Editing The Rebbe as Melech HaMoshiach (section)

== Announcing and Singing 'Yechi Adoneinu' Before the Rebbe ==
The phrase "Yechi Adoneinu Moreinu V'Rabbeinu Melech HaMoshiach L'olam Va'ed" became the flagship slogan in Chabad Chassidus. This declaration expresses acceptance of the Rebbe's kingship by those who say it. The declaration was said and sung before the Rebbe many times and received his encouragement.

The first time it was declared before the Rebbe in its complete form was on Shabbos Parshas Tazria-Metzora, 6 Iyar 5751 (1991). Before Shabbos, Rav Nachshon brought a bottle of mashke to the Rebbe's secretariat to receive it from the Rebbe during the farbrengen on Shabbos itself. During the Shabbos farbrengen, the Rebbe called Rav Nachshon to receive the bottle. Rav Nachshon received the bottle from the Rebbe and declared: Since recently there were piskei dinim by rabbonim and batei din in Israel that the time of geulah has arrived, and very recently there are piskei dinim that the Rebbe is Melech HaMoshiach and he needs to be revealed and redeem Am Yisroel, therefore we hereby accept upon ourselves the Rebbe's malchus, to do everything he asks of us with mesirus nefesh, and we all declare: Yechi Adoneinu Moreinu V'Rabbeinu Melech HaMoshiach L'olam Va'ed! The crowd was in tremendous excitement from this historic moment and answered after him: Yechi, Yechi, Yechi.

On Motzei Shabbos before Maariv, they declared it again before the Rebbe, this time with the tune that was previously sung with the words "Zol Shoin Zein Di Geulah", the Rebbe encouraged the singing.

On Monday 15 Iyar 5751 (1991) after Mincha, the Rebbe distributed the Dvar Malchus kuntres. At the end of the distribution, they began singing "Yechi Adoneinu" and the Rebbe encouraged the singing with his hand. Also after Maariv that day, when the Rebbe left he strongly encouraged this song.

In 5753 (1993), the Rebbe would sometimes appear to chassidim through the mirpeset (balcony), during these days they sang "Yechi Adoneinu" hundreds of times before the Rebbe and each time the Rebbe encouraged the singing.