content == Water causes all types of pleasure to grow. Therefore, the element of water in the nefesh habehamis (animal soul) symbolizes des..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:3112:31, 9 February 2025 diff hist +3,739 N The Sun Created page with "The Sun is one of the seven planets and one of the largest creations explicitly mentioned in the order of the Six Days of Creation. == Nature of the Sun == The Sun possesses both matter and form. Its form, which represents its spiritual aspect, drives the Sun's body to travel thousands of parsaot (biblical measurement of distance), as the Sun's body, which is 11,000 parsaot wide, travels tens of thousands of parsaot in a single rotation, all out of a desire to bow befor..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 12:2912:29, 9 February 2025 diff hist +5,048 N Nunei Yama (Fish of the Sea) Created page with "Nunei Yama (translated from Aramaic: Fish of the Sea) is a term for neshamos of Alma D'Iskasia, which is called by the name "sea." == Their Essence == Nunei Yama refers to neshamos of Alma D'Iskasia. Generally, these are neshamos from Olam Ha'Atzilus, in contrast to neshamos from Olamos BiYA. Specifically, it is explained that even neshamos from Olam HaBriah are called Nunei Yama, as Olam HaBriah is also considered Alma D'Iskasia. == Their Source == Neshamos of the lev..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 12:2712:27, 9 February 2025 diff hist +10,749 N Fish Created page with "A fish is an aquatic creature that lives in water, has gills and is cold-blooded. Fish are mentioned many times in the Torah. Besides their use for food and their kosher signs, they serve as a mashal (metaphor) for blessing since they live in a covered place (called in Chassidus "alma d'iskasya") and are an example of those who are not affected by ayin hara (evil eye). Additionally, they serve as a mashal for reproduction without physical desire, and also represent comp..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:2312:23, 9 February 2025 diff hist +1,337 N Sea Created page with "The sea is the place of gathering for all the waters in the world. == History == On the second day of Creation, Hashem said that all the waters should "gather" - be collected in one place, so that the dry land could be seen, and so it was. "And Hashem called the dry land Earth, and the gathering of the waters He called Seas" * Bereishis 1:10 == Definition == The sea is called in halacha "waters that have no end", and in Chassidus it is sometimes used as a mashal for..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:2112:21, 9 February 2025 diff hist +7,263 N Florida Created page with "Florida is a state in the southern United States, third in population in the United States, and as of 2019 has approximately 21,477,737 residents, with about 3% being Jewish. == History == The first shliach to Florida is Rabbi Avraham Korf, who arrived in the state in 1961 and began settling in Florida under the Rebbe's shlichus. In the first year of his shlichus, as instructed by Rabbi Chodakov, he began traveling throughout Florida to meet with Reform community leade..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:1812:18, 9 February 2025 diff hist +4,853 N United States Created page with "The United States is a federation of fifty states with a total population of over three hundred and thirty million residents. These states are mostly located in the North American continent. The Nasi Hador - the Rebbe and the second-largest Jewish population in the world after Israel, reside in the United States. 770 - the world center of Chabad Chassidus, is located in New York, the most populated city in the United States. The Rebbe refers to the United States as a "..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:1612:16, 9 February 2025 diff hist +4,356 N Meals in the Home of the Frierdiker Rebbe Created page with "During the Frierdiker Rebbe's nesius, Shabbos and Yom Tov meals were held for Beis Harav family and elder chassidim in his apartment on the second floor of 770. The Rebbe continued this custom after the Frierdiker Rebbe's histalkus until 5731. == Meal Proceedings == After the Frierdiker Rebbe settled in 770, he would have his Shabbos meals in the living room of his second-floor apartment. Although the Frierdiker Rebbe would say lengthy sichos at these meals, they were n..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:1412:14, 9 February 2025 diff hist +1,232 N Otzar HaChassidim Created page with "The "Otzar HaChassidim" system is Chabad's central editorial body (distinct from Kehot Publication Society, which is Chabad's main publishing house). == The System == The system was founded in 1943. The system's role is to publish the writings of our Rebbeim and their talmidim. In the system's early years, the Rebbe himself headed it, under the direction of the Frierdiker Rebbe. == Members of the Editorial Board Throughout the Years == '''Head of the Editorial Board:..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:1212:12, 9 February 2025 diff hist +3,496 N Chaim Shalom DovBer Lipsker Created page with "Rabbi Chaim Shalom DovBer Lipsker (known as Berel Lipsker; born 1982) is a mashpia (spiritual mentor) at Yeshivas Chovevei Torah in Crown Heights, a member of Vaad L'Hafatzas Sichos and Otzar HaChassidim editorial board, and secretary of the Chevra Kadisha of Agudas Chassidei Chabad in the United States. == Life History == Rabbi Lipsker was born in Kutaisi, Georgia on the 18th of Adar 1982, to his father Rabbi Yaakov Lipsker and his mother Mrs. Liuba Alta Teibl Lipsker...." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:1112:11, 9 February 2025 diff hist −4 Yosef Yeshaya Braun No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 12:1112:11, 9 February 2025 diff hist +8,346 N Yosef Yeshaya Braun Created page with "Rabbi Yosef Yeshaya Braun (born 1971) is a Mara D'asra and member of the Beis Din Tzedek in Crown Heights. He previously served as rabbi of the Tzemach Tzedek community in Sydney, Australia and as a mashpia in the Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva there. == Early Life == Rabbi Braun was born on 4 Nissan 1971 to Rabbi Chaim Elazar Yisroel Braun, a rav in Flatbush and son of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Braun, author of the "Shearim Hametzuyanim B'Halacha" series. In his youth, he studied at..." Tag: Visual edit
• 12:0712:07, 9 February 2025 diff hist +18,248 N The Baba Sali Created page with "The Baba Sali was born on 1 Tishrei 5650 in the city of Rissani, Morocco to his father Rabbi Masoud Abuchatzeira, son of Rabbi Yaakov Abuchatzeira, author of the 'Abir Yaakov'. After the murder of his uncle Rabbi David Abuchatzeira HY"D, he began serving as rabbi and head of the rabbinical court in the city of Erfoud, Morocco. During these years, the Rebbe's shliach to Morocco, Rabbi Shlomo Matusof, arrived in Erfoud and began the connection between Chabad and the Baba..." Tag: Visual edit

8 February 2025

• 22:1722:17, 8 February 2025 diff hist 0 m G-dly Soul Raphaelwilmowsky moved page Nefesh haelokis to Nefesh Helokis without leaving a redirect Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
• 21:3321:33, 8 February 2025 diff hist +8,688 N The Shluchim to Eretz HaKodesh Created page with "In the years 1976, 1977, and 1978 - the Rebbe sent special groups of Shluchim to Eretz HaKodesh. The groups of Shluchim arrived in Yerushalayim and Tzfat, and subsequently spread throughout Eretz HaKodesh, giving tremendous momentum to Chabad activities by establishing yeshivas, educational and chesed institutions, Chabad houses in major cities, and strengthening the hiskashrus of Anash in Eretz HaKodesh to the Rebbe. Some of the Shluchim took on official rabbinic positi..." current Tag: Visual edit
• 21:2921:29, 8 February 2025 diff hist −2 Boruch Ber Leibowitz No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 21:2921:29, 8 February 2025 diff hist +4 Boruch Ber Leibowitz No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 21:2721:27, 8 February 2025 diff hist +3,616 N Yehoshua Heshel Tzeitlin Created page with "Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Tzeitlin (24 Sivan 5682 - 11 Shevat 5748) was a Chabad mashpia in Montreal, Canada, who specialized in shechita for his livelihood and also served as a mohel. == Life History == Born on 24 Sivan 5682 to his father Rabbi Aharon Eliezer Tzeitlin in Homel, Russia. He spent his childhood years together with his older brother Yehuda Leib - near his father while he served as a mashpia and shochet u'bodek in Homel, in the colonies of Kamina, Tarapitz, an..." Tag: Visual edit
• 21:2321:23, 8 February 2025 diff hist +62 Tomchei Tmimim Melbourne - Yeshiva Gedolah 'Zal' No edit summary Tag: Visual edit
• 21:2221:22, 8 February 2025 diff hist +3,659 N Tomchei Tmimim Melbourne - Yeshiva Gedolah 'Zal' Created page with "Tomchei Tmimim Melbourne (Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand) is the first Chabad yeshiva on the Australian continent, intended for Yeshiva Gedolah age students, which received special attention from the Rebbe. == History == The main building on the yeshiva campus houses the study hall - the 'Zal'. After World War II, the Frierdiker Rebbe sent Chassidim who left Russia in the Russian exodus of 1946 to various settlement points around the world, with a group..." Tag: Visual edit
• 21:1921:19, 8 February 2025 diff hist +1,857 N Ben Tzion Binyamin (Binke) Althaus Created page with "R' Ben Tzion Binyamin (Binke) Althaus was an educator at the Tomchei Tmimim Yeshiva branch in Bedford, New York, and a member of the Chabad community in Queens. == Life History == Born in 1934 to his father R' Pinchas Tudros Althaus, who was close to the Rebbeim's family and among the leading Chabad askanim in Eretz HaKodesh. He was named after his paternal grandfather - R' Binyamin Althaus from Nikolayev. As a bochur, he was among the first to come learn in Chassidus..." Tag: Visual edit
• 21:1721:17, 8 February 2025 diff hist +8,776 N Basi LeGani Created page with ""Basi LeGani" is the name (Dibur Hamaschil) of the last maamar written by the Frierdiker Rebbe and the first maamar and series of maamarim that followed it that the Rebbe delivered. The maamarim begin with the words of the Midrash "Basi LeGani" and are named after them. Rabbi Menachem Chasnia in the name of Rabbi Elazar bar Avuna, who quoted Rabbi Shimon bar Yosnah said: It doesn't say "I came to a garden," rather it says "to My garden," to My bridal chamber, to the pla..." Tag: Visual edit
• 20:5720:57, 8 February 2025 diff hist −115 Released Time No edit summary Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
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• 20:3720:37, 8 February 2025 diff hist +7,605 N Talks and Tales (Sichos L'Noar) Created page with "Talks and Tales (or in Yiddish "Shmuesn Mit Kinder Un Yugent") was a children's monthly magazine published in English and Yiddish by Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch starting from 1942. The purpose of publishing this monthly magazine was to enrich Jewish youth in the United States with Jewish knowledge in the spirit of traditional Judaism. The magazine included halachos, minhagim, stories from the Talmud and Midrash connected to the weekly parsha, biographies of great Jewish le..." Tag: Visual edit
• 20:3420:34, 8 February 2025 diff hist +2,784 N Nissan Mindel Created page with "Rabbi Nissan Mindel (2nd of Nissan 1912 - 12th of Tammuz 1999) was a member of the Rebbe's secretariat and one of the secretaries of the Frierdiker Rebbe, as well as an accomplished writer and activist. == Life History == Born on the 2nd of Nissan 1912 in Riga, Latvia, he studied in the educational institutions of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov. After his marriage to the daughter of Rabbi Avraham Sender Nemtzov, he was appointed as secretary to the Frierdiker Rebb..." Tag: Visual edit
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• 20:0820:08, 8 February 2025 diff hist +6,444 N Released Time Created page with "Released Time religious education activities, abbreviated as "Shelah" (in English: NCFJE), is an educational framework for children who do not receive Jewish education in their regular educational setting. == History == When the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived in America and established Machne Israel, this framework was established under the leadership of Rabbi Yaakov Yehuda Hecht and Rabbi Nissan Mindel. Until 1940, the American Constitution prohibited religious education wi..." Tag: Visual edit

7 February 2025

• 16:3916:39, 7 February 2025 diff hist 0 m The Alter Rebbe Raphaelwilmowsky moved page The alter rebbe to The Alter Rebbe without leaving a redirect Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit