Shaliach (Chabad) significant person Menachem Mendel Schneerson
A shaliach (Hebrew: שליח, pl. שלוחים‎ shluchim), literally "emissary" or "messenger", is a member of the Chabad Hasidic Jewish movement who promotes the practice of Judaism and/or Hasidism to those of Jewish background in locations around the world. Usually operating in husband-and-wife pairs, shluchim operate Chabad Houses, Jewish day schools, and Jewish summer camps. As of 2021, there are over 6,500 Chabad shluchim families worldwide, operating over 3,500 institutions in over 110 countries. Chabad runs the largest network of synagogues as of 2023.History
Starting in the 1950s, the Chabad-Lubavitch Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, sent many thousands of shluchim all over the world, often to remote locations, to bring Jews closer to Judaism through his mitzvah campaigns, and to assist Jewish communities worldwide in their religious needs.
The first permanent Chabad House on a college campus was established at UCLA in 1969.