Lekach is a sweet cake, traditionally made with honey. It is customary to ask for and receive "lekach" from someone [usually one's mentor or parent] on the day before Yom Kippur. One of the reasons given for this custom is that if it had been decreed, G‑d forbid, that during the year we should need to resort to a handout from others, the decree should be satisfied with this asking for food.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe used to hand out Lekach each year on erev Yom Kippur, or for those who did not receive it then, on Hoshannah Rabbah.
To read more about the reasons for this custom, click here.
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