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Hayom Yom 30 Shvat - The first day in Lubavitch as the birthday
כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה חֲסִידִים חָשְׁבוּ יוֹם בּוֹאָם לְליוּבּאַוִויטְשׁ לְיוֹם הוּלֶדֶת שֶׁלָּהֶם
Many chassidim used to consider the day they first came to Lubavitch as their birthday.
מוֹרִי הָרַשְׁבַּ"ץ בָּא בַּפַּעַם הָרִאשׁוֹנָה לְליוּבּאַוִויטְשׁ
My teacher, the Rashbatz, arrived in Lubavitch for the first time
אוֹר לְיוֹם שִׁשִּׁי פָּרָשַׁת מִשְׁפָּטִים שְׁנַת תּר"ח
on the Thursday night of Parshas Mishpatim, 5608 (1848).
וּבְכָל שָׁנָה וְשָׁנָה הָיָה עֵר כָּל אוֹתוֹ הַלַּיְלָה
Every year, [on that evening,] he would stay awake throughout that night,
וּמְכַוֵּן לְהָנִיחַ תְּפִלִּין בָּהּ…
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