Uri Kaplun

The thirteenth of Tishrei is the yahrzeit of the fourth of the Rebbeim of Chabad, Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn — the Rebbe Maharash, who [was born in 5594 (תקצ"ד; 1834) and] assumed the leadership in 5626 (תרכ"ו; 1866). He passed away in 5643 (תרמ"ג; 1882), a...

The sixth of Tishrei is the yahrzeit of the mother of the Rebbe Shlita: “The saintly Rebbitzin Chanah Schneerson — daughter of the saintly Rebbitzin Rachel and of the eminent scholar and chassid, Rabbi Meir Shlomo; wife of the eminent scholar, chassid and...

[See also pp. 116-126 above.] (a) Rosh HaShanah: In [The Hebrew original of this Supplement (entitled Hosafah LeLikkutei Minhagim: Rosh HaShanah VeYom HaKippurim), together with its footnotes, was compiled by the Rebbe Shlita. Though many of the textual e...

Most of these customs were compiled by the Rebbe Shlita and have been published several times, most recently as an Appendix to Machzor HaShalem. [The page references to the Machzor in the English text of the present work relate to the bilingual edition of...

[See also the list below (p. 112) of Distinctive Customs of Elul, Rosh HaShanah, the Ten Days of Penitence and Yom Kippur.] (a) Tes-Vav Elul: On the fifteenth of Elul 5657 (תרנ"ז; 1897), on the first day of the week in which we read (in Parshas Ki Savo), ...

The twentieth of the month is the yahrzeit of the erudite chassid and Kabbalist, R. Levi Yitzchak Schneerson (father of the Rebbe Shlita) — son of R. Baruch Shneur, son of R. Levi Yitzchak, son of R. Baruch Shalom, eldest son of the Tzemach Tzedek. R. Lev...

At the Reading of the Torah at Minchah on the Shabbos preceding Parshas Masei (when Matos and Masei are read separately), and again at the Reading at Shacharis on Monday and Thursday, for the Levi one reads until the end of the account of the journeys of ...

See HaYom Yom, entries for 12 and 13 Tammuz; Introduction to Kuntreis 14 (reprinted in Sefer HaKuntreisim, Vol. I); Kuntreis 59 (reprinted in Sefer HaMaamarim 5708); Reshimas HaMaasar [“An Account of the Imprisonment”], incorporated in Likkutei Dibburim, ...

Cf. sichah of Shabbos Parshas Korach (third of Tammuz, 5718), [reprinted in Likkutei Sichos, Vol. VIII, p. 114ff.]. “The third of Tammuz is the day on which the Previous Rebbe, R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, was released from imprisonment in 5687 (תרפ"ז; ...

The sixth of Sivan is the yahrzeit of R. Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, founder and first leader of the general chassidic movement from the year 5494 (תצ"ד; 1734) until his passing on Wednesday, the first day of Shavuos,“According to the law the burial would have...