The fourth Rebbe of Chabad, Rabbi Shmuel Schneerson (1834-1882) was born on the 2nd of Iyar (like this Wednesday).
Although Rabbi Shmuel was the youngest of the seven sons of the third Rebbe of Chabad (the Tzemach Tzedek), he was chosen to be the next Rebbe after his father's death.
Rabbi Shmuel, in addition to guiding his Hasidim, made extensive trips around Europe, meeting with government and business leaders to pressure Tsarist Russia to stop instigating pogroms against Russian Jewry.
Su frase más conocida, que se volvió un sistema entero de servicio a Di-s fue: «El mundo dice que si no puedes quebrar y pasar bajo un obstáculo, entonces debes pasarlo por arriba. Yo digo directamente ¡pásalo por arriba!».