Chabad affiliated organizations

The organizations and institutions associated with the movement provide social, educational and religious services to Jews around the globe.

The educational and outreach arm, Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch, is headed by Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky.

Aguch oversees the other Chabad central organizations such as Machneh Israel and Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch.

The number of Chabad centers vary per country; the majority are in the United States and Israel (see table).

[16] A Chabad House is a form of Jewish community center, primarily serving both educational and observance purposes.

[17] Often, until the community can support its own center, the Chabad House is located in the shaliach's home, with the living room being used as the "synagogue".

[18] The term "Chabad House" originated with the creation of the first such outreach center on the campus of UCLA by Rabbi Shlomo Cunin.

[20][21] The local Chabad emissaries, Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivka, and four other Jews were brutally murdered.