Refugees from war-torn Europe built a Hasidic village with farms, etrog groves, and an exact replica of the original Brooklyn 770 Lubavitcher building.
Join me as I travel to the Hasidic village of Kfar Chabad where I visited the rebbe’s office in 770 and wrote a kvitel. Learn about the etrog trees, and the humble beginnings of the displaced persons from the shtetels turned Israeli farmers.
770 Kfar Chabad. Photo Credit: Ben Bresky, 2026.
The Rebbe’s office at 770 Kfar Chabad. Photo credit: Ben Bresky, 2026.
Zalman Kaminitzky installing a sprinkler system at Kfar Chabad. Credit: Zoltan Kulger, Sep. 1, 1949, Israeli Government Press Office.
Zisse Dworetz, one of the prominent Torah scholars, working on the laying of a road at Kfar Chabad. Credit: Zoltan Kluger, 1949, GPO.
Meir and Aharon Friedman harvesting potatoes at Kfar Chabad. Credit: Fritz Cohen, 1963, GPO.
Newly completed 770 Kfar Chabad in Israel, an exact copy of the one in New York. Credit: Nati Harnik, 1987, GPO.
Entrance to 770 Kfar Chabad. Credit: Ben Bresky, 2026.
