The Chabad-Lubacz organization's rabbi will refire the Khanuk candles in the Sejm. What is Chabad-Lubacz?

On Thursday afternoon, there will be a ceremonial Chanuk candle inflammation in the Parliament building with the honorary participation of president Andrzej Duda, talker of the Sejm Simon Holownia and members of the Bureau of the House.

The erstwhile ceremony, which took place on Tuesday and was dedicated to the judaic festival of Hanuki, was unfortunately disrupted by MP Grzegorz Braun of the Confederate. During this ceremony, Braun, utilizing a powder fire extinguisher, extinguished already burning Khanuk candles in the building of the Sejm.

The candle burning on Tuesday was the credit of Rabbi Shalom Dowa Ber Stambler, president of Chabad-Lubacz in Poland. As before, besides on Thursday he will be liable for the ceremony of inflammation of Khanu candles.

– I was privileged to light the planet this year, just like we've been doing for 17 years. – said Rabbi Stambler in an interview with Robert Mazurek at RMF FM.

– We are always accepted and invited by the Chancellery of the Marshal of the Sejm and this is simply a subject that is always beyond controversy, beyond political divisions – he added.

According to the information available on Wikipedia website, Chabad-Lubacz is simply a group of Hasidics, which was established in the late 18th century in the town of Lubaczy in Belarus (named by the followers as a ‘brotherly town of love’ in Russian), in the Smolensk Oblast. In its history, Chabad-Lubacz had 7 teachers (rebes), coming from a single dynasty.

The last of them, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, did not appoint a successor before his death in 1994, resulting in a deficiency of current rebe since then. Chabad-Lubacz is considered to be the fastest increasing Hasidic group, bringing together about 200,000 followers worldwide. The organization encourages people with judaic roots, but without a judaic mother, to convert to Judaism.

The Chabad-Lubacz website dates the formation of the organization to the early 1940s, erstwhile Mend Schneerson assumed power. Currently, according to the information provided on the website, 4000 families working full-time as emissaries of the movement implement 250-year principles and philosophy, directing over 3300 institutions.

In Poland, Chabad-Lubacz is represented by the Chai Foundation, whose statutory activity includes the promotion of judaic culture, education and assistance to people of the Moses religion in Poland. The discipline Foundation cooperates with the global judaic organization Chabad-Lubacz. The judaic Center run by the Foundation is recommended by Chabad Lubavich in the planet as “Chabad Lubavich in Poland”.

The organization besides organizes lectures on judaic culture and religion, cabals, judaic holidays, etc., with these meetings being graced with the presence of representatives of the business world, diplomatic corps and city authorities. Furthermore, the Foundation conducts cultural activities aimed at building an agreement between Poles and Jews, through contacts with local and central authorities and actions aimed at wider social groups.

There are besides critics who emphasize that members of Chabad-Lubacz belong to orthodox supporters of the Cabal, and their activities may be sectarian. There are besides speculations about the unclear contacts of this Hasidic sect with politicians in the country and in the world.

It is besides worth recalling that Hanukkah is an highly nationalistic vacation commemorating the 'recovery of the temple' in Jerusalem by the Jews at the hands of the Greeks. specified recovery in the then realities active the slaughter that occurred in Jerusalem in 166 before Christ. I don't truly realize why we should celebrate.