{"id":417899,"date":"2025-09-22T09:37:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T07:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/news\/duzhe-vazhlyvo-pered-rosh-a-shana-napysaty-lysta-rebe\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T15:37:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T13:37:34","slug":"duzhe-vazhlyvo-pered-rosh-a-shana-napysaty-lysta-rebe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/en\/rosh-ha-shana\/duzhe-vazhlyvo-pered-rosh-a-shana-napysaty-lysta-rebe\/","title":{"rendered":"It is Very Important to Write a Letter to the Rebbe Before Rosh Hashanah"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"417899\" class=\"elementor elementor-417899 elementor-417891\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-707095d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"707095d4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4faeb23e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4faeb23e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Tonight, September 22, 2025, Rosh Hashanah begins, and it is very important on the eve of this great holiday to write a Pidyon Nefesh (PAN) \u2013 a letter to a righteous person with a request for a blessing and a report of a good resolution undertaken in honor of this day.<\/p><p>\u201cThis is a very ancient tradition to write a \u2018Pidyon Nefesh\u2019 letter to the Rebbe before Rosh Hashanah with a request for a blessing,\u201d Rabbi Reuven Kaminezki, the emissary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, told our website. \u201cPAN or \u2018Pidyon HaNefesh,\u2019 literally translated as \u2018Redemption of the Soul,\u2019 is a written appeal to a righteous person whose soul has left the material world. <\/p><p>On this day, it is customary to write such a letter to the Head of our Generation, the Seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson. It is very important to note that before starting to write the letter, one should perform Netilat Yadayim, the washing of hands, and men should also put on a gartel (prayer belt).\u201d <\/p><p>When asking for a blessing for oneself or for anyone else, one should write the person\u2019s name (their Hebrew name, if they have one) and the name of their mother.<\/p><p>For a non-Jew, the father\u2019s name is usually mentioned instead of the mother\u2019s.<\/p><p>The letter can be written in any language.<\/p><p>You can send your letter to: <a href=\"mailto:ohel@ohelchabad.org\">ohel@ohelchabad.org.<\/a><\/p><p>Or use the fax: +1 (718) 723-4444.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ea187d elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-absolute elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"5ea187d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;hosted&quot;,&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-video\" src=\"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/whatsapp-video-2025-09-22-at-09.46.48-4.mp4\" controls=\"\" preload=\"metadata\" controlsList=\"nodownload\"><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight, September 22, 2025, Rosh Hashanah begins, and it is very important on the eve of this great holiday to write a Pidyon Nefesh (PAN) \u2013 a letter to a righteous person with a request for a blessing and a report of a good resolution undertaken in honor of this day. \u201cThis is a very <a href=\"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/en\/rosh-ha-shana\/duzhe-vazhlyvo-pered-rosh-a-shana-napysaty-lysta-rebe\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  It is Very Important to Write a Letter to the Rebbe Before Rosh Hashanah<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":417901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-417899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-rosh-ha-shana"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>It is Very Important to Write a Letter to the Rebbe Before Rosh Hashanah - DJC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/djc.com.ua\/en\/rosh-ha-shana\/duzhe-vazhlyvo-pered-rosh-a-shana-napysaty-lysta-rebe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"It is Very Important to Write a Letter to the Rebbe Before Rosh Hashanah - DJC\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tonight, September 22, 2025, Rosh Hashanah begins, and it is very important on the eve of this great holiday to write a Pidyon Nefesh (PAN) \u2013 a letter to a righteous person with a request for a blessing and a report of a good resolution undertaken in honor of this day. \u201cThis is a very ... 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