Introduction
Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, wife of the Rebbe and daughter of the Previous Rebbe, was born on the 25th of Adar, 5661 (1901), in Babinovitch, a city in what is now Belarus, near the town of Lubavitch, Russia.
The 25th of Adar is a highly significant date. In the Talmud, the Sages dispute the month in which the universe was created: Was it Nissan or Tishrei? According to Rabbi Eliezer, Rosh Hashanah—the day of man’s creation—was the 1st of Tishrei; according to Rabbi Yehoshua, it was the 1st of Nissan. But man was created on the Sixth Day of Creation. Accordingly, the First Day of Creation was five days earlier, and, depending on which of the above opinions are followed, that would fall on either the 25th of Elul or the 25th of Adar.
The preparations for Pesach include studying the laws of Pesach, providing Maos Chitim, distributing shemurah matzah, and so on.
For more information on the life of the Rebbetzin, see A Call to Action, the 22nd of Shevat, the date of her yahrtzeit.
