{{Short description|Religious outreach centres operated by the Chabad movement of Hasidic Judaism}} {{Chabad sidebar}} A '''Chabad house''' is a center for disseminating Hasidic Judaism by the Chabad movement. Chabad houses are run by a Chabad ''shaliach'' (emissary) and ''shalucha'' (fem. for "emissary"); the two are often married. They are located in cities and on or near college campuses.
== History == Menachem Mendel Schneerson (the Chabad rebbe) sent Rabbi Shlomo Cunin to Los Angeles in 1965 to lay the groundwork for Chabad's West Coast activities.{{sfn|Fishkoff|2003|p=94}} The first Chabad house for university students was opened in March 1969 at the University of California, Los Angeles by Cunin.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Chumash Devarim|publisher=Kehot Publication Society|year=2011|isbn=978-0-8266-0194-0|location=New York|pages=vii}}</ref>
In 1972, Cunin opened additional Chabad houses at the University of California, Berkeley and University of California, San Diego, {{sfn|Fishkoff|2003|p=95}} and, by 2003, had overseen the establishment of nearly 100 Chabad houses in California.{{sfn|Fishkoff|2003|p=94}}
Chabad houses are independently funded by the local community (apart from those in tourist destinations or Asian business hubs).
== Description == In a Chabad house, the ''shaliach'' (a Chabad rabbi) and ''shalucha'' (often his wife) host programs, activities, and services for the local Jewish community and tourists.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Levy|first1=Faygie|title=The Young Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries: Who They Are, Where They're Going|url=http://www.chabad.org/news/article_cdo/aid/2767338/jewish/The-Young-Chabad-Lubavitch-Emissaries-Who-They-Are-Where-Theyre-Going.htm|access-date=21 November 2014|agency=Chabad|publisher=Chabad.org|date=November 19, 2014|quote=It's a much different environment than when Rabbi Shimon Lazaroff went on shlichus with his wife, Chiena, in 1972. "When I started out, we had to pull our own wheels. We had to do our own initiatives. Today, thank G‑d, it is much easier. We have resources like the Shluchim Office, Chabad.org and the Jewish Learning Institute".}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chabad.org/global/about/article.asp?AID=244374|title=The Chabad House}}</ref> Each center aims to provide a cozy and informal place to learn about and observe Judaism,<ref>The New York Times, December 16, 2005.</ref> and provides an atmosphere such that all Jews feel comfortable at Chabad events.<ref>''Passover Seders, Around the World'', The Associated Press, March 19, 2007</ref> Some are in or very near college campuses, others are not.
Chabad houses are typically run by a rabbi and his wife—often with the assistance of unmarried young men or women affiliated with Chanad, or, in the case of more developed Chabad houses, with the assistance of a second or even third married couple.
== Services ==
Some typical Chabad house programs include: hospital and prison visits; holiday activities such as "Sukkah Mobiles," Chanukah and Purim gift baskets and kits, holiday rallies and festivals; counseling and social Services; Jewish studies classes, lectures and seminars; Judaica services; regular newspapers and kosher meals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Jewish Learning Institute offers course on 'Medicine and Morals'|url=http://www.chabadgables.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/746404/jewish/Jewish-Learning-Institute.htm|work=www.chabadgables.com|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref> Classes may also be provided for non-Jews in the Noahide laws, as per rabbi Schneerson's Noahide campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New JLI course is being offered by Chabad House|url=https://www.jlicentral.com/news.php?task=fullstory&NID=219|work=www.jlicentral.com|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref>
== In universities == Chabad houses at universities—known as Chabad on Campus—often provide housing for students, peer counseling and drug prevention centers, student activity offices, a synagogue, a publications center, library, kosher dining hall, student lounges, and a computer area.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chabad to present course on 'Medicine and Morals'|url=http://www.stljewishlight.com/features/article_1d53715c-d6e1-11df-a331-001cc4c03286.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203060229/http://www.stljewishlight.com/features/article_1d53715c-d6e1-11df-a331-001cc4c03286.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2013|work=www.stljewishlight.com|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref> These facilities provide a social environment for young Jewish men and women on campus.<ref>{{Cite web|title= Jewish medical ethics course to start Oct. 26|url=https://www.jlicentral.com/news.php?task=fullstory&NID=217|work=www.jlicentral.com|access-date=September 26, 2014}}</ref>
== Gallery == <gallery> File:Chabad Bais Sonia Gutte Campus, Pico Blvd., Beverlywood, Los Angeles.JPG|Chabad Bais Sonia Gutte Campus, Los Angeles. File:ChabadofBocaRatonFL.JPG|Chabad of Boca Raton, Florida. File:20170807 144556 August 2017 in Athens.jpg|Chabad House, in Athens </gallery>
== See also == * Chabad of Poway * List of Chabad houses in California * Nariman House * Soho Synagogue * Yeshiva Gedolah Frankfurt
== Notes == === References === {{Reflist}}
=== Sources === * {{cite book|last=Fishkoff|first=Sue|title=The Rebbe's Army: Inside the world of Chabad-Lubavitch|url=https://archive.org/details/rebbesarmy00suef|url-access=registration|year=2003|publisher=Schocken Books|location=New York|isbn=0-8052-1138-1}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Chabad houses}} * [http://www.lubavitch.com/ Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters] * [http://www.chabad.org/ Chabad Lubavitch on the Web] * [http://www.chabadoncampus.org/ Chabad on Campus International]
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