Merkos L’Inyonei Chinuch

Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch (Hebrew: מרכז לענייני חינוך‎‎, lit. Central Organization for Education) is the central educational arm of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement. it was founded in 1943 by the sixth Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn, who appointed his son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who would later become the seventh Rebbe, as its chairman and director. Today Rabbi Sholom Mendel Simpson serves as chairman.

Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch is the official body responsible for establishing Chabad centers across the globe.

Merkos L'Inyonei Chinuch has these divisions:

One of the most publicized divisions is the Merkos Shlichus division, which dispatches pairs of young rabbinical students, colloquially known as Roving Rabbis, to small and isolated Jewish communities around the world. Hundreds of rabbinical students participate in the Passover and summer visitation programs, building Jewish awareness and spreading Torah knowledge. To date, the program has sent students to more than 150 countries.

The Rabbinical Student Visitation Program began in 1943, when Rabbi Schneerson dispatched the first pairs of students to ten cities in Upstate New York. Cities in California were added to the program in 1944, as were cities in the Southern United States in 1945. By 1948, the summer program numbered 20 students and 100 American cities. Students were also sent to Jewish farmers residing throughout the Northeastern United States, many of whom were European immigrants. The students were sent in pairs, usually one American student and one European-immigrant student.

In the early 1950s, the Rebbe added international destinations to the summer program, personally consulting maps and planning the itineraries.

Currently, 400 Roving Rabbis participate in the annual summer program. They distribute thousands of mezuzot, other religious articles such as tefillin and kosher food, and tens of thousands of Jewish information packets each year.

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