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Today in Jewish History: 9 Adar

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Eighty-five years ago today, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn—the sixth Chabad Rebbe—arrived in New York, following his miraculous rescue from Nazi-occupied Warsaw.

Here’s how Lubavitch News Service remembered this event 60 years ago:
Lubavitch.com/repost-lubavitcher-rebbe-arrives-in-the-united-states/

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