Farbrengen after Rosh Hashanah

The Lubavitcher Rebbe would customarily lead a farbrengen (Chassidic gathering) which would begin on the second day of Rosh Hashanah after Mincha and continue on into the night. This is in order to draw the holiness of the Yom Tov into the rest of the year.

When Rosh HaShanah fell on a Thursday and Friday, this farbrengen was conducted on the following day (Shabbat). During the farbrengen, the assembled would sing the songs associated with the Ba’al Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezritch, and all the Chabad Rebbes. The Rebbe would customarily recite a ma’amar (Chassidic discourse) in which he quoted the Ba’al Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezritch, and all the Chabad Rabbeim.