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Shaliach (Chabad)
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A Chabad
shliach is a Chabad member sent out to promulgate Judaism
and Chasidut around the world.
Chabad shluchim as of 2010 number about 4,500 worldwide, and can be found in many of even the most remote worldly locales.
Rebbe
, Rabbi
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
, sent many thousands of shluchim all over the world, often to remote locations, to bring Jews closer to Judaism through his Mitzvah campaigns
and to assist Jewish communities worldwide in their religious needs.
. Over 4,000 rabbis gather each year, making the assembly the largest rabbinical conference in the world.
A similar conference is held each winter for the Shluchos (wives of the rabbis), typically proximate to the Yahrtzeit of Rebbetzin
Chaya Mushka Schneerson
. Both Kinusim are simulcast in multiple languages and have extensive tracking, including programs for lay leaders and children.
Chabad
Chabad or Chabad-Lubavitch is a major branch of Hasidic Judaism.Chabad may also refer to:*Chabad-Strashelye, a defunct branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism*Chabad-Kapust or Kapust, a defunct branch of the Chabad school of Hasidic Judaism...
shliach is a Chabad member sent out to promulgate Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
and Chasidut around the world.
Chabad shluchim as of 2010 number about 4,500 worldwide, and can be found in many of even the most remote worldly locales.
Origins
Starting in the 1950s, the Chabad-LubavitchChabad-Lubavitch
Chabad-Lubavitch is a Chasidic movement in Orthodox Judaism. One of the world's larger and best-known Chasidic movements, its official headquarters is in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York...
Rebbe
Rebbe
Rebbe , which means master, teacher, or mentor, is a Yiddish word derived from the Hebrew word Rabbi. It often refers to the leader of a Hasidic Jewish movement...
, Rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Menachem Mendel Schneerson , known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or just the Rebbe among his followers, was a prominent Hasidic rabbi who was the seventh and last Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He was fifth in a direct paternal line to the third Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Menachem Mendel...
, sent many thousands of shluchim all over the world, often to remote locations, to bring Jews closer to Judaism through his Mitzvah campaigns
Mitzvah Campaigns
Mitzvah Campaigns, or Mivtzo'im is a term coined by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Chabad movement, to refer to his various initiatives calling his followers, and all Jews, to reach out to less affiliated Jews and encourage them to undertake specific...
and to assist Jewish communities worldwide in their religious needs.
Meaning
The Rebbe told Rabbi G.M. Garelick when he went out to Milano, "[Y]ou will be a Rabbi of a shul, headmaster of a school, director of a camp and a counselor for people, but none of it will truly define what you will do in Milan. It will be above and beyond all of it--you'll be a Shaliach."Kinus HaShluchim
The Kinus HaShluchim (Hebrew: כנוס השלוחים, lit. Assembly of Emissaries) is the annual gathering of Chabad Shluchim held in the fall of each year. The conference is typically held in New York City on the weekend prior to the new Hebrew month of KislevKislev
Kislev Kislev Tiberian ; also Chislev is the third month of the civil year and the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year on the Hebrew calendar....
. Over 4,000 rabbis gather each year, making the assembly the largest rabbinical conference in the world.
A similar conference is held each winter for the Shluchos (wives of the rabbis), typically proximate to the Yahrtzeit of Rebbetzin
Rebbetzin
Rebbitzin or Rabbanit is the title used for the wife of a rabbi, typically from the Orthodox, or Haredi, and Hasidic Jewish groups...
Chaya Mushka Schneerson
Chaya Mushka Schneerson
Chaya Mushka Schneerson , referred to by Lubavitchers as The Rebbetzin, was the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh and last Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism. She was the second of three daughters of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok...
. Both Kinusim are simulcast in multiple languages and have extensive tracking, including programs for lay leaders and children.