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| '''Chabad Hasidic outreach''' is today the biggest organised phenomena in the ] world{{Citation needed|date=December 2009}}. They actively bring Jews to adopt Orthodox Jewish observance all over the world, even in the most unlikely places. | |||
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| Rabbi ], 6th leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of ], and then his successor, Rabbi ] were responsible for turning Chabad's strength and activities toward outreach. Each in turn sent out large numbers of rabbinic emissaries, known as "]", and their wives to settle in places across the world solely for the purpose of teaching those who did not receive a Jewish education or to inspire those who did. The vehicle chosen for this was termed a "]." Rabbi Schneerson was responsible for pioneering ] (''Kiruv''). At the time the idea of outreach to non religious Jews was a strange one. There were even those that decried the idea. Today, those same individuals and organizations are active in Jewish outreach.<ref name="HaPardes 1981">{{cite journal|last=Elberg|first=Simcha|date=March , 1981|title=Kiruv Krovim v'Kiruv Rechokim|journal=HaPardes|volume=55|issue=6|pages=2|language=]|url=http://www.hebrewbooks.org/12661|accessdate=2009-12-25}}</ref> | |||
| ] has been active in reaching out to Jews through its synagogues, and various forms of more direct outreach efforts. The organization has been recognized as one of the leaders in using free holiday services to reach out across denominations.<ref>Fishkoff, Sue. , ''Texas Jewish Post''. Accessed September 22, 2007. "Many people credit Chabad-Lubavitch with spearheading the movement for free holiday services across the denominational spectrum."</ref> | |||
| Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, had a core of dedicated Hasidim who maintained underground ] and ]s, and provided ] and ] services in the former ]. | |||
| Chabad, with its dozens of Chabad Houses throughout Israel, where yeshiva programs for Israelis, Russians, French, and Americans, reach out to thousands. Followers of Chabad can be seen attending to ] at the ] and ] as well as other public places, and distribute ] candles on Fridays. There are also Chabad houses in almost every location that Jews might be located, whether as permanent residents, on business, or tourists, for instance: China, Japan, and Hong Kong. | |||
| Chabad rabbis and their families were sent to teach college students, to build day schools, and to create youth camps. Most of these were geared towards their secular or less religious brethren. Additionally, unmarried rabbinical students spend weeks during the summer in locations that do not yet have a permanent Chabad presence, making housecalls, putting up ], teaching Judaism, and simply reminding people that they are Jewish. This is known as Merkos Shlichus. | |||
| Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson also initiated a Jewish children's movement, called ] (lit. "Army God"), for under ]-age children, to inspire them to increase in ] and observance of ]. | |||
| Rabbi Schneerson also encouraged the use of modern technology in outreach efforts such as ]s, which are mobile homes that travel a city or country. The Chabad website, ], a pioneer of Torah, Judaism outreach on the ], was started by Rabbi Yosef Y. Kazen and developed by Rabbi D. Zirkind. | |||
| In addition, nearly 7,000 people visit Chabad's ''Ascent'' of ] per year, which is a combination recreation center, Jewish youth hostel, and religious retreat that gives courses for beginners in Judaism, particularly in the mystical aspect of it. | |||
| In June 1994 Rabbi Schneerson died with no successor. Since then over a thousand couples have taken up communal leadership roles in outreach, bringing the estimated total number of "Shluchim" to three thousand worldwide. | |||
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