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In 5733, the Rebbe established the Law [[A Moment of Silence]], and also begins to publish about the charge of the Seven Commandments of the sons of Noah | In 5733, the Rebbe established the Law [[A Moment of Silence]], and also begins to publish about the charge of the Seven Commandments of the sons of Noah | ||
For the first twenty-five years of his leadership, the Rebbe would receive his Chassidim, as well as men and women from all walks of life, in yechidut ("private audience") three times a week. | |||
The audiences, held on Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings, would begin shortly after nightfall and extend through the night; some nights, the last of the several hundred visitors would depart well after daybreak. Many had only a few short minutes in the presence of the Rebbe, but all would come away with the feeling that in their time with him, however brief, the Rebbe was with them with his entire being, wholly and exclusively focused on their individual concerns. | |||
The number of those seeking the Rebbe's advice and blessing continued to grow; soon, all but the most urgent cases had to wait several months for a yechidut appointment. Finally, the requests for meetings with the Rebbe reached such numbers that it was no longer possible to accommodate them. Individual contact with the Rebbe now took the form of written correspondence: some three mail sacks of letters would arrive each day to his office at 770 Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, each of which he would personally open and read. | |||
In 1986, the Rebbe began conducting a weekly "receiving line." Each Sunday, the Rebbe would stand in a small room near his office as thousands of men, women and children filed past to see him and receive his blessing. Many used the opportunity to pose a question and receive a word of advice. To each of them the Rebbe gave a dollar bill, appointing them as his personal agent (shaliach) to give it to the charity of their choice. | |||
In 1951, on the 28th of Nisan, the Rebbe gave a talk during which he gave the Hasidim the responsibility for bringing [[Messiah]], and said: "Do everything you can" | In 1951, on the 28th of Nisan, the Rebbe gave a talk during which he gave the Hasidim the responsibility for bringing [[Messiah]], and said: "Do everything you can" | ||