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Chabad-Lubavitch looks to
spread Jewish awareness to all
Jews, regardless of affiliation.
With an objective of strengthen-
ing Jewish identity and religious
consciousness, Chabad emissaries
focus on the observance of the
Torah and mitzvot, and sharing
them with others.
Although often seen together,
the two names are individual terms.
Lubavitch refers to the town in
White Russia where the movement
flourished from 1813-1915. The
name translates from Russian as
"city of brotherly love." The word
Chabad is an acronym for
Chachma, Bina and Da'as, meaning
"wisdom, understanding and
knowledge."
Rabbi Schnuer Zalman of Liadi
founded Chabad-Lubavitch in
1796. Upon the 1994 death of
Rabbi Menachem Mendel
Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitch
leader, the Chabad community did
not designate a new leader.
Chabad employs about 47,500
individuals throughout the world;
many are teachers. There are nearly
2,600 Chabad institutions world-
wide, including day schools, camps
and synagogues.
In the last five years, the
Orthodox sect established 511 facil-
ities. They include a $7 million
Jewish Community Center in
Moscow, a $1.5 million synagogue
in Siberia and a $15 million school
for girls in Paris.
More_than 1 million children
around the world attended Chabad
activities last year.
The Chabad Web site
(www.Chabadonline.com ) includes
a weekly magazine, lists of emis-
saries around the world and calen-
dar listings of their events. There
are links to year-round holiday
sites.
Chabad's world headquarters is
the Central Organization for Jewish
Education in New York. Chabad
Houses are located worldwide.
Each is run and financed by its
own directors, who oversee religious
services, Jewish libraries, education
classes for all ages, Jewish youth
programs and outreach and educa-
tional programs. ❑
In this town of only 3,000 Jews, the
Goldmans must have their kosher
meat, fish and dairy products shipped
from New York, Chicago and Los
Angeles. They arrived in a place with a
Conservative and Reform synagogue
and a Conservative day school, but no
organized Jewish schooling for those
who are observant. Now Nechoma
Goldman, a West Bloomfield native,
leads playgroups "thathave Jewish edu-
cational content. The Goldmans
home-school their four children.
Finding a lack of adult-education
classes, the rabbi immediately acted to
fill the void; 35 regular members now
attend. The Goldmans offer holiday
programming for children, one-on-one
studies and lunch-and-learn sessions.
"Our immediate goal is for Jewish
pride, Jewish identity and Jewish expe-
rience," Rabbi Goldman says. "And, of
course, whenever possible, Jewish
knowledge. Being proud to be Jewish
is what empowers us.
"My goal is for every Jew in the city
to do one more mitzvah," Rabbi
Goldman says. "For some families that
may mean putting a mezuza [tiny parch-
ment Torah scroll] on their door; for
some, it may mean keeping kosher; for
some, an increase in Jewish knowledge.
"They don't come in here thinking
we have a pre-conceived goal for them,
other than being Jewish," he says.
"But the sky is the limit."
For Doba Weber, the reward in being
an emissary comes from watching
Jewish people become more involved in
Judaism. She says many visitors to
Chabad House tell her and her husband
that they are lighting Shabbat candles
for the first time. "Many have
approached us to thank us for the mem-
orable and touching experience. It is
very inspiring work," she says.
Describing the late Rabbi
Menachem Mendel Schneerson as "an
inspiring, motivating, deep, touching,
intellectually stimulating teacher and
role model," Rabbi Shmotkin, a
spokesman for Chabad's New York
office, sees the Rebbe's influence as a
primary motivation for emissaries
worldwide. "He influenced hundreds
of thousands to try in some measure
to implement at least a little bit of his
vision to give of one's self to help oth-
ers," Rabbi Shmotkin says.
Inspired by Rabbi Schneerson, the
thousands of Chabad emissaries
around the globe continue to act upon
his words: "No matter how prominent
your station in life, so long as there is
one Jewish child who has no reacher,
you must personally sit down and
study Torah with that child." ❑