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Agudas Chassidei Chabad is the umbrella organization for the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement. The chairman of the executive committee is Rabbi Abraham Shemtov.
Agudas Chasidei Chabad was established by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn in 1923. In the letter the Rebbe Rayatz wrote to Rabbi Eliyahu Yochil Simpson, a Lubavitcher Rav in New York about this new Aguda in a letter dated 6 Kislev, 5686/1925. He wrote that Divine Providence had caused Chassidim who had learned in Lubavitch to go to America in order to inspire Chassidim and mekuravim in that country who never saw the Rebbeim: "I have asked twice and three times that the talmidim, rabbanim, shochtim the balabatim correspond with one another, to inspire each other with a proper arousal. With the same feeling and pleasure that they merited to enjoy from the light which is good, when they stood in the holy chamber of [the Rebbe Rashab], who toiled and worked exceedingly hard to endow them with bountiful good and the dew of resurrection through numerous sayings [which are] holy of holies; so that they would shine forth like stars in the sky in all their beings, for good and blessing."
"You dear students … upon whom Hashgacha Elyona decreed that you go to a distant land, a place where they did not see the light of tzaddikim, our fathers the holy Rebbeim. Even for the elders, may they live long, it is many years that they have not been in the chambers of holiness, and the young ones never saw anything. Therefore, upon you and only upon you, devolves the obligation and mitzva to fulfill the great mission to inspire them and draw them to the light which is good."
Then the Rebbe calls upon the Tmimim to unite: "Unite, our dear talmidim, unite. Awaken, awaken and rise up and illuminate with the light which is good and the merit of our fathers, the holy Rebbeim, should cast a tent upon you and the members of your households, on those who learn and support, on them, their households and children, and all they have should be blessed with unlimited blessings from spirit to flesh."
The founding meeting of the Aguda (association) took place at Rabbi Simpson's house on Motzaei Shabbos, Parshas Shmini, the eve of 27 Nissan, and was attended by about ten Lubavitcher Chassidim who had learned in Tomchei Tmimim in Lubavitch. The following are the minutes of the meeting: “The purpose of the Aguda is for all the Tmimim in the United States to unite in one bond, heart and soul, physically and spiritually, to arouse the spark of love and spirit that they had when they were together in Lubavitch.”
A book was chosen to record the minutes of the Aguda. At the beginning there was a paper on which they signed their agreement of the founding of the Agudas HaT’mimim, which read as follows: “Boruch Hashem, Motzaei Shabbos kodesh Parshas Shmini, 5686, New York.
"We the undersigned have gathered together for a meeting of Tmimim at the home of Rabbi Simpson and we have decided with a resolute decision to unite together in one association, heart and soul, and to meet once a month, bli neder, at the home of one of the Tmimim, to learn Chassidus and to farbreng. It is the obligation of each member to involve himself in all matters of commitment to the association materially and spiritually, bli neder, and also to involve himself in the welfare of our mosdos and the welfare of the Rebbe shlita, bli neder. “Eliyahu Simpson, Gershon Simpson, Alter Beilin, Yisroel Jacobson, Zev Wolf Koznitz, Avner Shifrin, Yosef Nelson, Yitzchok Schneiderman, Gershon Chanoch Hecharin.”
In 1940, upon his arrival in the United States, he assumed the role of President and in 1941, upon the arrival of his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, he appointed him as executive chairman. Its initial purpose was to "unify the Chasidim (adherents) of Chabad; to establish ordinances in every Chabad synagogue concerning the communal study of Chasidus... To establish Cheders for children and with God-fearing teachers. To establish Yeshivot for students to learn, from whom Torah may spread forth... and to support the organizations founded by the previous (Chabad) Rebbes." [1] [2] [3]
After the passing of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn in 1950, his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson succeeded him as President of Agudas Chassidei Chabad. Since then, Agudas Chassidei Chabad has served as the umbrella organization for the Chabad Lubavitch movement. [4]
In 1984, Rabbi Schneerson selected several new people to serve on the board. After their appointments, the board consisted of the following: [5]
In March 1990, the documents were once again modified and Rabbi Schneerson selected a total of twenty-two individuals to serve as members on the board of the umbrella organization: [6]
In 2010, a New York judge ruled in favor of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, deciding over an ownership dispute between the organization and the Gabbayim of the synagogue housed at 770 Eastern Parkway. The court ordered the Gabbayim to deliver possession of the premises of 770 Eastern Parkway to Agudas Chasidei Chabad. [8]
During World War II, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak was forced to flee from the USSR and went to Poland. He was given permission by the Soviet government to take many of his religious texts from his library with him. In March 1940, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak managed to escape Europe for the United States, but was forced to leave his library behind. In the 1970s, many of the texts were recovered in Poland and were returned to Chabad. Today, the chief librarian is Rabbi Shalom Dovber Levine and contains over 250,000 books. [9] [10]
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known to adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or simply the Rebbe, was an Orthodox rabbi and the most recent Rebbe of the Lubavitch Hasidic dynasty. He is considered one of the most influential Jewish leaders of the 20th century.
Yosef YitzchakSchneersohn was an Orthodox rabbi and the sixth Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Hasidic movement. He is also known as the Frierdiker Rebbe, the Rebbe RaYYaTz, or the Rebbe Rayatz. After many years of fighting to keep Orthodox Judaism alive from within the Soviet Union, he was forced to leave; he continued to conduct the struggle from Latvia, and then Poland, and eventually the United States, where he spent the last ten years of his life.
Schneersohn is a Jewish surname used by many of the descendants of the Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the first Rebbe of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.
Chaim Yehuda ("Yudel") Krinsky is an ordained rabbi and a member of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. He has served in various positions of the movement's administrative staff since 1954, and as a personal secretary to its chief rabbi, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, And serves as chairman of the movement's main institutions.
Chaya Mushka (Moussia) Schneerson, referred to by Lubavitchers as The Rebbetzin, was the wife of 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, Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn. She was named after the wife of the third Lubavitcher rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn.
Levi Yitzchak Schneerson was a Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic rabbi in Yekatrinoslav, Ukraine. He was the father of the seventh Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
770 Eastern Parkway, also known as "770", is the street address of the World Headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, located on Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York, in the United States. The building is the center of the Chabad-Lubavitch world movement and considered by many to be an iconic site in Judaism.
Tomchei Tmimim is the central Yeshiva of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. Founded in 1897 in the town of Lubavitch by Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, it is now an international network of institutions of advanced Torah study, the United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth.
Rabbi Menachem Shmuel David Raichik was an Orthodox rabbi of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement, and the pioneer of Chabad's activities in Los Angeles, California. Raichik served as a shaliach for the sixth and seventh Lubavitcher Rebbes.
Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Aizik Hodakov was the chief of staff of the secretariat of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson for more than 40 years. From 1950, until his death, Hodakov served as chairman of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, the umbrella organization of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
Barry Gurary was a rabbi. He was the nephew of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher rebbe.
Mashpia or feminine Mashpi'oh lit. "person of influence", pl. Mashpi'im is the title of a Hasidic rabbi who serves as a spiritual mentor, whose main influence and teachings are in matters of the worship of God, the correction of virtues and spiritual elevation.
The Library Of Agudas Chassidei Chabad is a research library owned by Agudas Chasidei Chabad. Its content had been collected by the Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbes. The library is housed next to the Lubavitch world headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, New York, and is utilized by Chabad and general Judaic scholars. It is viewed by thousands of visitors each year.
Yehuda Leib "Leibel" Groner was an American Hasidic Jewish teacher, scholar, and author. He is best known for having served as the personal secretary to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, for 40 years.
Reb Yoel Kahan was a senior Chabad rabbi, who served as the leading hoizer and meiniach for the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. His position as leading choizer and meiniach made him the default authority on the Rebbe's teachings and one of the most universally recognized scholars of general Chabad Chassidic doctrine.
Abraham Shemtov is a Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi and a shaliach ("emissary") of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Chabad affiliated organizations and institutions number in the thousands. Chabad is a Hasidic movement, a branch of Orthodox Judaism. The organizations and institutions associated with the movement provide social, educational and religious services to Jews around the globe.
Chabad customs and holidays are the practices, rituals and holidays performed and celebrated by adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. The customs, or minhagim and prayer services are based on Lurianic kabbalah. The holidays are celebrations of events in Chabad history. General Chabad customs, called minhagim, distinguish the movement from other Hasidic groups.
Nissan Mindel was a Chabad Hasidic rabbi, author, editor, and served on the administrative staff of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe.
Eliyahu Simpson (Yaichel) (1889–1976) was the Rabbi of the Nusach Ari Tzemach Tzedek Synagogue in Borough Park, Brooklyn for over fifty years. He was one of the heads of Agudas Chasidei Chabad and served as personal gabbai for Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Rebbe of Lubavitch, after the latter's arrival in the United States.
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