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At a farbregnen marking the Rebbe Rashab’s birthday, the Rebbe instructs the chasidim to sing the Hachana Nigun, which is attributed to the Rebbe Rashab.

After his binding on the altar, Isaac was considered “a pure offering,” never to leave the Holy Land; Rebecca, by contrast, was born of the Diaspora, “a rose among the thorns.” She was to be brought up to the Land of Israel to be united with Isaac.