Fifty-One years ago today, on Yud-Tes Tammuz 5728/1968, the Rebbe held a special farbrengen commemorating seventy-five years since the Frierdiker Rebbe’s Bar-Mitzvah in 5653/1893.
Today: Rebbe Visits Camps
On this day in 5716/1956, the Rebbe visited Camp Gan Yisroel and Camp Emunah.
Clipping Sheds New Light
More details about that occasion at the Lubavitcher Yeshiva on 11 Tammuz, 5724/1964.
Video: Samarkand Stories
We are happy to share with you the next few installments of Chabad.org‘s new short video series on Chabad history in honor of Yud Beis Tammuz.
From the Archives: ULY 5724
L-R: Rav Mordechai Mentlik, Rav Chaim Meir Bukiet, Unknown Bochur, Rav Ushpal.
L-R: Rav Mordechai Mentlik, Rav Chaim Meir Bukiet, Unknown Bochur, Rav Ushpal.
We bring you these two photos, featuring a bochur speaking at the pre-Yud Beis Tammuz farbrengen in the Lubavitcher Yeshiva.
Gut Yom Tov!
Yud Beis Tammuz is the day that the Frierdiker Rebbe was released from his exile in Kostroma, having been sent there after being released from prison on 3 Tammuz.
Requesting His Precious Letter
This letter was written by the chossid and mekubal Reb Yeshayahu Halevi Horowitz of Winnipeg-Tzfas to the chossid Reb Sender Yudasin.
From the Archives: Early Years in England
The following photo is from the early days of Lubavitch in London.
From the Archives: Brunoy 5718/1958
On the yahrtzeitof Reb Yosef Goldberg, a reader was kind enough to send us this picture, taken in the summer of 5718/1958.
Rivka Rasya Schneersohn: Your Comments, Our Responses
Many comments came in about Rivka Rasya Schneersohn, and we thank you for each one. Here, we present and respond to a selection of our favorites.
15 Sivan: Frierdiker Rebbe Arrested
Tuesday night. The 15th of Sivan. The clock has struck midnight. The evening of yechidus with the Frierdiker Rebbe has just concluded at his home at #22 Machvayah Street.
Who is Rivka Rasya Schneersohn?
Following yesterday’s post about the revelation in Nyezhin, we’ve received several e-mails with hints as to the identity of Rivka Rasya.
8 Sivan: Wedding in Lubavitch
Ches Sivan 5632/1872 was the day of the wedding of the Rebbe Maharash’s daughter Devorah Leah to Moshe Leib Ginsberg.
3 Sivan: Tzemach Tzedek Begins to Lead
Gimmel Sivan is the day that the Tzemach Tzedek officially took over the nesius of Chabad in 5589/1829, after the histalkus of the Mitteler Rebbe on 9 Kislev, 5588/1828.
Profile of Beis Harav Prince
A new and comprehensive biography of the Rebbe Maharash’s youngest son, Reb Menachem Mendel, was distributed as a teshurah in Crown Heights, today.