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== Spreading of the Wellsprings ==

=== Mivtzoim ===

Chabad outreach includes activities promoting the practice of Jewish commandments in the form of the [[Mivtzoim]] (Campaigns), and this call is aimed all Jews: "Even if you are not fully committed to a Torah life, do something. Begin with a mitzvah—any mitzvah—its value will not be diminished by the fact that there are others that you are not prepared to do".<ref>Chabad.org "The Rebbe's 10-Point Mitzvah Campaign" Accessed 2010-05-12.</ref> The original campaigns, included Jewish women and girls from the age of three [[Mivtza Neiros Shabbos Kodesh|lighting candles before Shabbos]], Jewish men putting on [[Mivtza Tefillin|Tefillin]], affixing a [[Mivtza Mezuzah|Mezuzah]] to all doorways of the home, [[Mivtza Torah|regular Torah study]], giving [[Mivtza Tzedakah|Tzedakah]] (Charity), [[Mivtza Bayis Molei Seforim|filling one's home]] with sefarim (holy Jewish books), [[Mivtza Kashrus|observing Kashrus]] (Kosher dietary laws), keeping the [[Mivtza Taharas Hamishpacha|Laws of Family Purity]] (Hilchos Niddah), [[Mivtza Ahavas Yisroel|loving every Jew]], supporting [[Mivtza Chinuch|Jewish education]]. A special campaign for non-Jews aimed at educating the masses about the [[Seven Laws of Noah|Noahide Laws]]. In addition, the Rebbe emphasized spreading awareness of preparing for and the coming of the [[Moshiach]], and that it was the responsibility to reach out to teach every fellow Jew with love, and implore that all Jews believe in the imminent coming of the moshiach as explained in the halachik writings of the Rambam (Maimonides). In honor of the Rebbe's efforts in education the United States government established the Rebbe's Hebrew birthday of Yud Aleph Nissan (11 Nissan) as "Education and Sharing Day".