Editing Yom Huledes (section)

== Yechidus for Birthday ==
For many years, Chassidim would have a yechidus with the Rebbe in connection with their birthday. Generally, unlike yungeleit who would sometimes enter for yechidus multiple times, bochurim would only enter once a year, close to their birthday.

The Rebbe gave priority to Chassidim who wanted to enter yechidus for their birthday, and they would enter without waiting their turn. The mazkir would write their names separately from the rest of the list, since the Rebbe made this conditional that their yechidus would be dedicated only to receiving a bracha for their birthday, and not deal with other matters.

This minhag continued until Tishrei 5735, when the Rebbe announced at the Shabbos Bereishis farbrengen that from now on this practice would stop. He explained that this wasn't actually practiced in previous generations by Chabad Rebbeim, and the cheshbon was that dedicating time for this would accomplish great things, but when it became clear this wasn't the case, the Rebbe decided to stop this practice.