0397 - The Rebbe Waited to Hear the Band on the Table Before Starting Shmone Esrei on Rosh Chodesh

00:00 We know that the Alter Rebbe writes in the Siddur before Shemoneh Esreh of Ma'ariv, after Hashkiveinu, these words, that you are not allowed to be mafsik to announce Yal Avi Yove the night of Rosh Chodesh, because some places what they do is that after Hashkiveinu, before Shemoneh Esreh, the night of Rosh Chodesh, someone announces Yal Avi Yove to remind everybody that you're supposed to say Yal Avi Yove. But the Alter Rebbe paskens that you should not do that. Nevertheless, the minhag by us is that the gabbai gives a patch on the bimeh, a patch on the table, and that patch reminds everybody that you're supposed to say Yal Avi Yove. So I remember a few times that happened that they did not make, give that patch, that bang on the table, because usually they would. But a few times I remember throughout the years that they didn't. And I remember a few times that the Rebbe would not start Shemoneh Esreh. Sometimes I remember before he went back, he turned to the bimeh to see, to wait, someone should give a patch. And then everyone realized and someone gave this bang on the table. I remember even it happened once that he already went back Shemoneh Esreh, going back in order to start Shemoneh Esreh. So he went back the three steps, and then he stopped and he looked around, looked at the bimeh to see that people should give a bang. In other words, he didn't start Shemoneh Esreh till they made, they gave

01:21 the bang on the table. In other words, by the Rebbe, it was very important to give the bang on the table to remind everybody that you're supposed to say Yal Avi Yove.