The Yom Tov of the 12th and 13th of Tamuz: Part I

On the 12th and 13th of Tammuz, we celebrate the liberation of the Frierdiker Rebbe from prison and exile in 5687 (1927), 95 years ago. The Frierdiker Rebbe was imprisoned in the Shpalerna prison in Leningrad and later exiled to Kostroma. This was the government’s response to his mesiras nefesh in strengthening and expanding yeshivos, chadorim and mikvaos, etc. To commemorate the two days of the Geulah, we present a series of 12 installments discussing the background, the events and the Yom Tov of 12–13 Tammuz in the years that followed.