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== The Purpose of Saying L'chaim == | == The Purpose of Saying L'chaim == | ||
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When the Frierdiker Rebbe visited Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld during his journey in [[Eretz Yisroel]], Rabbi Sonnenfeld asked [[The Rebbe Rayatz|the Frierdiker Rebbe]] why Chassidim have the custom to say l'chaim at a farbrengen. The Frierdiker Rebbe answered with a parable about an only son of a king who was sent to a distant village to mingle with the residents and bring them closer to the king, but in practice, the prince forgot the purpose of his mission to that place. One day, a messenger from the royal city arrived in the village and delivered a letter to the prince in which his father wrote that he would soon bring him back to the palace. The prince was filled with joy that he would soon return to the palace and wanted to burst into dance, but feared that people would think he had gone mad, so he invited all the villagers to drink at his expense, until they all broke into dance together. This parable describes the descent of the soul into the body, and that the mashke is intended to put the animal soul to sleep and bring the G-dly soul to revelation. The Rebbe also expressed: "Among Chassidim, the order is to say 'l'chaim' in order to put the body and animal soul to sleep, and to awaken and reveal the G-dly soul." | When the Frierdiker Rebbe visited Rabbi Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld during his journey in [[Eretz Yisroel]], Rabbi Sonnenfeld asked [[The Rebbe Rayatz|the Frierdiker Rebbe]] why Chassidim have the custom to say l'chaim at a farbrengen. The Frierdiker Rebbe answered with a parable about an only son of a king who was sent to a distant village to mingle with the residents and bring them closer to the king, but in practice, the prince forgot the purpose of his mission to that place. One day, a messenger from the royal city arrived in the village and delivered a letter to the prince in which his father wrote that he would soon bring him back to the palace. The prince was filled with joy that he would soon return to the palace and wanted to burst into dance, but feared that people would think he had gone mad, so he invited all the villagers to drink at his expense, until they all broke into dance together. This parable describes the descent of the soul into the body, and that the mashke is intended to put the animal soul to sleep and bring the G-dly soul to revelation. The Rebbe also expressed: "Among Chassidim, the order is to say 'l'chaim' in order to put the body and animal soul to sleep, and to awaken and reveal the G-dly soul." | ||
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== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
* Sar HaMashkim | * [[Sar HaMashkim]] | ||
* Zeks un Neyntziker | * [[Zeks un Neyntziker]] | ||
* Benedictine | * [[Benedictine]] | ||
* Yayin (Wine) | * [[Wine|Yayin (Wine)]] | ||
[[he:אמירת לחיים]] | [[he:אמירת לחיים]] | ||