'The heads of Chabad were hereditary, honorary citizens of the Russian Empire and had good ties with the government’: Chabad of Russia
10.08.2025
Around the same time, the KHABAD movement is founded in Belarus. Within several decades, hundreds of thousands of Jews will belong to this movement and the leaders of KHABAD will become the leading leaders of the Jews of the Russian Empire. The heads of CHABAD were hereditary honorary citizens of the Russian Empire and had good ties with the government. Despite this, almost all the leaders of CHABAD have been repeatedly arrested for the uncompromising struggle for the rights of the Jews of the Russian Empire.
Rabbi Sholem Lugov, director of the site moshiach.ru, published 5 books that describe the biography and doctrine of the first five chapters of CHABAD, the life and activities of which were directly related to such events as the war with Napoleon, the forced conscription of Jewish children into the tsarist army, Jewish pogroms in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the case of Baileys, the struggle for the abolition of the settlement line and many other events.
Those wishing to order these books can contact the Itgalut Center in Beersheva by phone 0544529771.