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Sholom Lipskar, influential Chabad rabbi who reshaped Florida community, dies at 78

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, a prominent figure in the Chabad movement, passed away at 78 after significantly impacting the Jewish community in Bal Harbour, Florida. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ChabadJewish LeadershipAleph InstituteLubavitchFlorida Jewish CommunitySurfside CollapseSholom LipskarBal HarbourThe Shul

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Bal Harbour, Florida, United States
"It was Schneerson who selected Lipskar and his wife Chani to open a congregation in Bal Harbour in 1982."
New York City, New York, United States
"A crown turned out in Bal Harbour to send Lipskars body to New York City, where his funeral procession passed the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters at 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn before heading to Montefiore Cemetery, the Queens gravesite of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Chabad movements last leader."
Argentina
"Argentinas president, Javier Milei, embraces Shul of Bal Harbours rabbi, Shlomo Lipskar, during an event at which the synagogue was honoring Milei."
Russian Federation
"Born in the Soviet Union in 1946 and raised in Canada, Lipskar was already a leader within the Chabad movement, having grown Chabad schools and yeshivas in South Florida since the 1960s."
Canada
"Born in the Soviet Union in 1946 and raised in Canada, Lipskar was already a leader within the Chabad movement, having grown Chabad schools and yeshivas in South Florida since the 1960s."

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