Contents 1 5687 2 5754 3 References 4 External links

[edit] 5687

Gimmel Tammuz 5687 (1927)^[1] was the day the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn^[2] was released from prison and sentenced to three years of exile in the remote city of Kostrama, (which was ultimately commuted 10 days later on the 12-13th of Tammuz) ^[3] he was arrested for spreading Judaism in communist Russia. His son in law and successor, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn stressed that even though his release from prison was followed by exile, it is nonetheless a joyous day since it was the "eschalta d'geulah" (beginning of redemption).

[edit] 5754

More recently Gimmel Tammuz 5754 (June 12 1994), the Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn^[4] passed on^[5][6] at 1:12 am at Beth Israel hospital in Manhattan and was buried that day at the ohel in Old Montefiore Cemetery in Queens, near his father-in-law and predecessor, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe.

This day is commemorated by visiting the Rebbe’s resting place (a.k.a. the Ohel) making Chasidic gatherings, known as Farbrengens, learning the Rebbe’s insights on the Torah, as well as other customs as inscribed in a letter the Rebbe wrote upon the first anniversary of the passing of his father-in-law, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe.^[7]

[edit] References

1. ^ http://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/day_cdo/aid/149977/jewish/Tammuz-3.htm
2. ^ http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/425/jewish/The-Rebbe-Rayatz.htm
3. ^ http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/media_cdo/aid/701336/jewish/Liberation-of-the-Previous-Rebbe.htm
4. ^ http://www.chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/528345/jewish/A-Brief-Biography.htm
5. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22548021.html
6. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/13/nyregion/thousands-gather-in-crown-hts-to-grieve-for-their-grand-rabbi.html
7. ^ http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/82245/jewish/Yahrtzeit-Observances.htm

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