Watch a replay: Rabbi Mendel Itzinger, director of Iggud Hayeshivos, will present some of the historical background and customs of writing a pidyon nefesh.

Rabbi Mendel Itzinger, director of Iggud Hayeshivos, will present some of the historical background and customs of writing a pidyon nefesh.

For centuries, chassidim have had the custom of presenting a pan to their Rebbeim. Where did this custom begin? What is its historical context? And what are some of the contemporary customs of writing a pan?