Chabad of Irvine

02/17/2026

Tomorrow! You are what you eat?

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02/11/2026

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01/05/2026

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12/29/2025

A New Year, a More Learned You!
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Scholar in Residence and Shabbat Dinner: www.chabadirvine.org/shabbatdinner
Jewish History, Jewish Resiliency: www.ChabadIrvine.org/jewishhistory

12/09/2025

Liberation of R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1798)

On the 19th of Kislev of the year 5559 from creation (1798), Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi -- the founder of Chabad Chassidism -- was released from his imprisonment in the Peter-Paul fortress in Petersburg, where he was held for 53 days on charges that his teachings threatened the imperial authority of the Czar. More than a personal liberation, this was a watershed event in the history of Chassidism heralding a new era in the revelation of the "inner soul" of Torah, and is celebrated to this day as "The Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism."

12/04/2025

14 Kislev - The Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Wedding, 1929

Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902–1994) was the towering Jewish leader of the 20th century, known as “the Lubavitcher Rebbe,” or simply as “the Rebbe.” Born in southern Ukraine, the Rebbe married Chaya Mushka, the daughter of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, in 1929 in Warsaw, thus facilitating his future ascension to the leadership of the Chabad movement. Escaping Nazi-occupied France, the Rebbe and his wife arrived in the United States in 1941, where eventually he inspired a worldwide revival of traditional Judaism.

12/01/2025

11/28/2025

Birth & Passing of R. Dovber of Lubavitch (1773; 1827)

Kislev 9 is both the birthday and day of passing of Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch, son of and successor to the founder of Chabad Chassidism, Rabbi Schneur Zalman·of Liadi. Rabbi DovBer was known for his unique style of "broadening rivers" -- his teachings were the intellectual rivers to his father's wellspring, lending breadth and depth to the principles set down by Rabbi Schneur Zalman.

Born in Liozna, White Russia in 1773, Rabbi DovBer was named after Rabbi Schneur Zalman's mentor and teacher, Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch, who had passed away on Kislev 19 of the previous year. Rabbi DovBer assumed the leadership of Chabad upon his father's passing in 1812. In 1813 he settled in the town of Lubavitch, which was to serve as the movement's headquarters for the next 102 years. In 1826, he was arrested on charges that his teachings threatened the imperial authority of the Czar, but was subsequently exonerated.
Rabbi DovBer passed away on his 54th birthday in 1827, a day before the first anniversary of his liberation.

11/11/2025

Birth of Rabbi Sholom DovBer of Lubavitch (1860)

The fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Sholom DovBer Schneersohn
(known by the acronym "Rashab"), was born on the 20th of Cheshvan of the year 5621 from creation.

After the passing of his father, Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, in 1882, Rabbi Sholom DovBer assumed the leadership of the movement.

In 1915 Rabbi Sholom DovBer was forced to flee Lubavitch from the advancing WWI front and settled in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia. In his final years, he began the heroic battle -- carried on under the leadership of his son and successor, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn -- against the new Communist regime's efforts to destroy the Jewish faith. Rabbi Sholom DovBer passed away in Rostov in 1920.

11/02/2025

Today in Jewish History: The Passing of Rachel

The matriarch Rachel died in childbirth on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 2208 from creation (1553 BCE) while giving birth to her second son, Benjamin.

While Jacob and his family were on the road to Jacob's ancestral home in Hebron (after a 22-year absence), she gave birth to a second son, but died in childbirth. Jacob buried her by the roadside, in Bethlehem; there, "Rachel weeps over her children, for they are gone [in exile]" (Jeremiah 31:14). Her tomb has served as a place of prayer for Jews for more than 35 centuries.

10/30/2025

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10/27/2025

NEW COURSE!
Begins this Wednesday: To Be a Jew - How to "walk" like a Jew
Enhance your celebration of Shabbat through a deeper understanding of the meaning and customs of the holy day. Refocus on faith, family, and friends.
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