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Chabad.org is the main website for the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community. It provides resources and support for its members and Jews around the globe. As one of the earliest Jewish websites, it holds the distinction of being the first and largest online congregation.

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12 Facts About the Jews of England

1 week ago | chabad.org | Yehuda Altein

The Jewish community of England is one of the largest in the world—but it wasn’t always this way. From radical hatred to royal honor, their story is truly one of thorns and roses. Read on for 12 facts about the past and present of this regal Jewish community. 1.
14 Facts About Acharon Shel Pesach

1 week ago | chabad.org | Yehuda Altein

While it’s usually the Passover Seders that get the most attention, the rest of the eight-day holiday is special too—and the last day certainly packs a punch! Read on for 14 facts about Acharon Shel Pesach, the grand finale of a week filled with festivity, family, and freedom. 1. It’s the End of a Busy Week Passover is coming to a close, and boy has it been busy! We started with the first two days and the Seder nights, rich with meaningful highlights and precious moments.
Dr. Bernard Lown and the Rebbe's Matzah - The famed cardiologist and the ‘food of faith and healing’

2 weeks ago | chabad.org | Dovid Margolin

There are many reasons for the late cardiologist Dr. Bernard Lown’s fame, any one of which could have been a life’s achievement. Born Baruch Latz in Lithuania in 1921, he immigrated to the United States with his family as a teenager, later going into medicine. Lown’s early research uncovered the link between potassium levels and the safe usage of the centuries-old heart failure drug, digitalis.
Thousands Gather for Festive 'Shabbat 2400' at Binghamton University - Originally named 'Shabbat 1,000' 31 years ago, annual event has outgrown moniker

2 weeks ago | chabad.org | Karen Schwartz

Nearly 2,000 students, alumni, faculty and supporters gathered on a recent Friday night for Chabad-Lubavitch at Binghamton’s 31st annual mega Shabbat celebration. Held at the university Events Center, it celebrated Jewish pride with an evening of traditional food and community. On a regular Shabbat, the Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life at Binghamton University hosts about 600 students at its main center near campus and another 100 students at a downtown location.
A Fifth Cup at the Seder?

2 weeks ago | chabad.org | Ari Shishler
Bonanza in a Box: How a Passover Tradition Became a Hollywood Hit - In 1948, almost nobody in L.A. knew about shmurah matzah; now everybody wants it

2 weeks ago | chabad.org | Dovid Margolin

Second in a two-part series about about the dramatic growth in the use of handmade shmurah matzah in the last 60 years. The first article in the series, “How a New World of Consumers Discovered Handmade Matzo,” is here. It’s safe to say that when the pious-looking Rabbi Shmuel Dovid Raichik came to Los Angeles in 1948, there weren’t many people there who looked like him. The Polish-born rabbi had made it out of Europe alive following an unusual path of escape.
How a New World of Consumers Discovered Handmade Matzo - Traditional shmurah matzo was still a rarity in post-World War II New York

2 weeks ago | chabad.org | Dovid Margolin

First in a two-part series about the dramatic growth in the use of handmade shmurah matzo in the last 60 years. The second part, “Bonanza in a Box: How a Passover Tradition Became a Hollywood Hit,” is here. There’s nothing more pleasant on a cold New York winter’s day than the smell of freshly baking matzo wafting up the street. Outside the Lubavitch Matzah Bakery’s metal doors in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood sits the world as it is, cold and blustery; inside, it is Passover.
Over 200 Jewish Servicemen Gather for Annual Aleph Conference - The five day conference celebrated those who facilitate Jewish life for over 15,000 Jewish service members and their families

2 weeks ago | chabad.org | Karen Schwartz

Over the course of five days in early March, the streets of Bal Harbor, Fla., were filled with Jewish men and women who had flown in from around the world. However, these were not the typical religious Jews who normally walk the streets. These Jews were dressed in full military regalia. One of the attendees was Doc Bleich, who spent the better part of a recent week doing important learning.
11 Facts You Should Know About the Four Questions

2 weeks ago | chabad.org | Yehuda Altein

A central element of the Passover Seder table is a child standing up proudly to ask the Four Questions, their face glowing with excitement. Beyond asking why “this night is different from all other nights,” these questions carry deep meaning and significance. Read on for 11 facts about this beloved highlight of the seder night. 1. They Launch the HaggadahBy the time we get to the Four Questions, we’ve already had the first cup of wine, dipped a vegetable in salt water, and broken the middle matzah.
Where Is the Justice in Chad Gadya?

2 weeks ago | chabad.org | Yehuda Shurpin

A similar version has this explanation as part of a story: It is told that Rabbi Yonasan Eybeschutz was once staying at an inn where simple townsfolk were discussing the famous controversy between him and Rabbi Yaakov Emden. Each person took a different side in the dispute until they began to speak critically of the great Rabbi Yonasan himself—unaware that he was sitting among them, disguised in the clothing of a simple villager.