Tammuz: Month of Miracles and Absolute Freedom

3 Tammuz: The Sun of Faith and a Turning Point

On this day, two pivotal events occurred, separated by millennia yet bound by a single spiritual thread. The first — Joshua bin Nun stopped the sun over Giveon to complete the battle. This demonstrated that the laws of nature are subject to the will of God and those who carry out His mission. The second — in 1927, the death sentence of the Rebbe Rayatz was commuted to exile. And in 1994, on 3 Tammuz, the histalkus of the Seventh Rebbe took place — a moment when his spiritual influence became even more powerful and accessible. The Rebbe taught that the physical absence of a righteous person does not mean the cessation of their impact on the world — on the contrary, it intensifies.

12–13 Tammuz: The Festival of Liberation

In 1927, the Soviet government was forced to release the Rebbe Rayatz, the Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, who had been sentenced to death for spreading Torah and supporting Jewish life in the USSR. His body was in exile, but his soul always remained free. The Rebbe Rayatz declared that this liberation concerned not only him personally but everyone who treasures Torah and the Jewish way of life. This holiday reminds us: true freedom is the freedom of the spirit, which no tyrants or regimes can take away.

17 Tammuz: The Response to Destruction

In 1958, on the very fast day of 17 Tammuz — a day associated with the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem — the Rebbe laid the cornerstone of the new building at "770." This was not merely construction — it was a spiritual manifesto: destruction must be answered with building. Where enemies attempt to destroy holiness, we erect new Torah centers. Every house of Torah that is built is a response to all attempts at destruction, a powerful affirmation of the eternity of the Jewish people and their mission.