A recurring theme in the Rebbe’s correspondence is the potential and power of chassidishe farbrengen. Advising a chossid who was bringing someone closer to Yiddishkeit, the Rebbe recommended a chassidishe farbrengen as the way to make him more receptive.
In the Rebbe’s correspondence, a recurring theme is the potential and power of chassidishe farbrengen. Repeatedly, the Rebbe urges chassidim to lead, activists to organize, and individuals to participate in a farbrengen.
In a letter to Mr. Yehuda Leib Unger of Pittsburg, the Rebbe wrote, “My father-in-law, the Rebbe, once said: A chassidishe farbrengen warms the head, the heart, even the heels of one’s feet. When one comes home after such a farbrengen, one brings light and warmth into the home, making the home brighter and warmer than it was before.”
“Bring him to a farbrengen,” the Rebbe advised a chossid who was in the process of bringing someone closer to Yiddishkeit, in a 25 Iyar 5711 (1951) letter. “It will influence him in a general way (makif) to become more receptive…”
In a letter to Reb Boruch Nachshon of Chevron, from 11 Shevat 5726 (1966), the Rebbe reprimands him, “How many farbrengens did you partake in since you traveled from here?”
(Hiskashrus 835)
From The Weekly Farbrengen by Merkaz Anash
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