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The Capital Region of Northeast NY State will be celebrating 50 years (1974-2024) since the arrival of Rabbi Yisroel and Rochel Rubin as the Rebbe’s Shluchim to Albany, establishing Chabad of NY’s Capital Region.
Since then, a day-school was established and continues to thrive. There are a dozen Shluchim and Chabad Centers in the immediate Capital Region area, and many more Shluchim throughout the Hudson Valley and Eastern NY State.
A 50 Year Jubilee celebration will take place on Sunday (December 8th) between Vayeitzei and Vayishlach. The date is significant as the Rebbe sent a special letter, in honor of the 5th year celebration, that describes the difference of Yaakov “leaving his parental home... heart full of apprehension” in Vayeitzei, but returning home in Vayishlach blessed “complete, whole and perfect in every respect, spiritually, physically, and materially”.
The Rebbe applies this to the Chabad emissaries as “the spirit of our father Jacob is very much alive in Chabad-Lubavitch institutions and animates the Lubavitch activists with exemplary dedication...”
Rabbi Rubin is also known beyond Albany for his many creative articles and mitzvah promotions as well as his love of Torah study and unique scholarship.
