Getting Lekach from the Lubavitcher Rebbe

On this day, it customary in many communities to ask for lekach – usually from a synagogue officer appointed to the task. Lekach is simple piece of sweet honey cake. In 770, the Rebbe himself distributes lekach. On Rosh Hashanah, one’s material prosperity for the year was “written,” and on Yom Kippur it will be “sealed.” In the event that it was decreed on Rosh Hashanah that one should face poverty in the coming year, and be forced to ask for hand-outs, it is hoped that requesting the piece of sweet cake will be sufficient to fulfill the decree. It is Erev Yom Kippur, the last of the ten days of repentance. Despite the mounting pressures of the preparations for this most solemn holiday, the Rebbe makes a point to spend hours with thousands of Jews on this day. These frequent opportunities to meet with the Rebbe, and his accessibility to anyone who so desires, is unparalleled in Chasidic, perhaps all of Jewish, history. Excerpt from Tishrei with the Rebbe (https://www.jemstore.com/Tishrei_Vol_I_II_DVD_p/tishrei_vol_1_and_2.htm)