Grounds of celebrations
To highlight the importance of education for a peaceful society, the US annually celebrates “Education and Sharing Day U.S.A”. It was started in 1978 by a joint Congressional resolution. This year it was celebrated on 24th March and it is celebrated in the honor of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson also known as Rebbe. His lifetime efforts for education.
The United States Congress asked President Carter in 1978 to designate the Rebbe’s birthday as National Education and Sharing Day to recognize and honor his efforts to improve education for all American people. Rebbe was a child advocate who advocated for every child to receive an education that would provide them with opportunities for success.
Words of the leaders on Education and sharing day
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Joe Biden Statement, 2021
In the celebration, the president talks about the pandemic and how we were isolated and missed our conversations. The pandemic taught us everything, how much we need each other, how our lives are connected. We are the best when we work together and are ready for helping others whether down the road or around the world, said the president. The motive of Education and Sharing Day, USA, is to honor the role models, mentors, and leaders who dedicate their lives for the betterment and the growth of each generation, to strengthening our common bonds, and to promoting our highest ideals.
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Donald Trump Statement, 2017
This day is celebrated in the memory of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, to use values-based education to propel our children toward the American Dream. As an educator, Rabbi Schneerson recognizes that education is incomplete if it does not include moral development. Working with a positive attitude, Rebbe endeavours to teach children to be honest, civil, respectful of differences, and self-disciplined, as well as intellectually rigorous.
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Barack Obama Statement, 2009
Many have better understood the idea and spreading it more than Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, focuses on the importance of education and good character. Rebbe tries to empower the young generation and motivate all age groups by establishing educational and social service institutions across the nation and over the boundaries. On this day we raise his call anew.
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George W. Bush Statement, 2007
Education and Sharing Day celebrates in the memory of The Rebbe and simultaneously stresses educating the next generation of Americans on the ideals that have made our nation great. The Lubavitcher Rabbi insists that humanity should make a new commitment to compassion and he has helped to create education and outreach centers around the world that provide social welfare services and humanitarian assistance.
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Bill Clinton Statement, 1995
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, very well knows that it is important to feed the heart with good thoughts along with the mind. All his life, he believed that educating the young generation will only be achieved if it makes them a good human being with intellect, if it also learned lessons of fairness, tolerance, and good governance, in addition to grammar, math, and science.
This year, let us renew our commitment to instilling in our children the passion of learning that Rabbi Schneerson pioneered and that is bolstered by loving leaders like him throughout our nation. As we provide our students with the necessary knowledge and realistic resources, Let us also pass the potential of understanding that can make them understand the meaning of life.
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George H.W.Bush Statement, 1989
It is appropriate that we honor Rabbi Schneerson and recognize his significant contributions to society. Our great nation is rightly proud of its commitment to the values of liberty, freedom, and truth. Americans also recognize that it is our duty to instill the same zeal in future generations. We owe an immense debt to Rabbi Schneerson and to all who spread the light of education that teaches you moral and ethical values and shows their importance.
In honor of Rabbi Schneerson’s and for all his efforts and on the occasion of his 87th birthday, the Congress, by House Joint Resolution 173 has announced April 16, 1989, and April 6, 1990, as “Education Day, U.S.A.
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Ronald Reagan Statement, 1982
The Lubavitch community, led by Rabbi Menachem Schneerson, a worldwide spiritual leader who will mark his 80th birthday on April 4, 1982, is one of the ideal models for people of all religions on what education can be. The work of the Lubavitcher Rebbe teaches us that knowledge is an unworthy aim until it is followed by moral and theological insight and comprehension.
He has given a dramatic example to the world of the Seven Noahide Laws’ eternal validity as a moral code for all of us, regardless of religious faith. May he continue to grow in strength
To commemorate the 80th birthday of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States in Congress convened have given House Joint Resolution 447 designating April 4, 1982, as a “National Day of Reflection.”
Our hearts will always remember all the contributions of Rebbe and other leaders towards education and educating the generations. Education is an important tool because “Education is the movement from darkness to light”.
