Lubavitcher Rebbe

Chabad was founded in the late 18^th century by Shneur Zalman of Liadi, in Russia. In 1940 Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, the sixth leader in the dynasty fled war-torn Europe for New York where he established a synagogue.  After his death, his son-in-law, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, turned the movement into a powerful force within Judaism.  Chabad-Lubavitch today, is one of the world’s largest Hasidic movements.  The name ‘Chabad’ is an acronym of Chochmah, Binah, Da’at, which means ‘Wisdom, Understanding and Knowledge’.  Their headquarters are based in Crown Heights, a suburb of Brooklyn, New York.  We travel to Crown Heights to find out more about the Lubavitcher Rebbe and the Chabad movement.