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Give this to charity in London, and this is for great and increasing success. You probably know that we’re both connected to the Tzemach Tzedek. Being that we carry his name, it’s a sign of our connection. May we be connected with him at the time of the resurrection. (Collage)

On the birthday of the Tzemach Tzedek, the Rebbe distributes a pamphlet containing the notes on Tanya from the Tzemach Tzedek, the third Rebbe of Chabad.

Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, known as the Tzemach Tzedek, lived at a time when the Jews of the Russian Empire faced many anti-Semitic decrees at the hands of the czars.

During the time of the Tzemach Tzedek, Kronstadt was a fortified city near S. Petersburg. Among the soldiers stationed there were a number of “Cantonists” – young Jewish men kidnapped from their parents by the Czarist regime and conscripted for 25 years or more in the Russian army.