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#TodayInJewishHistory - 13 Adar, Fast of Esther On this date in 356 BCE, battles erupted across the Persian Empire, with Jews defending themselves against those seeking to kill them. Eleven months earlier, King Ahasuerus of Persia decreed the death of all Jews in the Empire. When he discovered that his queen, Esther, was Jewish, and after she beseeched him to pardon her people, he issued a counter decree granting Jews permission to defend themselves. Esther had been reluctant... to approach the king at first, but after Mordechai encouraged her to do so, she asked that all Jews fast and pray for the success of her mission; she, too, approached the king while fasting. Jews also fasted while their brethren fought the battles on this day, praying for their success. It is customary for Jews to fast today to commemorate the fasts that Esther and the Jews had observed. The fast culminates in the evening with the holiday of Purim, when the Jewish salvation is celebrated. Fast Ends: 7:23 PM

Today in Jewish History: Yahrtzeit of R. Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn (1950) The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, passed away on Shabbat morning, the 10th of Shevat, of the year 5710 from creation (1950).... The Lubavitcher Rebbe assumes leadership (1951) At a gathering of Chassidim marking the first anniversary of the passing of the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, the late Rebbe's son-in-law, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, delivered a Chassidic discourse (maamar) entitled Basi L'Gani ("I Came into My Garden"), signifying his formal acceptance of the leadership of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

Today in Jewish History: Passing of R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1812) The founder of Chabad Chassidism, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745-1812), passed away on the eve of the 24th of Tevet, 5573, at approximately 10:30 pm, shortly after reciting the Havdalah prayer marking the end of the Shabbat. The Rebbe was in the village of Peyena, fleeing Napoleon's armies, which had swept through the Rebbe's hometown of Liadi three months earlier in their advance towards Moscow. He was in his 68th year at the time of his passing, and was succeeded by his son, Rabbi DovBer of Lubavitch.

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#TodayinJewishHistory Liberation of R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1798) On the 19th of Kislev of the year 5559 from creation (1798), Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi -- the founder of Chabad Chassidism -- was released from his imprisonment in the Peter-Paul fortress in Petersburg, where he was held for 53 days on charges that his teachings threatened the imperial authority of the Czar. More than a personal liberation, this was a watershed event in the history of Chassidism heralding a new era in the revelation of the "inner soul" of Torah, and is celebrated to this day as "The Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism."

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Join the Kinus banquet from near and far! The International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries is pleased to present a live webcast of its gala banquet, TODAY, Sunday, November 24, at 5:05pm ET. The banquet culminates a five-day-long conference attended by more than 5,000 Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries, lay leaders and supporters in New York City. Click here to watch: ChabadonTampa.com/Kinus

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Class on time management - eternal lessons from the Torah Parsha 7:30-9:30pm