| Sunday |
Cheshvan 23 |
5704 |
| Torah lessons: |
Chumash: Tol'dot, first parsha with Rashi. |
| Tehillim: 108-112. |
| Tanya: XXX. It is known (p. 585) ...for the initiated. (p. 587). |
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The Tzemach Tzedek was arrested twenty-two times during the Rabbinical conference in Petersburg, in 5603 (1843), for opposing the demands of the government regarding changes in education, etc. The minister in charge confronted him: "Is this not rebellion against the government?!"
The Tzemach Tzedek answered: "A rebel against the government is liable to be punished by death of the body; a rebel against the Kingdom of Heaven is punishable by death of the soul. Now which is worse?"
