Thread by @Chabad

For many of the rabbis here, far away from established Jewish community, this may be the only kosher catered meal they eat all year #kinus

This year has seen continued growth in Chabad centers around the world. Recent centers include Chabad in Barbados, the 11th to open in the Caribbean: chabad.org/news/article_c… #Kinus

Other new centers include Chabad in Ivory Coast
chabad.org/news/article_c… #Kinus

The main program is set to begin
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The live music, with singer @elimarcusmusic, plays a selection of classic Chasidic tunes.
The current song is called the Poltava Nigun
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@elimarcusmusic Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky now welcoming all of those gathered for the banquet #Kinus

@elimarcusmusic Each emissary represents a Jewish community around the world. Thus tonight is a gathering of world Jewry
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@elimarcusmusic The first chapter of psalms will be said by Rabbi Shimon Lazeroff, head chabad emissary to the state of Texas
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You can follow along:
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The next chapter is the chapter of the Rebbetzin, the Rebbe's wife. It's being said in the merit of everyone in Israel. #Kinus

We pause to pay tribute to our fellow Jews, killed in Pittsburgh last Shabbat.

We will be studying a mishnah in their honor. Something done traditionally in honor of those who have died.
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Video now shows Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky share a video address.

"We must turn grief into acts of comfort, solidarity and pride."
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"We must counter darkness with light, fragmentation with unity"
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Video now playing shows a song, composed by the Alter Rebbe, the founder of Chabad, being sung by the Rebbe and chasidim
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Rabbi Kotlarsky was asked to travel to the island of Curacao, to print a tanya, the foundational work of Chabad chasidic philosophy.
The rest you will see when you get there, he was told. #Kinus

He met a Jewish man, who said that growing up in Curacao, he was told two things: To marry a Jewish girl and if he had a problem, to ask the Rebbe.

"I have problem," he said, "And now I see you" #Kinus

He called himself a small jew on a small island. The Rebbe wrote back to him
Read the full story here: chabad.org/therebbe/artic…

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'The love shluchim give to their communities is reciprocated by their community members.'
Together we can fulfill the Rebbe's dream of this being a world of goodness and kindness
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"We can change the world, one Jew at a time, one Jew at a time, one Jew at a time . . . until we change the whole world."
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Now speaking, Mendel Klein of Moscow, Meir Oberlander of Budapest, speaking.
They're speaking about their grandfather, who survived the Nazi invasion of Austria
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Watch it all live:
pscp.tv/w/1vOxwZbkDLvJB
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Moshe became a student in the Lubavitcher Yeshivah in Crown Heights.
"The Rebbe took us, young boys, American boys, and gave us so much attention. He was out father."
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He started the very first gan yisroel overnight camp under the Rebbe's guidance.

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Looking for something more to do, Moshe Lazar asked the Rebbe what he could do. The Rebbe told him to come up with options.
They went to Milan, Italy.

They are celebrating 60 years of being emissaries in Italy.

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"We never told our children to go on shlichut, we lived by example. They are doing that what Hitler wanted to destroy."
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"The Rebbe took a little American boy, and made him a shliach"
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Rabbi Moshe Lazar now takes the stage
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We have surpassed our goals to open new centers targeting teens, students and young professionals. #kinus

This has been enabled by our partnership with the Meromim Foundation.
Mr. Yitzhak Mirilashvili is responsible for this amazing partnership. He is tonight's keynote speaker. #Kinus

The value of the chasidim is their commitment to the cause #Kinus

Had the Rebbe sent money, the money would have stopped and with it, the work.
Instead he sent the best, the brightest and strongest of chasidim - sent on a one way ticket knowing they'd only return when Moshiach comes #Kinus

The Rebbe would not let one Jew drown in the cold waters of assimilation. Some may be willing to say we can not reach everyone. But if we do what is in our power, we can reach, teach and inspire every Jew in the world #Kinus

The Rebbe wanted all of us - not just his shluchim - to be involved, to have skin in the game, to partner with the shluchim #Kinus

Let us thank Hashem for giving us the Rebbe, the Rebbe for giving us the shluchim, and the shluchim for partnering with us #Kinus

Rabbi Motti Flikshtein telling a very personal story.
Read about him: chabad.org/news/article_c…
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"Matt" came in to Chabad, fully expecting to be thrown out by the Chabad Rabbi, instead he got a hug.
"A hug I still feel until today."
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Rabbi Flickshtein has called up his shliach, Rabbi Aryeh Weinstein.

Watch Rabbi Weinstein's many videos for Chabad.org
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"The warm Yiddishe hug that I received," says Rabbi Flickshtein, "continues on to this day, as I welcome people into my home." #Kinus

A look at our dedicated Chabad.org tech team making the live stream happen. #kinus

Closed captions going up on our love feed #kinus #inclusion

Rabbi Benny Zippel visits kids in drug bootcamps and rehab centers in Utah.
If there is a Jew who, for whatever reason, finds him or herself in the state of Utah, it is my obligation to reach out to them. #Kinus

The Rebbe taught me to look at them and say, "You have a meaning and purpose. You have a sole within you. You can get it done."
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There is a couple in Utah, in Zurich, in Moscow, in Mumbai, that love these children like their own
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A special thanks to the planning committee for the #Kinus along with the entire Kinus team.
This event is a year in planning.

A special mention of Rabbi Chaim Mordechai Isaak Hodakov, the Rebbe's chief of staff #Kinus

Some of the shluchim who passed away this year:
abbi Tzvi Greenwald, 86, Mea Shearim-Born, British Mandate-Fighting, Kibbutz-Visiting Chassidic Educator

chabad.org/news/article_c…
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Zalmy Plotkin, 14, Son of Ontario Emissaries
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Rabbi Mendel Sasonkin, 54, Chabad Emissary to Ohio
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A special mention to the shluchos, the female emissaries, who are running the show back home.

Beside every great shlucha, is a shliach #Kinus

The rollcall for the #kinus begins with Chabad of cyberspace.

That's us!

The Shluchim of Armenia, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium and Brazil! #Kinus

Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China
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Reading now, the young shliach to Bangalore, India #Kinus

There are 125 emissary couples to England

Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland. #Kinus

Read about them:
chabad.org/news/article_c… #kinus

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the brutal murder of 166 people in Mumbai, India, including the Chabad emissaries Gavi and Rivki Holtzberg

Welcoming Mr. Yitzchak Herzog, head of the @JewishAgency #kinus

@JewishAgency There are 1074 Chabad emissaries in Israel! #Kinus

@JewishAgency The young shliach to Boise, Idaho welcoming the shluchim to Jamaica . . . Kenya . . . Latvia, Lithuania . . . #kinus

@JewishAgency Mendel Banon, young shliach to Morocco welcoming the shluchim to his hom country, to Nepal, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway . . . #Kinus

The 184 shluchim from Ukraine now dancing #Kinus

Chabad shluchim from America -Alabama to Wyoming - and every state in between! #Kinus