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‘Shabbat 250:’ President Proclaims National Shabbat Honoring America’s 250th Birthday

As part of the White House’s Jewish American Heritage Month proclamation, signed on May 4, President Donald Trump designated the period from sundown Friday, May 15, through nightfall Saturday, May 16, as a national Shabbat, dubbed “Shabbat 250.”

Treasures From The Rebbe’s Library: Lag B’omer

Just days earlier, on Pesach Sheini, the Rebbe asked his secretary, Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, about the possibility of minting a special coin for the occasion. Rabbi Krinsky immediately set to work, together with his son, Rabbi Hillel Dovid Krinsky, and his son-in-law, Rabbi Yosef B. Friedman, exploring every possible avenue.