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Irarais a Aaaraa. ji ~.i-~ cz>v*'i a men -.t tr* Xfatn v i:*.- 4 .‘j kienfizsy -'- Azaem rea-~7 'r_j < f*T hwr- cr.» that Cbasradisn car. par* * **ilar aspect — 'Chabsd Chas- nd. rr.. ~ mon c rrjnc*ily known ment founded aJnsc--'’. two centuries ago by one of the most famous Jewish personalities of his time. Rabbi Shnur Zairean of Lyadi, White Russia. Its main principles might be described as extreme de votion to the worship and know ledge of God on the one hand, and on the other — a faithful dedica tion to the needs of God’s people, i.e. a rare combination of devout- ness without isolation or seclusion; of nearness to God which does not hinder but — quite the reverse — enforces nearness to the needs of the community at large. The history of “Chabad Chassid- isnri” is one of self-sacrifice, of con tinuous struggle against regimes of oppression in Russia — both Czar- ist and Communist. It is with this tradition that “Chabad Chassidism" came to this country, resolved to continue its activities and carry out its great mission. Out of the ruins, flames and blood of war-stricken Warsaw es caped one of the leading person alities of the Jewish world who managed to reach the American shores in the year 1940. To the “Lubavitcher Rabbi," Joseph Isaac Schneerson. this had not been the first narrow escape from the shad ows of death. He was the last Jew ish leader to continue his strug gle for traditional Judaism in Soviet Russia. This his non-political ac tivity, he had always maintained, was not contradictory to any state law. Some Communists, mainly Jewish agents of the so-called "Yevzektsia," however, succeeded in having him arrested during 1927. The death penalty threatened him. Pressure of a number of friends led to his eventual release. But he had to leave the country and his many thousands of devout follow ers. He settled in Warsaw which became the center of his activities. But now World War II broke upon the European horizon, and the Lubavitcher Rabbi, undaunted by the ghastly experiences which had bar. phyjjcaDjr d-sa'lec be- zir. to wander again. Following a r-arrew escape from death, he man aged to reach the New World in the Spr.r.g of 1946. Immediately upon his arrival in t.'.e United States, he vowed that r.e would / orr. for a spiritual re vival of American Jewry Thus with a handful of followers ano .n the -pint of -^-;f-?acTifice. the Luba- vitcber Rebbe embarked upon his new tasks The results exceeded every expectation. Within a few years he had succeeded in .mplant- ing the spirit of Lubaviich in America. A new “army” arose on the American scene — an army of youthful, spiritual pioneers, always ready to rekindle the flame of Yid- dishkeit” even in the hearts of the most estranged. American Jewry looked up and wondered: here was -omething new in Jew ish history — a Jewish missionary movement for Jews! The Rebbe took no rest. He was not satisfied with the mere foun dation of the famous Lubavitcher Yeshiva on American soil. He ex tended his activities to every sec tion of the United States establish ing educational Institutes for boys and girls particularly in those towns and cities where Jewish ed ucation was lacking. He founded a publication society which issued, besides the works of the Chassidic masters, popular literature in Eng lish, Yiddish, Hebrew, Spanish and French with the view of bringing basic Judaism home to all ages and social circles. In addition, a month ly magazine for children, called “Talks and Tales," was born in four languages. The fame of the Lubavitcher Rebbe spread to ever- wider spheres and soon his work became known all over the world. In February, 1950, the great sage, who had spent but a decade in our midst and accomplished so many miracles in reviving Chassidism. was taken from this world. He was mourned by the entire Jewish world. It appeared that God had spared him the hell of Europe so that he could sow the seed of his ordained tasks in the New Land. The Rebbe’s work passed on to able hands — his son-in-law and successor, the present Lubavitcher Rebbe. Menachem Mendel Schneer son. It has been under his leader ship the past six years that Luba- vitch has attained the status of a world organization with numerous branches running the gamut from Morocco to Australia. Thus, as we have seen. "Chabad Chassidism" is Messianism in its most exalted state — an ever young and reju- vinating force with a most up-to- date mission. Copyright AJP—1956 The Southern Israelite