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Chabad.org is the flagship website of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. It serves not just its own members but Jews worldwide in general[1]. It was one of the first Jewish internet sites[2] and the first and largest virtual congregation.[3]
[edit] HistoryRabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kazen, a Chabad Rabbi, founded Chabad Lubavitch in Cyberspace. In 1988, long before the Internet was popularized, Kazen reached out to thousands of people on FidoNet, an online discussion network that was distributed on several thousand nodes around the world. So primitive was the technology that it would sometimes take three days for messages to travel from one part of the world to the next.[citation needed] With the advent of computer communication technology, Kazen recognized its potential for reaching an almost limitless audience, particularly people limited by geographic and other constraints. Kazen digitized thousands of documents into what became the world's first virtual Jewish library, and enabling thousands of people to learn about Judaism for the first time. Chabad.org served as a model for other Jewish organizations, who created their own educational Web sites[4]. After Kazan's untimely death in 1998, the site was rolled under the umbrella of the Chabad Lubavitch Media Center directed by Zalman Shmotkin. Today, Chabad Lubavitch Media Center, maintains some 1100 websites, including the flagship Chabad.org, specialized holiday sites, and over 1500 customised sites for local Chabad houses.[citation needed] [edit] Jewish Knowledge BaseChabad.org has a comprehensive Jewish knowledge base which includes over 100,000 articles of information ranging from basic Judaism to philosophy. The major categories are The Human Being, G-d & Man, Concepts and Ideas, The Torah, The Physical World, The Jewish Calendar, Science & Technology, People and Events. There are comprehensive sections on Shabbat, Kosher, Tefillin, Mezuzah, the Jewish way to Death and Mourning and a concise Synagogue companion. [edit] Ask the RabbiChabad.org was the pioneer of “Ask the Rabbi” sites. Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Kazen reached out to thousands of people on Fidonet, an online discussion network, as far back as 1988.[5] In 1994, Kazen launched the first version of Chabad’s “Ask the Rabbi” Web site. Today’s version, in which 40 rabbis and educators field questions via e-mail, has answered more than 500,000 questions between 2001-2006, averaging about 270 a day.[6] People from homeless people using the library to tourists trekking the world; the Talmudic scholar, the Israeli soldier, the curious gentile, take advantage of the Web’s anonymity to impart experiences and ask for advice from chabad.org.[6] Chabad.org operates TheJewishWoman.org's “Dear Rachel” an area which is run by women for women. Chabad.org's goal is to have women feel comfortable, like a group of their peers.[6] [edit] FeaturesChabad.org maintains a number of sub-sites, including
[edit] StatisticsChabad.org and its affiliated sites claim over 7.6 million visitors per month, and over 365,000 email subscribers. [edit] ContributorsYanki Tauber Tzvi Freeman Jay Litvin Dovid Zaklikowski Sarah Esther Crispe Chana Weisberg Naftali Silberberg [edit] Sources
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