Editing Menachem Mendel Schneerson (section)

====Sunday office hours for charity====
In 1986, Schneerson began a custom where, each Sunday, he would stand outside his office, greet people briefly, give them a dollar bill, and encourage them to donate to the charity of their choice.<ref name="Hoff47">Hoffman 1991, p. 47</ref> Explaining his reason for encouraging charitable giving among all people, Schneerson quoted his father-in-law, who said that "when two people meet, it should bring benefit to a third."<ref>Joseph Telushkin, ''[[Rebbe: The Life and Teachings of Menachem M. Schneerson, the Most Influential Rabbi in Modern History]]''. HarperCollins, 2014. Pages 506–507.</ref> People in line would often take this opportunity to ask Schneerson for advice or request a blessing. Thousands of people attended this event each week, which lasted up to six hours, and is often referred to as "Sunday Dollars".<ref>Eliezer Zalmanov, [http://www.chabad.org/1714766 What Does A Dollar from the Rebbe Represent]</ref>

Schneerson's wife, Chaya Mushka Schneerson, died in 1988.<ref name="Chaya Schneerson" /> During the week of [[Shiva (Judaism)|shiva]], Schneerson wrote a will in which he bequeathed his entire estate to [[Agudas Chasidei Chabad]], the Chabad umbrella organization.<ref>The Baltimore Sun, June 15, 1994 [https://www.baltimoresun.com/1994/06/15/rabbi-schneerson-names-no-successor-in-will/ "Rabbi Schneerson names no successor in will"] </ref>

During a talk in 1991, Schneerson spoke passionately about Moshiach (the [[Messiah]]) and told his followers that he had done all that he could bring world peace and redemption but that it was now up to them to continue this task: "I have done my part, from now on you do all that you can." A few months later, when a reporter from [[CNN]] came to meet him at Dollars, he said, "Moshiach is ready to come now; it is only on our part to do something additional in the realm of goodness and kindness."<ref>[http://www.chabad.org/132931 "CNN with the Rebbe."] (October 20, 1991) ''Eye to Eye: Acts of Goodness and Kindness''. Jewish Educational Media (JEM). Retrieved December 28, 2014 ([http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/MediaPlayer/play.asp?id=1245197 Media Player w/captions] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228114252/http://www.chabad.org/multimedia/MediaPlayer/play.asp?id=1245197 |date=December 28, 2014 }}) [[Gary Tuchman]] and his CNN crew were also given dollars.</ref>