Chabad

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew חב״ד. "Chabad" (חב״ד) is an acronym formed from three Hebrew words—Chokhmah, Binah, Da'at, the first three sefirot of the kabbalistic Tree of Life: חכמה, בינה, דעת, "Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge"—which represent the intellectual and kabbalistic underpinnings of the movement.

Proper noun

Chabad

2. (Judaism) A branch of Orthodox Chassidic Judaism founded in 1755 by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi

Synonyms

• Chabad-Lubavitch
• Lubavitch

Derived terms

• Chabadnik

Translations

Chabad-Lubavitch Chassidism

• Hebrew: חב״ד
• Spanish: Jabad
• Yiddish: ליובאַוויטש (lyubavitsh), ליובאַוויטשער חסידות (lyubavitsher khasides)