Overview
- Farbrengens are being held in person and online, with listings highlighting gatherings in Crown Heights.
- Customs for the day include omitting tachnun and restarting the annual Tanya study cycle as part of the Chitas program.
- Rabbi Schneur Zalman was arrested in 1798 on charges that his activities threatened imperial authority and was held in a Neva River fortress in Petersburg.
- During interrogations he outlined core Jewish tenets and chassidic thought to ministers, before being exonerated and released on 19 Kislev.
- Following his release he expanded the public dissemination of his teachings, and new resources such as JEM’s 19 Kislev archive have been published online.