Lubavitch Youth Organization

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Lubavitch Youth Organization (LYO) is an organization run by Chabad, a Jewish, Hasidic movement. The organization offers a range of services for Jews of all affiliations. LYO was established by Chabad rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in 1955. [1] [2]

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Services provided by the organization include reciting Kaddish for the Jewish deceased [8] and a community library. [9]

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