ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Sunday, 5 Adar, 5783 February 26, 2023
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Sunday, 5 Adar, 5783 February 26, 2023 Jewish History Moses' Last Day of Leadership (1273 BCE) Moses passed away on the 7th of Adar. Following G-d's instruction that Joshua should succeed him and lead the Jewish nation into the Land of Israel, Moses transferred leadership duties to Joshua on the day before he passed away. Thus the fifth day of Adar was the last day of Moses' leadership. Link: Moses' Passing Passing of R. Shmuel Abba Schapiro of Slavuta (1864) R. Shmuel Abba Schapiro and his brother R. Pinchas managed the famed printing press of Slavuta, in what is now Ukraine. In 1835, they were falsely accused of arranging the murder of one of their workers (who had committed suicide). As a result, the government ordered the closing of all Russian Jewish printing presses (save for one press in Vilnius), and the brothers were incarcerated and flogged. The brothers’ tremendous piety and fear of Heaven followed them to their cells. It is related