Jewish Calendar Times Sunday, April 23, 2023 2 Iyar, 5783
Jewish Calendar Times Sunday, April 23, 2023 2 Iyar, 5783 Omer: Day 17 - Tifferet sheb'Tifferet Tonight Count 18 Jewish History Maharash Born (1834) The fourth Rebbe of Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn (1834-1882), known by the acronym "Maharash", was born in the town of Lubavitch (White Russia) on the 2nd of Iyar of the year 5594 from creation (1834). His father, Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch (the 3rd Chabad Rebbe, known as the "Tzemach Tzeddek") once remarked that Rabbi Shmuel's birthday, coinciding with the 17th day of the Omer Count , is defined by the Kabbalistic masters as Tifferet sheb'Tifferet ("Beauty of Beauty") Although Rabbi Shmuel was the youngest of Rabbi Menachem Mendel's seven sons, he was chosen to succeed his father as "rebbe" and leader of Chabad in the movement's capital, Lubavitch (four of his brothers established branches of Chabad Chassidism in other towns in White Russia and Ukrain