Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 29 Jun 2020 06:19:06 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 100,000 people attended Zoom commemoration for Rabbi Menachem Schneerson https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/06/29/rabbi-menachem-schneerson/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 07:55:40 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=128227 The Chabad-Lubavitch movement estimates that 100,000 people on 45,000 devices gathered in an online Zoom event to honor the late Chabad rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Schneerson, who died in 1994, led the movement's transition from a small and insular Hasidic sect to an outward-facing global force. Tens of thousands visit his grave in Queens, Read more

100,000 people attended Zoom commemoration for Rabbi Menachem Schneerson... Read more]]> The Chabad-Lubavitch movement estimates that 100,000 people on 45,000 devices gathered in an online Zoom event to honor the late Chabad rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

Schneerson, who died in 1994, led the movement's transition from a small and insular Hasidic sect to an outward-facing global force. Tens of thousands visit his grave in Queens, New York every year on the anniversary of his death. Things were different this year in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Read more

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