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New Shluchim to Newark, NJ

Rabbi Moshe Herson, head shliach to the State of New Jersey, announced the appointment of Rabbi Avrohom Minsky as Chabad Shliach for the city of Newark. The appointment of Rabbi and Mrs. Avraham and Mushka Minsky to the Newark office brings the number of Chabad Centers in New Jersey to 62.

Years Later, A New Shliach Takes Over His Fathers Work

Mrs. Sara Freedman has been living in remote Bahia Blanca on the southwestern tip of Argentina for the last thirty years. In 2016, she and her community were dealt a crushing blow when her husband, Rabbi Moshe Freedman, passed away at age fifty-seven. This past December, Sara’s son came back to Bahia Blanca to pick up where his father left off.

Obituary: Rabbi Yisroel Rapoport, 55, Beloved Rabbi in New Jersey

Better known as “Raps” or “Bubby” to his many friends and his admirers, Rabbi Yisroel Rapoport was remembered as a beloved rabbi who was “always reaching out to others with bubbling enthusiasm and love.” He lived his life in service of others as rabbi of Congregation Sons of Jacob in Vineland, N.J., and as co-director with his wife, Nechama, of Chabad-Lubavitch of Cumberland County. He passed away on Feb. 3 at the age of 55.

JEM: A Heavenly Send Off For Shliach To Italy

Earlier today, on Shabbos Rosh Chodesh Adar, 5781, Rabbi Gershon Mendel Garelik, the Rebbe’s Shliach to Italy, passed away. Chabad Chasidim around the world mourned the passing of the iconic Shliach, who – together with his wife Bassie, may she be well – personified the first generation of the Rebbe’s Shluchim.

New Shluchim to Universal City, CA

Coinciding with the recent fifth Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yehoshua Binyomin Gordon z”l, the Rebbe’s Shliach to the S. Fernando Valley, Chabad of the Valley is excited to announce that Rabbi Mendel and Leah Baitelman have been appointed as Shluchim to Universal City, CA, to open the 30th Chabad House in the Valley.