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11th day of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar ( ) is 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 has been marked by public parades and sharing with fellows since 1992, when the Rebbe, Rabbi Schneerson, was in 770 Eastern Parkway recovering from a stroke. The first public recognition of Rabbi Schneerson's birthday was 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 day has been declared Education and Sharing Day by all succeeding U.S. presidents. The day is marked with many Mitzvah Tank parades around the world and with an annual official Tzivos Hashem rally, particularly in Crown Heights, Brooklyn . "The Rabbi on the hill", David O'Reilly, The Philadelphia Inquirer , April 28, 1984 Tzivos Hashem annual events page.1
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Yud Aleph Nissan , the 11 day of the month of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar ( ) is 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. 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 day is marked by an annual official Tzivos Hashem parade around Crown Heights Dade Jews throw birthday party for New York Rabbi, David Hancock, Miami Herald, April 14, 1992 The Rabbi on the hill , David O'Reilly, The Philadelphia Enquirer, April 28, 1984 Tzivos Hashem annual events page.
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Yud Aleph Nissan , the 11th day of the month of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar ( ) is 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. The first public recognition of Rabbi 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 day has been declared Education and Sharing Day by all succeeding U.S.The day is marked with many Mitzvah Tank Parades around the world and with an annual official Tzivos Hashem rally Crown Heights Dade Jews throw birthday party for New York Rabbi, David Hancock, Miami Herald, April 14, 1992 The Rabbi on the hill , David O'Reilly, The Philadelphia Enquirer, April 28, 1984 Tzivos Hashem annual events page.
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Chabad-Lubavitch Holiday 11 Nissan or Yud Aleph Nissan ( Hebrew : י״א נִיסָן Yūʾd ʾAl ef Nī sān lit. ' the eleventh of Nissan ' ) is a holiday on the Chabad-Lubavitch calendar that marks the birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe , Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
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holiday on the chabad-lubavitch calendar that marks the birthday of the lubavitcher rebbe
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