בְּמִנְחָה אֵין אוֹמְרִים תַּחֲנוּן.

During the Afternoon Service, Tachanun is not recited.1

אַאַמוּ"ר אָמַר: בַּא מִיר אִיז בָּרוּר, אַז אַ חַסִידִישׁעֶר אִיד זִיצְט אִין בֵּית הַמֶדְרָשׁ, אוּן לעֶרעֶנט אָדעֶר חַזֶר'ט אַ חֲסִידוּת בְּרַבִּים, אִיז אַ שִׂמְחָה בּאַ דִי זֵיידעֶס, אוּן זֵייעֶר שִׂמְחָה אִיז מַסְפִּיק פאַר אִיהם, קִינְדעֶר אוּן קִינְד'ס קִינְדעֶר רוֹב טוּב בְּגַשְׁמִיּוּת וּבְרוּחָנִיּוּת.

My revered father, the Rebbe [Rashab], once remarked: “It is clear to me that when a chassidic Jew sits in the House of Study and learns or reviews aloud a maamar of Chassidus together with others, he brings joy to my forefathers.2 This happiness generates abundant goodness, both material and spiritual, for that person, for his children, and for his grandchildren.”3

Living as a Chassid

One of the classic scenes in Lubavitcher shuls worldwide is Shaleshudess4 — the mystical Third Shabbos Meal5 that begins just before sunset, at which the chassidim around the table sing meditative niggunim in shared tranquillity.As twilight descends, they sing Bnei Heichala, an Aramaic hymn whose metaphorical Kabbalistic secrets were written by the AriZal and whose melody dates from the Alter Rebbe. One of the participants then repeats a maamar by heart.

There are several distinguished Lubavitcher chassidim today who did not grow up in Lubavitch homes. Nevertheless, when their parents witnessed the above scene, a longing was kindled in their hearts that their own children should be able deliver such a maamar one day. To make that possible, they had them educated in Lubavitcher schools and yeshivos until they grew up chassidim.