Chabad holidays

Chabad holidays include the celebration of special events in Chabad history such as the "Days of Liberation" (Yom Geulah), birthdays of the Chabad Rebbes, and other special events.

Major holidays

• Yud Kislev (10 Kislev) – Liberation of the Mitteler Rebbe from Tsarist imprisonment.
• Yud Tes Kislev - Chof Kislev (19-20 Kislev) – Known as the "Rosh Hashanah of Chassidism," marking the liberation of the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad, on 19 Kislev and his subsequence liberation from the inquisitive misnagdim on 20 Kislev. The day also marks the publishing of the Sefer haTanya, the foundational work of Chabad Chassidus. The day also marks the histalkus of the Maggid of Mezritch.
• Hei Teves (5 Tevet) – The Victory of the Seforim, the day the stolen books were returned to the Chabad library.
• Yud Beis-Yud Gimmel Tammuz (12-13 Tammuz) – Birthday and final liberation of the Rebbe Rayatz, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Chabad Rebbe, from Soviet imprisonment.

Other commemorations

• Vav Tishrei (6 Tishrei) – The yartzeit of Rebbetzin Chana Schneerson, mother of the Rebbe.
• Yud Gimel Tishrei (13 Tishrei) – The yartzeit of the Rebbe Maharash, Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn, the fourth Chabad Rebbe.
• Chof Cheshvan (20 Cheshvan) – Birthday of the Rashab, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, the fifth Chabad Rebbe.
• Rosh Chodesh Kislev (1 Kislev) – Marking the Rebbe's recovery from a heart attack in 1977.
• Tes Kislev (9 Kislev) – Birthday and the yartzeit of the Mitteler Rebbe, Rabbi Dovber Schneuri, the second Chabad Rebbe.
• Yud Daled Kislev (14 Kislev) – Anniversary of the wedding of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson.
• Chof Daled Teves (24 Teves) – The yartzeit of the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad.
• Yud Shvat (10 Shvat) – The histalkus of the Rebbe Rayatz, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Chabad Rebbe; and the day of the Rebbe's acceptance of leadership.
• Chof Beis Shvat (22 Shvat) – The yartzeit of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson, wife of the Rebbe.
• Chof Hei Adar (25 Adar) – Birthday of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson.
• Beis Nissan (2 Nissan) – The histalkus of the Rebbe Rashab, Rabbi Sholom Dovber Schneersohn, the fifth Chabad Rebbe.
• Yud Aleph Nissan (11 Nissan) – Birthday of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Chabad Rebbe.
• Yud Gimel Nissan (13 Nissan) – The histalkus of the Tzemach Tzedek, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad Rebbe.
• Beis Iyar (2 Iyar) – Birthday of Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn, the fourth Rebbe of Chabad.
• Vav Sivan (6 Sivan) – The histalkus of the Baal Shem Tov, Rabbi Yisroel ben Eliezer, the founder of Chassidus.
• Gimmel Tammuz (3 Tammuz) – The initial liberation of the Rebbe Rayatz, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn, the sixth Chabad rebbe.
• Chof Av (20 Av) – The histalkus of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, father of the Rebbe.
• Tes Vav Elul (15 Elul) – Founding of the yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch.
• Chai Elul (18 Elul) – Birthday of the Alter Rebbe, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad, and birthday of the Baal Shem Tov, Rabbi Yisroel ben Eliezer, the founder of Chassidus.
• Chof Tes Elul (29 Elul) – Birthday of the Tzemach Tzedek, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, the third Chabad Rebbe.

Other days of note

• Chof Ches Nissan