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| '''Chabad Hasidic outreach''' is a ] phenomena, whereby ] ] attempt to encourage Jews to adopt Orthodox Jewish observance. | |||
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| ==History== | |||
| Rabbi ], 6th leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of ], and then his successor, Rabbi ] were responsible for focusing Chabad's activities on outreach. Each sent out large numbers of rabbinic emissaries, known as "]", to settle in places across the world for outreach purposes. The centers that these ] established were termed "]." Rabbi Schneerson was a pioneer in the field of ] (''Kiruv''). | |||
| ] 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 ]. | |||
| ==Chabad House== | |||
| Chabad, with its dozens of Chabad Houses throughout the Israel, where yeshiva programs for Israelis, Russians, French, and Americans, reach out to thousands{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}. Followers of Chabad can be seen attending to ] at the ] and ] as well as other public places, and distributing ] candles on Fridays. | |||
| Chabad rabbis and their families are sent to teach college students, to build day schools, and to create youth camps. Many of these efforts are geared towards secular or less religious ]. Additionally, unmarried rabbinical students spend weeks during the summer in locations that do not yet have a permanent Chabad presence, making housecalls, putting up ] and teaching about Judaism. 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{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}. The Chabad website, ], a pioneer of Jewish religious outreach on the ], was started by Rabbi Yosef Y. Kazen and developed by Rabbi D. Zirkind{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}. | |||
| In June 1994, Rabbi Schneerson died with no successor. Since then, over two thousand couples have taken up communal leadership roles in outreach, bringing the estimated total number of "Shluchim" to over four thousand worldwide{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}. | |||
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