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A collage of well-wishers greeting the Rebbe upon his birthday. (Collage)

Moshe Kagan is a consultant living in Jerusalem, Israel. In the early 1960s, he arrived from England to attend yeshiva in 770. He was one of the few Yeshiva students with a driver’s license, and it worked in his favor. He was one of a group of students who got together to launch a new project – a mobile mitzvah vehicle.

On the occasion of his eightieth birthday, the Rebbe gives spirited advice to those approaching the age of retirement.

Visiting dignitaries extend their good wishes to the Rebbe at a farbrengen in honor of his 80th birthday.

Arrogance is the root of all undesirable traits. How, then, can we allow people to gather here in order to honor an individual?

Chasidim bless the Rebbe on his 86th birthday.

As a student, Rabbi Sholom Chaskind was present at the Rebbe’s first “birthday Maamar” (1952).

The Rebbe’s 75th birthday: Today’s gathering is not about a private individual. It is only that I had the good fortune to be able to help others to grow in Torah and Mitzvos, to assist and encourage them to the best of my ability…

Chassidim offer a communal blessing to the Rebbe on his 88th birthday. The Rebbe distributes a Chassidic discourse.

I have been asked: “Now that you’ve reached 70 years isn’t it time to slow down and enjoy some rest? The number of one’s years is irrelevant; the real question is: were those years utilized to the fullest? Every honest person knows he could have accomplished more in his youth, so now is the time to work with greater strength to double one’s achievements.

The publisher of Lifestyles magazine asks for a message for the world, in honor of the Rebbe’s 90th birthday: “The number 90 in Hebrew is “Tzaddik.” Every person, both Jew and non-Jew, must become a true Tzaddik, a righteous person.

Adults and children wish the Rebbe a long life, a happy Passover and a happy birthday!