Kfar Chabad

Kfar Chabad

כפר חב"ד
كفار حباد
Kfar Chabad כפר חב"ד; كفار حباد
Hebrew transcription(s)
• official	Kfar Habad, Kefar Habad
	Full-scale replica of "770" in Kfar Chabad
	Kfar Chabad
	Coordinates: 31°59′19″N 34°51′7″E / 31.98861°N 34.85194°ECoordinates: 31°59′19″N 34°51′7″E / 31.98861°N 34.85194°E
Country	Israel
District	Central
Council	Sdot Dan
Affiliation	Chabad
Founded	1949
Population (2019)	6,598

Kfar Chabad (Hebrew: כְּפַר חַבָּ"ד‎, lit. "Chabad Village") is a Chabad-Lubavitch village in central Israel. Between Beit Dagan and Lod, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council.^[2] In 2019 it had a population of 6,598.^[1]

History[]

Kfar Chabad was established in 1949 by Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn.^[3] The site had previously been the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Safiriyya (known to the Byzantines and Crusaders as Sapharea or Saphyria),^[4] and as late as 1957 it was referred to in Hebrew as Tzafrir or Shafrir.^{[citation needed]}

The first inhabitants were mostly recent immigrants from the Soviet Union, survivors of World War II and Stalinist oppression. Regarding their aliyah, the Jewish Observer reported: “There were several noteworthy aspect of this Aliyah. Chabad members refused all offers of help from religious and political organizations; they insisted on going on the land. Adapting themselves to modern agricultural methods ... To them it was a point of honor to live as they were taught. This meant subsisting only on what they earned by their own toil".^[5]

Kfar Chabad, which is just outside Lod and about 8 km southeast of Tel Aviv, includes agricultural lands as well as numerous educational institutions. It serves as the headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement in Israel. Kfar Chabad is a Lubavitch community.^[6]

Replica of "770"[]

The village features a full-scale replica of "770", the world headquarters of Chabad at 770 Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York, which was built in 1986. The building, which serves as a synagogue, includes the exact same number of bricks as the original structure; the brickwork was produced by Teracotta Ofakim Clay Industries in Ofakim. The Lubavitcher Rebbe covered the US$700,000 building cost.^[7]

Railway station[]

Kfar Chabad railway station

Kfar Chabad has a railway station served by trains on the line between Binyamina and Ashkelon. It was built in 1952 and rebuilt in 1999.

Terror attack at the vocational school[]

Vocational school in Kfar Chabad

On 11 April 1956, fedayeens entered the synagogue in a vocational school during evening prayers and started shooting indiscriminately. Five children and one teacher were killed, another ten injured.^[8]^[9]

Education[]

Kfar Chabad provides vocational training in printing, mechanics, carpentry, and agriculture for male students, and education for female students. The programs are combined with religious education.^[10] Most students, who come from outside the village, are not Hasidic.^[11]

Political leadership[]

Previous mayors include Shlomo Meidanchik and Menachem Lehrer. The current mayor is Nachmen Richman.^[12]

Religious leadership[]

The village rabbi was Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi from 1983 until his death in 2015. The previous rabbi was Shneur Zalman Gorelik, from the town's founding until his death.^[13]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ "Course on Holocaust to begin April 27 in Mtn. Lakes". Archived from the original on October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
^ Chabad.org Calendar
^ Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains:The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 253. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
^ Jewish Observer and Middle East Review, 3 July 1959
^ "Course in Madison will examine leadership of Talmudic heroes". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^ Rubenstein, Rayle. "The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Replicas around the world". Binah Pesach supplement, 2015, p. 27.
^ The Rebbe who saved a village Yediot Acharonot, 5 May 1957
^ Bar-On, Mordechai (2012). Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero. Yale University Press.
^ "Course explores avenues to emerge from times of uncertainty". Retrieved October 1, 2014.
^ Despite All Odds: The Story of Lubavitch, Edward Hoffman (New York, 1991, Simon and Schuster), pp. 154–5
^ "Six-week course in Madison to study leadership of Talmud heroes". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
^ "Class gives portraits of leadership". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

[Israelpopulations-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Population in the Localities 2019" (XLS). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.

[2] "Course on Holocaust to begin April 27 in Mtn. Lakes". Archived from the original on October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.

[3] Chabad.org Calendar

[4] Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains:The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. p. 253. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.

[5] Jewish Observer and Middle East Review, 3 July 1959

[6] "Course in Madison will examine leadership of Talmudic heroes". Retrieved 1 October 2014.

[7] Rubenstein, Rayle. "The Sincerest Form of Flattery: Replicas around the world". Binah Pesach supplement, 2015, p. 27.

[8] The Rebbe who saved a village Yediot Acharonot, 5 May 1957

[9] Bar-On, Mordechai (2012). Moshe Dayan: Israel's Controversial Hero. Yale University Press.

[10] "Course explores avenues to emerge from times of uncertainty". Retrieved October 1, 2014.

[11] Despite All Odds: The Story of Lubavitch, Edward Hoffman (New York, 1991, Simon and Schuster), pp. 154–5

[12] "Six-week course in Madison to study leadership of Talmud heroes". Retrieved 1 October 2014.

[13] "Class gives portraits of leadership". Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2014.

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