Chabadnik

• Habadnik

From Hebrew חַבַּדְנִיק (khabádnik). By surface analysis, Chabad +‎ -nik.

• (US) IPA^(key): /xəˈbɑdnɪk/, /h-/

Chabadnik (plural Chabadniks or Chabadnikim)

1. A member of the Hasidic group Chabad.

   Synonym: Lubavitcher

   • 2009, Arlene E. Alyehs, “Raising a Rebbetzin—Listening to the Pintele Yid”, in Rosally Saltsman, compiler, The Beauty of the Story: Stories to Touch the Jewish Heart, Brooklyn, N.Y.: Judaica Press, →ISBN, page 225:

     The Chabadnikim were right. She did grow up to be a rebbetzin, but even more important, she grew up to be a wonderful loving wife, mother and daughter, a lover of Hashem and Torah, and she continues to fulfill the true potential of that bubbly, blue-eyed, blond baby.

   • 2010 winter, Eric Caplan, “The Rebbe’s Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch by Sue Fishkoff […] Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey Among Hasidic Girls by Stephanie Wellen Levine […]”, in Susan E. Laemmle, editor, CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish Quarterly, New York, N.Y.: Central Conference of American Rabbis, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 156:

     [Menachem Mendel] Schneerson taught that outreach efforts were bound to succeed because Jews by nature wish to follow God’s will. This theological vision, coupled with the great love, trust, and faith that Chabadnikim have in their Rebbe, motivated and continues to motivate Lubavitchers to take up the outreach challenge.

   • 2014 January 27, Seth Rogovy, “The Secret Jewish History of the Super Bowl”, in The Jewish Daily Forward‎^[1], archived from the original on 8 February 2016:

     Brooklyn-born Alan Veingrad, now a Chabadnik who goes by the name Shlomo, was an offensive lineman who helped the Dallas Cowboys reach the Super Bowl in 1993.

   • 2024, Ruth Tsuria, “Introduction”, in Keeping Women in Their Digital Place: The Maintenance of Jewish Gender Norms Online, University Park, Pa.: The Pennsylvania State University Press, →ISBN, page 14:

     The Chabadnikim, or Lubavitchers as they are sometimes called, are the largest Chassidim Jewish group in the world, thanks primarily to the efforts of the last rabbi in the Chassidim lineage, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known to the Lubavitchers simply as “the Rebbe” (the Rabbi).