Bill Text: TX SR348 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing April 2, 2023, as Education and Sharing Day.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-28 - Reported enrolled [SR348 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR348-Enrolled.html
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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 anniversary of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson's | ||
| birth 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 development, and he established several thousand | ||
| Orthodox Jewish schools and educational centers around the world | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2023 it falls on April 2; his accolades further include a | ||
| Congressional Gold Medal, which he received posthumously in | ||
| 1995; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Throughout his life, Rabbi Schneerson was a | ||
| champion for values-based learning, and Education and Sharing | ||
| Day represents an important opportunity for Texans to reflect not | ||
| just on how to foster academic achievement but also on how to | ||
| ensure that young people lead lives rich in purpose and | ||
| fulfillment through service and good works; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, hereby recognize April 2, 2023, as Education and | ||
| Sharing Day. | ||
| Blanco | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 28, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
