TITLE: Recognizing April 16, 2019, as Education and Sharing Day in honor of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

SUMMARY: Recognizing April 16, 2019, as Education and Sharing Day in honor of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

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WHEREAS, For more than four decades, every U.S. president has declared the annual observance of Education and Sharing Day in honor of the birthday of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson and his contributions to education; and WHEREAS, One of the most celebrated figures in 20th century Judaism, Rabbi Schneerson was born in Ukraine in 1902; he demonstrated a remarkable aptitude for religious scholarship at a young age, mastering the entire Talmud and many of its commentaries by the age of 17; in the 1920s, he became part of the inner circle of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Judaism, and he married the Rebbe's daughter, Chaya Mushka; forced to flee Berlin and later Paris because of Nazi anti-Semitism, the couple settled in New York City in 1941; and WHEREAS, In 1951, Rabbi Schneerson officially succeeded his father-in-law as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and over the next 44 years, he built the movement into a worldwide community of 200,000 members; a strong advocate for children and education, he believed that schools should stress both academic achievement and character building, and he established several thousand Orthodox Jewish schools and educational centers around the globe before his passing in 1994; and WHEREAS, In recognition of Rabbi Schneerson's advocacy, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed the first Education and Sharing Day in 1978, and the tradition has continued each year since; the rabbi's birthday is celebrated on 11 Nissan of the Jewish liturgical calendar, or four days before Passover, and in 2019 it falls on April 16; and WHEREAS, Throughout his life, Rabbi Schneerson was a champion for values-based learning, and Education and Sharing Day represents a fitting opportunity for Texans to express their support for the twin goals of investing young people with knowledge and with the moral principles to use that knowledge wisely; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas Legislature hereby recognize April 16, 2019, as Education and Sharing Day. Moody Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Noble Allen Guillen Oliverson Allison Gutierrez Ortega Anchia Harless Pacheco Anderson Harris Paddie Ashby Hefner Parker Bailes Hernandez Patterson Beckley Herrero Paul Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Perez Bell of Montgomery Holland Phelan Bernal Howard Price Biedermann Huberty Ramos Blanco Hunter Raney Bohac Israel Raymond Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Reynolds Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez Buckley Johnson of Harris Romero, Jr. Bucy Kacal Rose Burns King of Hemphill Rosenthal Burrows King of Parker Sanford Button King of Uvalde Schaefer Cain Klick Shaheen Calanni Krause Sheffield Canales Kuempel Sherman, Sr. Capriglione Lambert Shine Clardy Landgraf Smith Cole Lang Smithee Coleman Larson Springer Collier Leach Stephenson Cortez Leman Stickland Craddick Longoria Stucky Cyrier Lopez Swanson Darby Lozano Talarico Davis of Dallas Lucio III Thierry Davis of Harris Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Dean Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Deshotel Metcalf Tinderholt Dominguez Meyer Toth Dutton Meza Turner of Dallas Farrar Middleton Turner of Tarrant Fierro Miller VanDeaver Flynn Minjarez Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morales White Geren Morrison Wilson Gervin-Hawkins Mu oz, Jr. Wray Goldman Murphy Wu Gonz lez of Dallas Murr Zedler Gonz lez of El Paso Neave Zerwas Goodwin Nev rez Zwiener Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1002 was adopted by the House on April 9, 2019, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House