Rachel M. Spintzer

Thousands of families, couples, and singles from Israel's north have left to stay with family or friends farther south. More than 400 residents of Safed have found their way to Kfar Chabad.

As the Israel Defense Forces calls up its reserve troops and prepares for a protracted campaign in Lebanon, Chabad is similarly mobilizing forces

Katyusha rockets had been falling on Kiryat Shmona long before the arrival of Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Yigal Tzippori in 1992. But that didn't stop him from moving to this town on the Lebanese border.