Chabad,also known as Lubavitch,Habad and Chabad-Lubavitch,is an Orthodox Jewish Hasidic dynasty. Chabad is one of the world's best-known Hasidic movements. It is one of the largest Hasidic groups as well as one of the largest Jewish religious organizations in the world. Unlike most Haredi groups,which are self-segregating,Chabad mainly operates in the wider world and it caters to secularized Jews.
Shneur Zalman of Liadi was a rabbi and the founder and first Rebbe of Chabad,a branch of Hasidic Judaism. He wrote many works,and is best known for Shulchan Aruch HaRav,Tanya,and his Siddur Torah Or compiled according to the Nusach Ari.
Borough Park is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn,in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by Bensonhurst to the south,Dyker Heights to the southwest,Sunset Park to the west,Kensington and Green-Wood Cemetery to the northeast,Flatbush to the east,and Mapleton to the southeast.
Yeshivah College,officially Yeshivas Oholei Yosef Yitzchok Lubavitch,is an independent Orthodox Jewish comprehensive single-sex primary and secondary Jewish day school for boys,located in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda East,in Victoria,Australia.
Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev (1740–1809),also known as the holy Berdichever,and the Kedushas Levi,was a Hasidic master and Jewish leader. He was the rabbi of Ryczywół,Żelechów,Pinsk and Berdychiv,for which he is best known. He was one of the main disciples of the Maggid of Mezritch,and of his disciple Rabbi Shmelke of Nikolsburg,whom he succeeded as rabbi of Ryczywół. He is also the great-grandfather of Israeli artist Isaac Frenkel Frenel.
Dovber Schneuri was the second Rebbe of the Chabad Lubavitch Chasidic movement. Rabbi Dovber was the first Chabad rebbe to live in the town of Lyubavichi,the town for which this Hasidic dynasty is named. He is also known as the Mitteler Rebbe,being the second of the first three generations of Chabad leaders.
The Yeshiva College,also known as the Harry O. Triguboff Centre,is a Hasidic Jewish synagogue,learning centre,and library of the Chabad-Lubavitch nusach,located at 36 Flood Street,in the Sydney suburb of Bondi,New South Wales,Australia. The Centre runs various adult and child-based educational programs.
Rabbi Yehuda Chitrik was an author and Mashpia in the Chabad Hasidic community in Brooklyn,New York.
Yitzhak Aharon Korff is the present Rebbe of Zvhil –Mezhbizh. Since 1975 he has been the Chaplain of the City of Boston and spiritual leader of Congregation Bnai Jacob,Zvhil–Mezhbizh Beit Medrash of Boston,Miami,and Jerusalem,serving also with the Chief Rabbis of Israel as Spiritual Leader of The Jerusalem Great Synagogue. He is a dayan of the BaDaTz Boston Beth din and Vaad HaRabbonim. He is also principal of Korff Associates,consultants in business,diplomacy and international law and relations,Consul to the government of Austria and publisher of the Boston-based Jewish newspaper The Jewish Advocate.
Lyubavichi is a rural locality in Rudnyansky District of Smolensk Oblast,Russia.
The Yeshivah Centre is an Orthodox Jewish umbrella organisation in Melbourne,Victoria,Australia,that serves the needs of the Melbourne Jewish community. It is run by the Chabad-Lubavitch movement,until recently,under the direct administration of Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Groner. Rabbi Zvi Telsner has been brought as the new Dayan of the Centre and Lubavitch community.
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.
Yitzchak Feivish Ginsburgh sometimes referred to as "the Malakh" is an American-born Israeli rabbi affiliated with the Chabad movement. In 1996 he was regarded as one of Chabad's leading authorities on Jewish mysticism. He is the leader of the Derech Chaim Movement and founder of the Gal Einai Institute,which publishes his written works. His students include Charedim,religious Zionists,and Chabad Chassidim,as well as ba'alei teshuvah. He is currently the president of a number of educational institutions,including the Od Yosef Chai yeshiva in the settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank. Ginsburgh has lectured in various countries,and throughout Israel. His teachings cover subjects including science,psychology,marital harmony and monarchy in Israel. He has published over 100 books in Hebrew and English,most of which are edited by his students.
Rabbi Yitzchak Dovber Schneersohn of Liadi (1833-1910),was a Hasidic rebbe in the town of Liadi. Rabbi Yitzchak Dovber was the son of Rabbi Chaim Schneur Zalman of Liadi. Rabbi Yitzchak Dovber succeeded his father as rebbe for a number of Chabad Chasidim in Lyady. His brother-in-law,Rabbi Levi Yitzchak became a rebbe in the town of Sirotin (Siratshin). He and his brother-in-law were the last rebbes of the Liadi branch of Chabad.
Chabad philosophy comprises the teachings of the leaders of Chabad-Lubavitch,a Hasidic movement. Chabad Hasidic philosophy focuses on religious concepts such as God,the soul,and the meaning of the Jewish commandments.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is a multilateral development bank and international financial institution that aims to collectively improve economic and social outcomes in Asia. It is the world's second largest multi-lateral development institution. Headquartered in Beijing,China,the bank currently has 109 members,including 14 prospective members from around the world. The breakdown of the 109 members by continents are as follows:42 in Asia,26 in Europe,22 in Africa,9 in Oceania,8 in South America,and 2 in North America. The bank started operation after the agreement entered into force on 25 December 2015,after ratifications were received from 10 member states holding a total number of 50% of the initial subscriptions of the Authorized Capital Stock.
Yitzchok Moully is an Australian-American Orthodox rabbi and artist associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement,and is known for his "Chasidic Pop Art" painting style. Moully served as a Chabad emissary (shaliach) in Basking Ridge,New Jersey.
Menachem Zeev ("Wolf") Greenglass was a Polish-Canadian rabbi associated with the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement.
Rachel "Ruchie" Freier is a New York Supreme Court justice.
The Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Trade and Development is a senior official in the United States Department of the Treasury who heads a portfolio of the department's offices on international financial services issues,trade and investment policy,banking and securities,and U.S. relations with multilateral development banks.
