Editing Chabad (section)

==== {{Lang|he|Shluchim}} (Emissaries) ====
In 1950, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson urged Chabad to begin {{Lang|he|shlichus}} ("serving as an emissary [performing outreach]"). Since then, Chabad {{Lang|he|shluchim}} ("emissaries", sing. {{Lang|he|shliach}}) have moved all over the world to encourage non-observant Jews to adopt Jewish observance. They assist Jews with all their religious needs, as well as with physical assistance and spiritual guidance and teaching. The stated goal is to encourage Jews to learn more about their Jewish heritage and to practice Judaism.<ref name="ReferenceA">Fishkoff, Sue, ''The Rebbe's Army'', Schocken books 2003 ({{ISBN|08052 11381}}){{page needed|date=January 2015}}</ref>

Thousands of rabbis, educators, ritual slaughterers, and [[mohel|ritual circumcisers]] have been trained and [[Semikhah|ordained]] to serve as {{Lang|he|shluchim}}. Typically, a young Lubavitch rabbi and his wife, in their early twenties, with one or two children, will move to a new location, and as they settle in will raise a large family who, as a family unit, will aim to fulfill their mandate of bringing Jewish people closer to Orthodox Judaism and encouraging gentiles to adhere to the [[Seven Laws of Noah]].<ref name="ReferenceA" />

{{Lang|he|Shluchim}} operate [[Chabad house|Chabad Houses]], [[Jewish day school]]s, and Jewish summer camps. As of 2021, there are over 6,500 Chabad ''shluchim'' families worldwide, operating over 3,500 institutions in over 110 countries.<ref name="2021RollCall">{{cite web |title=International Roll Call, Conference of Chabad Emissaries (2021) |url=https://www.chabad.org/multimedia/video_cdo/aid/5294623/jewish/International-Roll-Call.htm |website=Chabad.org |publisher=Chabad-Lubavitch |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref><ref name="Facts and Statistics">{{cite web |title=Facts and Statistics |url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2346206/jewish/Facts-and-Statistics.htm |website=Chabad.org |publisher=Chabad-Lubavitch |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref> Chabad runs the largest network of synagogues of any Jewish movement as of 2023.<ref name="NorthJersey.com">{{cite news |last1=Yellin |first1=Deena |title=Dinner for 6,500: NJ to host record gathering for growing Chabad Jewish movement |url=https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/2022/11/18/chabad-conference-2022-ends-with-record-setting-gala-in-edison-nj/69652054007/ |access-date=10 March 2023 |publisher=NorthJersey.com |date=2022-11-18}}</ref>