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Lekach
It is customary to ask for and receive "lekach" (sweet cake -- signifying a sweet year) from someone (usually one's mentor or parent) on the day before Yom Kippur.
Jewish Holidays » High Holidays » Yom Kippur » Guide » Preparing for Yom Kippur » Lekach
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Classic Honey Cake
3 Eggs 1 1/3 cups honey 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 cup strong black coffee 2 tsps. Baking powder 3 Tbsps. Margarine, softened 1 tsp. Baking soda 4 cups flour 1 tsp cinnamon Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour a 9 by 13-inch cake pan. In a large mixer bowl, ...
Jewish Holidays » High Holidays » Rosh Hashanah » Recipes » Traditional Foods » Classic Honey Cake
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Asking for Honey Cake on the Eve of Yom Kippur
By Dovid Zaklikowski
What is the reason behind the custom of asking for honey cake before the holiday of Yom Kippur?
The Rebbe » Life » Discovering the Rebbe » Asking for Honey Cake on the Eve of Yom Kippur
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An Extra Sweet Year
8 Tishrei, 5749 · September 19, 1988
In case it has been decreed upon a person to turn to others for help this coming year, it should already be fulfilled now, by receiving this sweet cake.
The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Program One Hundred Fifty Eight » An Extra Sweet Year
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Lekach
The Rebbe distributes the traditional lekach - sweet honey cake for a sweet year
The Rebbe » Audio & Video » High Holidays with the Rebbe » Lekach
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The Rebbe’s Sukkah
21 Tishrei, 5742 • October 18, 1981
Distribution of Lekach, honeycake, with wishes for a sweet New Year. This is an age-old tradition on Hosha’ana Rabah. The Rebbe hands Lekach to men, women and children of all walks of life.
The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Program Four » The Rebbe’s Sukkah
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Lekach (honey cake)
It is customary to ask for and receive lekach (sweet cake -- signifying a sweet year) from someone (usually one's mentor or parent) on this day. One of the reasons given for this custom is that if it had been decreed, G-d forbid, that during the year we ...
Jewish Calendar » Tishrei » Tishrei 9 » Laws & Customs » Lekach (honey cake)
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Erev Yom Kippur: The Inside Story of Kreplach and Lekach
By Nechoma Greisman; edited by Rabbi Moshe Miller
We observe many, many minhagim (customs) without knowing why we do so — “Oh, that’s the minhag !” or, “It’s just something that people do; it doesn’t have any real significance…” might be the answer when someone asks what the reason is for keeping a ...
Spirituality » Contemporary Works » Through the Eyes of a Woman » Festivals » Erev Yom Kippur: The Inside Story of Kreplach and Lekach
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Erev Yom Kippur: Sweet Cake and a Sweet Year
From the talks of the Lubavitcher Rebbe; translated by Uri Kaploun
MyThis is an unauthenticated record of the Rebbe’s words when distributing lekach (sweet cake) during the morning of erev Yom Kippur, 5711 [1950]. revered father-in-law once related:Brief notes (rashei devarim) relating to the morning of erev Yom Kippur, ...
Spirituality » Contemporary Works » Proceeding Together » Volume 3 » Erev Yom Kippur: Sweet Cake and a Sweet Year
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“Lekach” – Honey Cake
9 Tishrei, 5749-1988
The Rebbe distributes sweet cake, symbolizing a blessings for a sweet year.
The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Ha'azinu » “Lekach” – Honey Cake
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