the four-bedroom house …will become York County’s first Chabad House … and home to an emissary family of Chabad-Lubavitch, a branch of Hasidic Judaism with mystical roots… Pennsylvania is home to 59 shluchim, young Lubavitch couples who have left their homes and relocated to communities with little or no orthodox presence. Their mission in part is to

inspire Jews to live more religiously observant lives and to spread the teachings of their revered rebbe. They belong to a growing, highly organized network of 4,000 Lubavitch rabbis and their families who serve lifetime assignments in more than 70 countries, according to figures on Chabad.org, the movement’s Web site.

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