When people come to Chabad from a non-Ashkenazi background, do they typically adopt Chassidic/Chabad practices? Or does Chabad provide opportunities for people from other backgrounds to continue with the same practices their families would have done? Like, are there any Chabad centers that pray a traditional Sephardic liturgy?
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I need to do Teshuva for someone who grew up chabad but I am masorti. Is there a particular custom? I know the general steps but I need to write a formal letter.
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Some people who identify as Chabad believe that the last Lubavitcher Rebbe was (is?) the Mashiach. Others do not. I know they have separate websites, for example, chabad.org and chabad.info. Are they parts of the same organization? Do they acknowledge each other? What's the deal here?
I immediately get a text from my rabbi asking if everything is ok. then i get a text fin the morning rom another guy who goes to shul regularly every weekend . I havnt had a chance to respond i was trying to focus on this really important interview I had. Was thinking about sending him a text on sunday saying i got a new email and i can subscribe with that (an email i never really use) and responding to the guy on sunday.
But im leaning towards not responding at all. Id honestly prefer to not respond at all . I don't want to go to that shul anymore. I dont want to go to an organized religion but practice judaism by myself in a way that works for me (or not practice anything which is what im doing rn lol). I know this sounds cynical but id respond if I felt like they were being genuine but I feel like they are just asking if im okay cuz i dont want to subscribe to their BS anymore and its a control tactic.
Could someone explain the relationship? On the one hand, I donβt think anyone Chanad is going to turn to the Rambam as far as pesaq din/drafting a teshuva goes, but on the other hand, Chanad really seems to push the study of the Mishne Tora (not sure if there is any emphasis on commentary).
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I want to go to the chabad next to my house and try and reconnect to Judaism, but Iβm scared to go by myself. My friends who are not Jewish, but are very supportive of me wanting to reconnect with my faith are willing to go with me. I guess my question is if it would be ok to bring them?
Iβm a huge fan of Chabad and love their mission and follow their minchagim. The one concept though that seems very deep rooted in the Chabad belief is the concept of βloving every Jew as you love yourself, unequivocally, without exceptionβ - additionally, it also says not just to love them for being Jewish but also for the person that they are, because their Jewish. Why exactly is this though? In Chassidic thought, are we still to love every Jew no matter what actions theyβve done or who they are?
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Itβs been around since the nineties and became mainstream pretty much after the Rebbeβs death . So do you think it will last a century or maybe die out
Or will Chabad become like the Christians and the Domneh prior to them and splinter off from Judaism and become their own individual religion in their right ?
I davened with a chabad minyan that seem to think that the Lubavitcher rebbe is the Messiah and it was really weird. I was wondering if anyone here grew up in this community and could tell me more about it?
Hi all!
My name is Rabbi Mordechai Lightstone. Many of you may know me here, on Twitter, Instagram and other platforms as u/Mottel.
My wife and I run a community called Tech Tribe, part of the Chabad Young Professionals network, for Jews in tech and digital media in the NYC area. We try to create experiences that speak to people in that space: office visits at local tech companies and startups, Augmented Reality Menorah lighting, a massive Shabbat meal at SXSW and the like.
I also do social media for Chabad.org (views here obviously mine, not my employers)
I was born in Los Angeles, went to yeshivah there and in Montreal, and spent a year in Eastern Europe, where Is served Jewish communities in Poland, Lithuania Ukraine and beyond.
I love exploring the intersection of Judaism and technology, drinking single origin coffee and collect vintage and specialty pencils.
