[Avodah] Teves 5

[Cantor Wolberg]

Teves 5 is celebrated as a day of rejoicing in the Chabad-Lubavitch  
community. On this date in 1987, U.S. Federal Court issued a decision  
in favor of Agudas Chassidei Chabad ("Union of Chabad Chassidim")  
regarding the ownership of the priceless library of the 6th Rebbe of  
Chabad-Lubavitch, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. The ruling was  
based on the idea that a Rebbe is not a private individual but a  
communal figure synonymous with the body of Chassidim. The Lubavitcher  
Rebbe (Rabbi Yoseph Yitzchak's son-in-law and successor) urged that  
the occasion be marked with time devoted to study from Torah books  
("sefarim") as well as the acquisition of new Torah books.