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) was the birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), the leader of the Chabad dynasty of Hasidism, and is celebrated by his followers as a festival.

The day had been marked by public parades since 1992, when Schneerson was in hospital recovering from a stroke. ["Dade Jews throw birthday party for New York Rabbi, David Hancock, Miami Herald, April 14, 1992]

The first public recognition of Schneerson's birthday was instigated by his personal envoy to Washington DC, Abraham Shemtov, who urged friendly congressmen to persuade Jimmy Carter to declare the day to be Education and Sharing Day in his honor, in 1978. ["The Rabbi on the hill", David O'Reilly, The Philadelphia Enquirer, April 28, 1984]

The day is marked by an annual official "Tzivos Hashem" parade around Crown Heights [ [http://www.tzivos-hashem.org/cth/Articles.asp?dept=6005 Tzivos Hashem annual events page.] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmul4L4f49c Children celebrating the Rebbe's birthday at Yeshivah college of Melbourne Australia]
* [http://www.askmoses.com/article.html?h=172&o=144691 Description of the meaning of Yud Alef Nissan from AskMoses.com]


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