In the year 5742/1882, which became known as "a year of bloody pogroms" in Russia, the Jewish leaders, led by the Rebbe Maharash, uncovered a secret plot against the Jews. They called upon the Jewish people to recite these three kapitlach: 20, 22, and 69. Within one month, the evil plan fell through.
In 5703/1843, the Rebbe Maharash’s father, the Tzemach Tzedek, urged the Jewish people to recite these three kapitlach when the Russian government was trying to meddle into the Jewish educational system.
In 5766/1906, the Maharash’s son, the Rashab, and Harav Chaim of Brisk, together with other Jewish leaders, asked everyone to say these three kapitlach when they learned of the czarist government's plan to instigate pogroms in 116 Jewish communities. The plan failed, B”H.
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Beis Iyar: Yom Holedes of the Maharash, fifth Chabad Rebbe – Admur Shmuel
RABBI SHOLOM BER MUNITZ U FARATZTA
