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Vestige of a Jewish gravestone depicting a tzedakah box. The earliest mention of a tzedakah box is in connection with the priest Jehoiada , who crafted a chest with a hole in its lid, positioning it next to the altar 's main entrance on the southern side of the Temple .
Colel Chabad (Hebrew: כולל חב"ד) was founded in Lithuania in 1788 and is the oldest continuously operating charity in Israel. [1] The institution runs a network of soup kitchens and food banks , dental and medical clinics, daycare centers , widow and orphan support, and immigrant assistance programs.
Tzedakah box (Pushke), Charleston, 1820, silver, National Museum of American Jewish History. Tzedakah (Hebrew: צְדָקָה ṣədāqā, [ts(e)daˈka]) is a Hebrew word meaning "righteousness", but commonly used to signify charity. [1]
Agudas Chassidei Chabad (Union of Chabad Chasidim or Association of Chabad Chassidim also known by its initials "Aguch") is the umbrella organization for the worldwide Chabad-Lubavitch movement. Aguch oversees the other Chabad central organizations such as Machneh Israel and Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch .
1895 edition of the Shulchan Aruch HaRav. The Shulchan Aruch HaRav (Hebrew: שולחן ערוך הרב, lit. 'Shulchan Aruch of the Rabbi'; also romanized Shulkhan Arukh HaRav) is especially a record of prevailing halakha by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), known during his lifetime as HaRav (Hebrew for "The Rabbi") and as the first Rebbe (Yiddish for "rabbi") of Chabad.
The first kollel – in the modern sense of the term – in the Jewish diaspora was the Kovno Kollel ("Kolel Perushim" [2]) founded in Kovno (Kaunas, Lithuania) in 1877. [3] [4] It was founded by Rabbi Yisrael Salanter [5] and directed by Rabbi Isaac Blaser.
Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch (Hebrew: מרכז לענייני חינוך Mēr Kūz Lĕ Īn Yān Nē Ḥin Ōōḵ lit. Central Organization for Education) is the central educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.
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 ...