Vaad Rabonei Lubavitch

Vaad Rabonei Lubavitch
Central Committee of Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbis in the United States and Canada
ועד רבני ליובאוויטש
AbbreviationVRL
Formation1969
FounderShneur Zalman Gurary
Location
Director
Rabbi Nochum Schapiro
SubsidiariesLamed-K
Websitevaadraboneilubavitch.com

Vaad Rabonei Lubavitch (VRL) is an executive committee of Chabad rabbis which oversees Halachic and Jewish legal decisions in Chabad.[1][2] Its headquarters is in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York near Chabad Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway.[3][4] The committee was established in 1969 by Rabbi Shneur Zalman Gurary, headed by Rabbi Zalman Shimon Dworkin.

Members

Current

  • Rabbi Moshe Bogomilsky[5]
  • Rabbi Nochem Yitzhak Kaplan[5]

Past

References

  1. ^ "Vaad Rabonei Lubavitch". Chabad.org. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  2. ^ "ועד רבני ליובאוויטש בקול קורא מיוחד לחסידי חב"ד". חב״ד און ליין (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2026-03-15.
  3. ^ "JEWISH HERITAGE SITES OF BROOKLYN - The Complete Pilgrim - Religious Travel Sites". 12 April 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  4. ^ Reporter, COLlive (2024-06-18). "Lamed-K Becomes Division of Vaad Rabbonei Lubavitch". COLlive. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
  5. ^ a b "Rabbonei Chabad Train Shluchim". COLlive. November 5, 2015.
  6. ^ "Esther Bukiet, 92, Chassidic Matriarch". Chabad.org News. March 21, 2018.
  7. ^ Posner, Menachem; Rubin, Eli (April 1, 2020). "Rabbi Yisroel Friedman, 84, Talmudic Genius and Fiery Chassid". Chabad.org.
  8. ^ Zaklikowski, Dovid (February 12, 2008). "Legal Scholar and Rabbi to Rabbis Passes Away at 79". Chabad.org News.
  9. ^ Posner, Menachem. "Rabbi Zalman I. Posner, Prolific Author, Pioneer in Jewish Outreach, 87". www.chabad.org. Retrieved 2026-03-15.