page_title: Chabad
section_title: Outreach activities
hierarchical_section_title: Chabad / Activities / Outreach activities
caption_attribution_description: עברית: התמונה המרכזית של שלוחי חב"ד בכינוס השלוחים העולמי תשע"ו-2015 English: Group photo of Chabad-Lubavitch shluchim 2015.
context_page_description: 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, particularly for its outreach activities. It is one of the largest Hasidic groups and Jewish religious organizations in the world.
  Founded in 1775 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi, the name "Chabad" is an acronym formed from three Hebrew words—Chochmah, Binah, Da'at: "Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge"—which represent the intellectual underpinnings of the movement. The name Lubavitch derives from the town in which the now-dominant line of leaders resided from 1813 to 1915. Other, non-Lubavitch scions of Chabad either disappeared or merged into the Lubavitch line. In the 1930s, the sixth Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, moved the center of the Chabad movement from Russia to Poland. After the outbreak of World War II, he moved the center of the movement to the United States.
  In 1951, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson became the seventh Chabad Rebbe. He transformed the movement into one of the most widespread Jewish movements in the world today.
context_section_description: Much of the movement's activities emphasize on outreach activities. This is due to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson encouraging his followers to reach out to other Jews. Chabad outreach includes activities promoting the practice of Jewish commandments (Mitzvah campaigns), as well as other forms of Jewish outreach. Much of Chabad's outreach is performed by Chabad emissaries (see Shaliach (Chabad)).
caption: Group photo of Chabad Shluchim (emissaries) in 2015
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