On this day in 5587 (1826) the Mitteler Rebbe was released from his imprisonment in the city of Vitebsk. During the preceding Chol Hamo'ed Sukot it became known that the Mitteler Rebbe had been slandered. On Sunday of parshat Noach, 28 Tishrei, he left Lubavitch accompanied by officers. At noon he arrived in Dobromisl, where he said the maamar Mayim rabim etc. On Monday he left there, and travelled to Lyozna, where he said the maamar Reshafeha rishpei etc. On Tuesday he left there for Vitebsk where he remained imprisoned until the Sunday of Vayishlach, 10 Kislev.