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Chabad Lubavitch Mitzvah tank in Golders Green, London. A mitzvah tank is a vehicle which is used as a portable "educational and outreach center" and a "mini-synagogue" (or a "minagogue") by Chabad members who are involved in outreach. Mitzvah tanks are commonly used for advancing the mitzvah campaigns.
In its primary meaning, the Hebrew word mitzvah (/ ˈ m ɪ t s v ə /; Hebrew: מִצְוָה, mīṣvā, plural מִצְווֹת mīṣvōt [mit͡sˈvot]; "commandment") refers to a commandment from God to be performed as a religious duty. Jewish law in large part consists of
Chabad mitzvah campaigns, or Mivtzo'im (Hebrew: מבצעים) refer to several campaigns launched by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson. From 1967 to 1976, Schneerson said all Jews should observe ten basic "beginner's mitzvot " (commandments) . [ 1 ]
Bar Mitzvah – It is customary in Chabad communities for a child celebrating his Bar Mitzvah to recite the Chassidic discourse titled Isa b'Midrash Tehillim. [18] Tefillin – The custom of Chabad males, starting from Bar Mitzvah age, is to don an additional pair of Tefillin, called "Tefillin of Rabbeinu Tam". [19] [20] [21]
Pages in category "Chabad-Lubavitch (Hasidic dynasty)" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Chabad centers exist around the world and serve as Jewish community centers that provide educational and outreach activities for the entire Jewish community regardless of degree of observance. [5] Each center aims to provide a cozy and informal place to learn about and observe Judaism, [ 6 ] and provides an atmosphere such that all Jews feel ...
The Petter Chamor (Hebrew: פטר חמור) or Redemption of the firstborn, is a mitzvah in Judaism in which a male firstborn donkey is redeemed by the owner of the donkey, who gives a lamb or kid to a Kohen. [1] The lamb is not required to be firstborn. The mitzvah applies to the firstborn male offspring of a Jewish-owned donkey.
Moshe Yehuda Kotlarsky (June 8, 1949 – June 4, 2024) was an American Orthodox Hasidic rabbi who served as Vice Chairman of Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, the educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement which in turn oversees over 5,000 religious and educational institutions worldwide.