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About Chabad-Lubavitch
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| The Philosophy |
| Chabad-Lubavitch is a philosophy, a movement, and an organization. It is considered to |
| be the most dynamic force in Jewish life today. |
| Lubavitch appropriately means the "city of brotherly love"The word "Chabad" is a |
| Hebrew acronym for the three intellectual faculties of: chachmah-wisdom, binah- |
| comprehension and da'at-knowledge. The movement's system of Jewish religious |
| philosophy, the deepest dimension of G-d's Torah, teaches understanding and |
| recognition of the Creator, the role and purpose of Creation, and the importance and |
| unique mission of each Creature. This philosophy guides a person to refine and govern |
| his and her every act and feeling through wisdom, comprehension and knowledge. |
| The word "Lubavitch" is the name of the town in White Russia where the movement was |
| based for more than a century. Appropriately, the word Lubavitch in Russian means the |
| "city of brotherly love." The name Lubavitch conveys the essence of the responsibility |
| and love engendered by the Chabad philosophy toward every single Jew. |
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The Movement
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| Following its inception 250 years ago, the Chabad-Lubavitch movement -- a branch of |
| Hasidism -- swept through Russia and spread in surrounding countries as well. It |
| provided scholars with answers that eluded them and simple farmers with a love that |
| had been denied of them. Eventually the philosophy of Chabad-Lubavitch and its |
| adherents reached almost every corner of the world and affected almost every facet of |
| Jewish life. |
| Leadership: |
| No person or detail was too small or insignificant for their love and dedication. The |
| movement is guided by the teachings of its seven leaders ("Rebbes"), beginning with |
| Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, of righteous memory (1745-1812). These leaders |
| expounded upon the most refined and delicate aspects of Jewish mysticism, creating a |
| corpus of study thousands of books strong. They personified the age-old, Biblical |
| qualities of piety and leadership. And they concerned themselves not only with |
| Chabad-Lubavitch, but with the totality of Jewish life, spiritual and physical. No person |
