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{{Short description|Chabad-Lubavitch organization}}{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Agudas Chasidei Chabad
| formation                = April 13,1923
| logo                     = Rebbe-Library-logo-removebg.png
| nickname                 = Aguch
| founder                  = Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn
| headquarters             = 770 Eastern Parkway
| location_city            = Brooklyn, New York
| location_country         = United states
| leader_title             = Chairman
| leader_name              = [[Abraham Shemtov]]
| website                  = http://agudaschassideichabad.com/
}}{{Chabad sidebar}}'''Agudas Chassidei Chabad''' ([[Hebrew language|Hebrew]]:אַגּוּדַת חַסִּידֵי חַבָּ"ד {{Transliteration|he|ʔagudat ḥasidē ḥabad.}} {{Literal translation|Association of the Hasidim of Chabad}}) is the umbrella organization for the worldwide [[Chabad-Lubavitch]] movement. The chairman of the executive committee is Rabbi [[Abraham Shemtov]].

==History==
Agudas Chasidei Chabad was established by the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi [[Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn]] in 1923. The founding meeting was in the early spring (27 [[Nisan]]), attended by about ten Lubavitcher Chassidim.

The American branch existed at least as far back as 1927.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=1927-07-07 |title=Letter to Felix Warburg seeking help for Yosef Yitzchok Schneerson |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/1927_ACC.jpg}}</ref> It was led by lay officers, and four rabbis serving as directors (Lakshin, [[Eliyahu Simpson|Simpson]], [[Yaakov Ben Zion Mendelson|Mendelson]], and Rabinowitz).<ref name=":0" /> In 1940, after arriving in the United States, Schneersohn became president, effectively making the American branch the worldwide organization base. In 1941, following the arrival of his son-in-law, Rabbi [[Menachem Schneerson]], he appointed him as executive chairman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boulderjewishnews.org/2013/ancient-tales-reveal-answers-to-the-greatest-mysteries-of-life/|title=Ancient Tales Reveal Answers to the Greatest Mysteries of Life – Boulder Jewish News|website=boulderjewishnews.org|date=23 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://crownheights.info/shlichus/380696/jli-launches-new-course-on-fascinating-talmudic-tales/|title=JLI Launches New Course on Fascinating Talmudic Tales • CrownHeights.info - Chabad News, Crown Heights News, Lubavitch NewsCrownHeights.info – Chabad News, Crown Heights News, Lubavitch News|website=crownheights.info|date=11 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/hunterdon-county-democrat/index.ssf/2013/04/chabad_offers_new_six-week_cou.html|title=Chabad offers new six-week course in Clinton|date=17 April 2013}}</ref>

After Schneersohn died in 1950, his son-in-law succeeded him as President of Agudas Chassidei Chabad.<ref>American Jewish Year Book 2014. Page 498.</ref>

==Library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad==
{{Main|Chabad library}}
During [[World War II]], Schneersohn was forced to flee from the USSR and went to Poland. He was given permission by the Soviet government to take many of his religious texts from his library with him. In March 1940, Schneersohn escaped Europe and immigrated to the United States, though he was unable to bring his library with him. During the 1970s, a significant portion of the collection was recovered in Poland and returned to Chabad. The library, now overseen by Rabbi Shalom Dovber Levine, holds over 250,000 volumes..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/communities/northfield_linwood_somers-point/teachings-of-the-torah-brought-to-life-weekly-at-linwood/image_92996716-fd3f-54c0-9161-4c9794f981b5.html|title=Teachings of the Torah brought to life weekly at Linwood Library|first=Sean M.|last=Fitzgerald|date=13 March 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2934083831.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329064642/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-2934083831.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 March 2015|title=Learning to Live with Integrity|date=21 February 2013}}</ref>

==Ownership of 770 Eastern Parkway==
In 2010, a New York judge ruled in favor of Agudas Chasidei Chabad, deciding over an ownership dispute between the organization and the [[Gabbai|Gabbayim]] of the synagogue housed at [[770 Eastern Parkway]]. The court ordered the Gabbayim to deliver possession of the premises of 770 Eastern Parkway to Agudas Chasidei Chabad.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collive.com/show_news.rtx?id=9559&alias=aguch-wins-770-shul|title=Aguch Wins 770 Shul|first=Chabad On|last=Line|website=collive|date=18 June 2010|access-date=16 April 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://www.chabadlibrary.org/ Library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad]

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