Shelichut

How the Lubavitcher Rebbe employed the halachic concept of shelichut to reach and influence every corner of the globe

Shlichus refers to a Chabad rabbi-and-wife couple who are dispatched to a certain locale to foster Jewish life and serve the population in any way possible.

Join 4,000 Chabad-Lubavitch shluchos and guests from across the globe as they renew, recharge and reinvigorate each other at the closing ceremony of the annual Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries.

Of the hundreds of e-mails we receive every day at Chabad.org, many are from adventuresome, idealistic young men and women seeking to work at a Chabad house in an exotic location.

"When you speak to the youth they do not want the easy way out. Challenges do not scare them."

An interview with Sue Fishkoff, the author of The Rebbe’s Army, a book detailing the Chabad movement’s activities in furthering Judaism.

A powerful tribute to Rabbi Gavriel and Rivky Holtzberg הי"ד and eight thousand of their fellow Shluchim and Shluchos, accompanied by the Rebbe’s talk upon his accepting leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in 1951.

Katia’s voice became choked with emotion as she continued, “I became very angry at Jews and at Judaism. I decided that it was not for me. ‘If Jews behave like this,’ I thought to myself, ‘it’s better for me to be among non-Jews.’”

As the hours passed, the students became frustrated, and some planned on closing the doors early. They began assessing the cause of the failure.

The overall population of Cancun is approximately 450,000. There are an estimated 500 Jews representing 150 families living there and they are a diverse group.