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== Chabad Chassidus ==
During the Frierdiker Rebbe's first journey to America in 1930, he stayed during his visit to New York at the Newton Hotel on Broadway corner of 94th Street in Manhattan. The Frierdiker Rebbe stayed there for about a week, from 5 Shevat until Sunday 11 Shevat, when he continued his journey to Chicago.

In the midst of World War II, after successfully escaping from occupied European soil, the Frierdiker Rebbe arrived on Monday, 8 Adar II 1940, at the port on West 57th Street in New York, pier 97. Since American law at that time did not allow passengers who arrived after 4 PM to disembark, the passengers had to wait until the next morning to leave the ship.

The next day, after a brief reception in the port hall, the Frierdiker Rebbe went to the Greystone Hotel in Manhattan, where he stayed during his first period in America. At the hotel, another reception was held, this time in a more limited format, during which the Frierdiker Rebbe suddenly announced the establishment of Yeshivas Tomchei Tmimim on American soil, and coined his famous saying: "America iz nit anders" (America is not different).