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

Lubavitcher Rebbe's physician Moshe Feldman dies at 80

Feldman, known for treating the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was a pediatric specialist who practiced medicine for nearly 50 years in the Bronx and later in Crown Heights.

DECEMBER 3, 2021BySHIRA HANAU/JTA
Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson

Chabad hosts 38th annual conference in New York

Though the pandemic has presented unique challenges to Jewish communities around the world, Chabad noted that it has had many successes in expanding outreach and opportunities for diaspora Jews.

OCTOBER 29, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Chabad emissaries (shluchim) attending their annual international conference at Chabad-Lubavitch world headquarters in Brooklyn in November 2019.

Rabbi Yoel Kahn, leading student of Lubavitcher Rebbe, passes away

Kahn was known for transcribing Schneerson's talks and teachings and disseminating them to communities around the world for over 70 years.

JULY 17, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Rabbi Yoel HaKohen Kahn, known simply as Reb Yoel, was chief scribe of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, for over 40 years. Seen here in a familiar pose listening to the Rebbe teach at the farbrengen gathering of 12 Tammuz 1983.

Netanyahu and the Rebbe: Two leaders that converge - opinion

Netanyahu had to step down after leading Israel for 12 years. Two leaders – the Rebbe and Bibi, who had met before now shared the same day of fate.

JUNE 17, 2021ByHADASSAH CHEN
THE Lubavitcher Rebbe.