ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Thursday, 13 Iyar, 5783 May 4, 2023
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Thursday, 13 Iyar, 5783 May 4, 2023 Omer: Day 28 - Malchut sheb'Netzach Tonight Count 29 Torah Reading Emor: Leviticus 21:1-15 Jewish History Jews Expelled from Berne (1427) The Jews of Berne, Switzerland were expelled on this date in 1427. Berne had a long history of expulsions and anti-Jewish riots. Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Leib (1952) Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Leib, brother of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, was the youngest of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak and Chana Schneerson's three sons. Born in Nikolayev in 1906, he quickly became renowned as a scholar of exceptional genius. At a young age, Yisrael Aryeh Leib was already teaching Tanya, the mystical foundational work of Chabad Chassidism, to an audience of eager adults. He eventually immigrated to Israel, and in his later years he moved to Liverpool, England, to study in the local university. It was there that he passed away in 1952. Rabbi Yisrael Aryeh Leib is interred in Safed, Israel. Laws ...