Lubavitcher Rebbe

Major fire destroys main building at Chabad founder's grave in Ukraine

Initial assessments indicated that the fire may have been caused by an electrical short circuit, although investigators are still examining all possible causes.

|ByJOSH ARONSON
Fire rages near the grave of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the founder of the Chabad Hasidic movement, in Hadiach, in Ukraine’s Poltava region on July 24, 2026. .
An illustrative image of an asteroid orbiting the Earth.

Asteroid the size of 38 Lubavitcher Rebbes to pass Earth on Chabad head's yahrzeit - NASA

Asteroid 2003 LN6, the size of 38 Menachem Mendel Schneersons, is set to pass the Earth on June 18, the anniversary of the death of the Chabad movement leader.

|ByAARON REICH
RABBI MENACHEM MENDEL SCHNEERSON of Lubavitch at a Lag Ba’omer parade in Brooklyn, 1987.

The real secret to Chabad’s success, 32 years after the Rebbe’s passing - opinion

After October 7, Jewish communities across the world held challah bakes dedicated to the hostages. Women gathered in synagogue halls and community centers, with flour on their hands, saying prayers.

|ByAREYAH KALTMANN
Rare medieval Sefardi Torah scroll from the late 13th or early 14th century on display at ANU, Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

The guard outside the synagogue - opinion

Our guard stands in the cold, gives up holidays with his family, and carries a responsibility he never chose. When tragedy comes, men like him are often the first line of defense.

|ByMENDY CHITRIK

A Parisian hairstylist in Tiberias - short story

I believe it may even have been the Lubavitcher Rebbe himself who said, “You listen with your heart, not with your ears.”

OCTOBER 30, 2022ByGABRIEL EMANUEL
A barber gives a client a haircut. (illustrative photograph)

Senior Russian official: Chabad Lubavitch is a neo-pagan cult

Chabad is the most dominant Jewish group in Russia and Ukraine and this was therefore a shocking statement that was perceived by the rabbis and emissaries negatively.

OCTOBER 26, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Chabad rabbis sing ‘Ani Ma’amin’ in front of the movement’s world headquarters in Brooklyn

Chabad must embrace the Israeli flag - opinion

Any Chabad institution that will fly or prominently place an Israeli flag anywhere in their Chabad House, school, yeshiva, Jewish Community Center, summer camp or similar venue, will receive $770.

OCTOBER 25, 2022BySHMULEY BOTEACH
CELEBRATING ISRAEL during a New York parade. What does Chabad have against the flag?

Prosbul, Chabad and the Lubavitcher Rebbe: Legal loopholes in Judaism

Even if there was no financial need for a prosbul, there was spiritual valence to its execution because it reflected fidelity to rabbinic tradition and affiliation with the legacy of Chabad's founder

OCTOBER 1, 2022ByLEVI COOPER
RAMASH SUGGESTED people should ensure they have some debt owed to them, just so they will be able to write a prosbul.

HolyGems: Proud to present new Israeli natural treasures to the world

HolyGems CEO Tali Shalem-Taub recounted how her father discovered Israel's natural deposits of precious jewels all thanks to the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022ByALAN ROSENBAUM
Tali Shalem-Taub, CEO of HolyGems

How the Lubavitcher Rebbe knew Gorbachev would liberalize Russia - opinion

Head of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev took the step of opening the Iron Curtain for immigration and permitting Jews to practice Judaism.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022ByDAVID ELIEZRIE
ROSES ARE placed on a sculpture of Mikhail Gorbachev in memory of the final leader of the Soviet Union, at the ‘Fathers of Unity’ memorial in Berlin, on Wednesday.

Bermuda's Jewish community to get its first full-time rabbi

Bermuda has a population of approximately 65,000 residents, "of whom 500 are believed to be Jewish," according to the worldwide Jewish movement. The island also hosts many Jewish tourists every year.

AUGUST 10, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Chabad emissaries (shluchim) attending their annual international conference at Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn in November 2019.

Chabad demands return of the Schneerson library archives from Russia

Chabad’s approach to Israel’s government is: Don’t give the Russians control over the Jerusalem compound without demanding the return of the Schneerson library archives.

JULY 25, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
PRIME MINISTER Menachem Begin with the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, in Brooklyn, New York, in 1977.

Rabbi Ruvi New: Combing the beaches for Chabad from Bondi to Boca

New was profoundly impacted by the Rebbe’s vision to change the world, and how much he believed in every person’s capacity to be a leader in changing the world for the better.

JUNE 30, 2022ByMATT ROBINSON
Rabbi Ruvi New and Ahuva New, co-directors of Chabad of East Boca.

A tribute to my father-in-law on his 80th birthday - opinion

May you live until Moshiach comes and witness the final triumph of the Jewish nation.

JUNE 20, 2022BySHMULEY BOTEACH
RABBIS POSE in front of Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, in 2018. After the writer returned to New York for rabbinical ordination, a rabbi from Sydney asked him if he was ready to date.