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7 Adar
5716-1956, as a large influx of Moroccan Jews came to Israel, the Chabad yeshivah in the city of Lod expanded in order to absorb more of these young immigrants. In a public letter, the Rebbe put out his request for the Jewish community to respond generously to the yeshivah’s fundraising appeal. “The yeshivah ... which includes immigrants from Russia and Arab countries ... is growing, for we must constantly increase everything that is holy. Especially lately, with the vital need to throw open the doors of the yeshivah to receive the new immigrants, this is the call of the hour....”
7 Adar
5733-1973, when the Belzer Rebbe, Rabbi Yissachar Dov Rokeach, visited the Rebbe, the Rebbe spent most of their time together trying to persuade his guest to publish the writings of his predecessors. The Belzer Rebbe refused, explaining that his uncle, the previous Rebbe of Belz, wrote in his will that they should not be published. Yet the Rebbe brought the precedent of other Torah books which were published against the will of their authors, maintaining that “unlike fifty years ago, the situation now is that people urgently need these teachings.”
9 Adar I
1. Igrot Kodesh vol. 12 page 330 2. Torat Menachem vol. 71 p. 188
