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A House? A Palace!

It was in 1978 that R’ Zushe Rivkin, a Chossid from Kfar Chabad, came up with the idea.

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Plans For The Palace

R’ Zushe heard the Rebbe’s response in utter surprise. He had requested to build a home, yet this was the Rebbe’s incredible answer.

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The Rebbe Approves

Nearly ten and a half years went by, with R’ Zushe repeatedly requesting to commence the building.

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Success In Building

R’ Zushe received the good news and immediately went to the home of Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazi a”h, the Rav of Kfar Chabad.

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Build Near 770 Replica

R’ Zushe approached the Vaad of Kfar Chabad and asked them for suggestions as to where the Palace should be located.

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The Groundbreaking

During the farbrengen (Chassidic gathering) that Shabbos, the Rebbe gave a bottle of mashke (vodka) for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Palace.

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The Cornerstone

Word about the groundbreaking leaked out without advertising, and hundreds of Lubavitchers from all over the country attended the event.

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Blessing & Success

Zev Marganit, the world-renowned architect, who drew a detailed blueprint of the Palace went to Kfar Chabad in order to assess the lot and determine precisely where, near the 770 replica, it should be located.

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The Rebbe's Special Dollars

In 5738 (1978), the year in which the idea of building a palace for the Rebbe first arose, construction of the “Beis Menachem” shul in Kfar Chabad, named for the Rebbe, was completed.

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The Mezuzos

According to the plans of the architect, there needs to be eighty mezuzos for all doorways and doorposts at the palace.

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