- Q. Last year we ate the first Rosh Hashana meal by a known Rebbe and we saw that he had acquired a new Chalah knife that was still in its box. Is there Is there a special minhag to buy a new Chalah knife for Rosh Hashana?
A. Segulos Yisroel (Reish – 4) indeed quotes that the Rebbe of Ziditshoiv would advise to purchase a new knife for Rosh Hashana and to sharpen the others as a Segula for parnasah and good livelihood.
He relates that the Rebbe of Lublin would send to his close relatives a gift of a new knife for Rosh Hashana.
Likutey Amorim (2: 1) relates that the Rebbe of Mezibuz Z’tl would send to his close followers a small silver knife and fork.
Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by, Horav Yaakov Hirschman, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller, Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu and Horav Kalman Ochs Shlit'a
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