11 June 2025

Chabad Lubavitch

A name derived from the upper three sefirot of the kabalistic Tree of Life, this movement of Orthodox Judaism, initiated by Shneur Zalman Baruchovitch, saw its origin when:

The age of enlightenment proved to be a challenge for Rabbinic Judaism, driving it to a split in a Haskalah & Haredi branch. The latter also quickly split into a Hasidic & Misnagdim branch, of whom the former heavily draws on Lurianic Kabbalah. As also counts for Islam, the New Chronology suggests this increasing orthodoxy to be a result of the definitive fall of the Hordian Empire:

The names of some of the lost tribes of Israel can be found on old maps of Tartaria, as well as the toponyms Tabor & Arzareth: Was it the Medieval Empire of the Israelites?

Initially against secular Zionism, the movement changed stance after their fifth rebbe, which caused the Malachim to split off. While officially abstaining from politics, the last rebbe supported actions in favor of religious Zionism: Is he the long awaited messiah?

A few centuries earlier, Sabbatai Zevi, who also drew on Lurianic Kabbalah, even proclaimed himself as messiah: Did his movement of Sabbateans put the toponym of Yoros Salam into Palestine, causing Zionism to claim a false Promised Land?