Editing The Mitteler Rebbe (section)

==== Bar Mitzvah ====
His [[Bar Mitzvah]] celebration was such a special event that it drew chassidim from throughout the region<ref>A comprehensive and extensive description of the Bar Mitzvah of the Mitteler Rebbe was related by the Rebbe Rayatz on 25 Shevat 5696 (1936), during the Bar Mitzvah celebration of his grandson, B.G. The sicha was printed in Likutei Diburim vol. 2, p. 224b and onward in great detail.</ref>, despite the Alter Rebbe's general rule against chassidim visiting during Cheshvan and Kislev. The rule was suspended for this simcha.

On the Bar Mitzvah day - Thursday, 9 Kislev 5547 - candles were lit throughout the beis medrash courtyard, which was specially expanded for the many guests. During krias haTorah, while the Bar Mitzvah bochur didn't receive an aliyah, his father was called for shlishi and afterward recited "Boruch Sheptarani" with Shem uMalchus.

After davening, the Alter Rebbe delivered a maamar on the possuk "Ki lekach tov," followed by the Bar Mitzvah bochur's discourse on "Maggid d'vorov l'Yaakov." The Alter Rebbe entered a state of deep dveikus and began singing the [[Niggun Daled Bavos]].