Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2025

Proclamation 10916 of April 9, 2025

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A., 2025

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

This Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A, we draw
inspiration from the life, legacy, and blessed memory
of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher
Rebbe and leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch community,
whose Hebrew birthday corresponds to this day. He was a
transformational teacher and a spiritual force who--
from the ashes of the Holocaust--established one of the
most vibrant, joyous, and significant religious
movements of the modern era. In the wake of
unimaginable destruction, he embarked on a global
campaign of spiritual outreach to bring the light of
faith and Yiddishkeit to countless members of the
Jewish community. All Americans can learn from his
tireless devotion to teaching, good deeds, and charity.

From 770 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, the modest
home that continues to serve as Chabad headquarters, he
reinvigorated the Chabad-Lubavitch movement and led a
religious revival--one that would touch all four
corners of the globe. Today, Chabad and its shluchim,
emissaries dedicated to spreading Jewish awareness,
education, and kindness in communities around the
world, still serve as beacons of the Rebbe's teachings
and boundless love for all humanity. Their community
centers stand as living testaments to his message,
legacy, and unwavering commitment to outreach and
support. They are spread across the United States and
around the world, within big cities, small towns, and
on college campuses, more than doubling in number since
his death.

On the first anniversary of the brutal October 7, 2023,
attacks, I visited the Ohel of Rabbi Schneerson and
drew spiritual guidance and replenishment from his
voice and message. There, praying with the family
members of American hostage Edan Alexander and
Auschwitz survivor Jerry Wartski, I was personally
reminded of the horrors of antisemitism--whether
perpetuated by the Nazis or Hamas. My commitment to
combating it is unwavering. My Administration has made
great strides in bringing home all hostages captured
during the murderous and criminal Hamas attacks of
October 7, 2023, and to securing peace and stability
for the Jewish people in their homeland and around the
world.

The First Lady and I encourage all Americans to reflect
upon the Rebbe's teachings. His inestimable dedication
and unwavering example have become woven into the very
fabric of our Nation and its character. His memory
remains a blessing to the world.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the
United States of America, by virtue of the authority
vested in me by the laws of the United States, do
hereby proclaim April 9, 2025, as ``Education and
Sharing Day, U.S.A.'' I call upon all government
officials, educators, volunteers, and all the people of
the United States to observe this day with appropriate
programs, ceremonies, and activities.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
ninth.