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== Holidays and customs ==
== Holidays and customs ==
=== Holidays ===
=== Holidays ===
There are a number of [[Chabad holidays|days marked by the Chabad movement as special days]]. Major holidays include the dates of the release of the leaders of the movement, the ''rebbes'' of Chabad, from prison, others corresponded to the leaders' birthdays, anniversaries of death, and other life events.
There are a number of [[Chabad holidays|days marked by the Chabad movement as special days]]. Major holidays include the dates of the release of the Rebbes of the movement from Russian persecution, others corresponded to ''Yom Huledes'' (birthday), ''histalkus'' (passing), and other life events. The days marking the leaders' release, are celebrated by the Chabad movement as ''Yemei Geulah'' ("Days of Liberation"). The most special day is [[Yud Tes Kislev]]—the liberation of the Alter Rebbe, the founder of the Chabad movement. The day is also called ''Rosh Hashanah LaChassidus'' ("New Year of Chassidus").<ref name="sichoscustom"/> The birthdays celebrated each year include [[Chai Elul]] (18 Elul), the birthday of the Alter Rebbe,<ref name="Elul customs">[ |date=September 6, 2012 |url=shmais.com/chabad-news/latest/item/chabad-elul-customs |last=Dalfin |first=Chaim |title=Chabad Elul Customs |publisher=Shmais.com |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="ChaiElul">[ |author=Menachem Mendel Schneerson |url=chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/155859/jewish/Chai-Elul.htm |title=Chai Elul: Breathing New Life Into Our Divine Service |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and [[Yud Aleph Nissan]] (11 Nissan), the birthday of the Rebbe, the seventh rebbe of Chabad.<ref>"Dade Jews throw birthday party for New York Rabbi", David Hancock, ''The Miami Herald'', April 14, 1992</ref> The days of passing (histalkus or [[yartzeit]]) celebrated each year, include [[Yud Shvat]], the ''histalkus'' of [[the Rebbe Rayatz]], the sixth rebbe of Chabad,<ref name="YartzCust">[ |url=chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/82245/jewish/Yahrtzeit-Observances.htm |title=Yahrtzeit Observances |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and [[Chof Beis Shvat]] (22 Shvat), the ''yartzeit'' of [[Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson]], the wife of the Rebbe.<ref>[|url=chabadinfo.com/index.php/jq/css/ui-lightness/jq/js/?url=newsnew_en&string=tag_Chof%20Beis%20Shvat|archive-url=web.archive.org/web/20131216191431/chabadinfo.com/index.php/jq/css/ui-lightness/jq/js/?url=newsnew_en&string=tag_Chof%20Beis%20Shvat|url-status=dead|title=Chof Beis Shvat. ''Chabad.info''.|archive-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref>
 
The days marking the leaders' release, are celebrated by the Chabad movement as "Days of Liberation" ([[Hebrew]]: {{Lang|he|יום גאולה}} ({{Lang|he|Yom Geulah}})). The most noted day is {{Lang|he|[[Yud Tes Kislev]]}}—the liberation of Rabbi [[Shneur Zalman of Liadi]], the founder of the Chabad movement. The day is also called the "New Year of Hasidism".<ref name="sichoscustom"/>
 
The birthdays of several of the movement's leaders are celebrated each year including {{Lang|he|[[Chai Elul]]}}, the birthday of Rabbi [[Shneur Zalman of Liadi]], the founder of the Chabad movement,<ref name="Elul customs">[ |date=September 6, 2012 |url=shmais.com/chabad-news/latest/item/chabad-elul-customs |last=Dalfin |first=Chaim |title=Chabad Elul Customs |publisher=Shmais.com |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref><ref name="ChaiElul">[ |author=Menachem Mendel Schneerson |url=chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/155859/jewish/Chai-Elul.htm |title=Chai Elul: Breathing New Life Into Our Divine Service |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and {{Lang|he|[[Yud Aleph Nissan]]}}, the birthday of Rabbi [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]], the seventh rebbe of Chabad.<ref>"Dade Jews throw birthday party for New York Rabbi", David Hancock, ''The Miami Herald'', April 14, 1992</ref>
 
The anniversaries of death, or {{Lang|yi|[[yartzeit]]}}, of several of the movement's leaders are celebrated each year, include {{Lang|he|[[Yud Shvat]]}}, the {{Lang|yi|yartzeit}} of Rabbi [[Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn]], the sixth rebbe of Chabad,<ref name="YartzCust">[ |url=chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/82245/jewish/Yahrtzeit-Observances.htm |title=Yahrtzeit Observances |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> {{Lang|he|[[Gimmel Tammuz]]}}, the {{Lang|yi|yartzeit}} of Rabbi [[Menachem Mendel Schneerson]], the seventh rebbe of Chabad,<ref name="YartzCust"/><ref>[ |url=chabad.org/therebbe/article_cdo/aid/528345/jewish/A-Brief-Biography.htm |title=A Brief Biography |publisher=Chabad |access-date=January 13, 2015}}</ref> and {{Lang|he|[[Chof Beis Shvat]]}}, the {{Lang|yi|yartzeit}} of [[Chaya Mushka Schneerson]], the wife of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.<ref>[|url=chabadinfo.com/index.php/jq/css/ui-lightness/jq/js/?url=newsnew_en&string=tag_Chof%20Beis%20Shvat|archive-url=web.archive.org/web/20131216191431/chabadinfo.com/index.php/jq/css/ui-lightness/jq/js/?url=newsnew_en&string=tag_Chof%20Beis%20Shvat|url-status=dead|title=Chof Beis Shvat. ''Chabad.info''.|archive-date=December 16, 2013}}</ref>


=== Customs ===
=== Customs ===
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