Kfar Chabad
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Kfar Chabad is a small town in Israel located in the central region, south of Tel Aviv and north of Lod. The town hosts the largest concentration of Chabad Hasidim and Chabad institutions in Israel, second only to Crown Heights in New York. It serves as a spiritual and organizational center for Chabad in Israel. As of 2020, approximately 1,800 families live in the village.
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The town was established on the 21st of Iyar, 1949, by the instructions of the Rebbe Rayatz to accommodate Chabad Chassidim who had left the Soviet Union after the Second World War and were living in displaced persons camps in Europe. Prior to this, other efforts to establish a place of settlement were proposed. On the 25th of Adar, the Rebbe Rayatz gave his final approval, stating that the settlement would be established for Chabad Chassidim. Originally, Kfar Chabad focused on agriculture. This focus eventually decreased as the settlement grew rapidly and as technology advanced. Today, only a limited amount of agriculture remains in the village.