General Assembly 5747 in Kfar Chabad

00:01 Speaker 1 If they don’t accept an evening kollel in Rechavia, what does “an evening kollel” mean? What does it mean? The Rebbe wants there to be a kollel where people learn in the evening. People, even those who work all day, need to learn in the evening too. The Frierdiker Rebbe explains the meaning of the words in Tanya, “doubled and redoubled darkness.” And the king would die of grief—he would die of what? Where was his enemy? When they showed him to the king, they told him, “You should know that your enemy has died of depression.” He told them, “Hang him between the posts of his bed.” He told them, “Yes, because as long as he was alive, all his troubles took all my troubles off my mind. I could still [unclear], but now that he’s gone, what do I need him for?” What does he need him for? That’s it, Rebbe. With Hashem’s help, I don’t want to go on too long, and they’ll speak to me. We welcome the kollel at night and in the evening too; come visit and see what’s happening in that kollel. What’s happening here? Boruch Hashem, on Shabbos there is momentum in learning Chassidus. They learn in the morning, but the fellows talk among themselves. But what about it? What about Chassidus? What about it? What? Chassidus is fine, but what about it? It’s there in Shulchan Aruch. How can a person—this evening, the Alter Rebbe [unclear]—when he gets up in the morning, he needs to know what he has to do that day. His soul was given to him. The Alter Rebbe says, “My soul was given to me for the morning’s work,” and that is how he was created, and he has the time.

01:58 Speaker 2 Signed by [unclear], the committee, [unclear], about ten [unclear] to make their statements at the yeshiva [unclear]—an introduction [unclear] that had been there for over three years, more than a thousand [unclear], as well as neighbors [unclear]. And the room where the entire congregation prays with the Rebbe shlita. This is also the room where the Rebbe shlita prays. And this is also the room where most of the signatories and the Rebbes of previous generations prayed. Now, it’s true that I haven’t opened it just now; this is the appropriate room, [unclear], and it is called the room.

02:45 Speaker 3 Who put up the buildings?

02:46 Speaker 2 Rabbi Levin.

02:49 Speaker 3 They’re speaking at the same time.

02:50 Speaker 2 And we return to... and we return to—

02:54 Speaker 4 Now say what you have to say yourself, which they didn’t write down.

02:56 Speaker 2 Yes, thank you very much.

02:58 Speaker 4 But respond to that.

02:59 Speaker 2 Let’s talk. I’m waiting. Now, uh, he saw fit to answer that, uh, but he saw fit to answer it. Apart from one of the committee members who touched on it. The picture was also [unclear]. Uh, apart from one that I picked up in my hand. [Unclear], uh, a short pause. Should I also say something about [unclear]—where exactly it’s supposed to be placed, and whether it’s advisable? I asked whether to say more than a word or two. Whether as a community member with responsibility, who had the privilege of training for your shlichus; whether as, whether as, uh, a representative of the signatories; or as, uh, someone who wants to manage to tell [unclear]—

03:57 Speaker 3 Don’t interrupt now. Quiet!

04:02 Speaker 4 It was two years ago. You told me it wasn’t your concern.

04:04 Speaker 2 I approached the rabbi, and he said it was time to act [unclear], and we remember that the rabbi’s [unclear] is the instruction to carry it out.

04:15 Speaker 4 You need to know.

04:16 Speaker 2 And they stopped the proceedings for you.

04:19 Speaker 4 They carried out the proceedings for you. You can do it. Yes.

04:25 Speaker 2 So, just a moment, that’s the point.

04:27 Speaker 4 Yes. Did you hear what he told you? Did you hear what he said?

04:30 Speaker 2 What do you mean, what he said? I heard it while on shlichus.

04:35 Speaker 4 Finish.

04:35 Speaker 2 I—

04:36 Speaker 4 Finish.

04:37 Speaker 2 Yes, please. Yes, yes. The situation is one of lawlessness. It’s a jungle: anyone, every person who wants to, does whatever comes into his head. And whoever wants this situation to continue—let him enjoy it and take the lead. The committee has been asking for years: if the rabbi instructs us to establish it, if twenty signatories establish it... The rabbi instructed us and signed. Twenty signatories? It wasn’t twenty; it was fifty signatories. All those who didn’t sign also [unclear]; they didn’t want to sign for one reason or another. This is the wish of the rabbi shlita. This is the wish of Anash. This is the rabbi’s wish. This is the wish of Berlin[?]. Berlin[?] also received a letter to publicize from the local chief rabbi. So this is Berlin’s[?] wish. And [unclear], despite the Rebbe. One more thing: the Rebbe handed me the document, and Franklin[?] presented it before the whole congregation and said, “You’re forgiven.” Afterward.

00:00 I've had enough of the treatment, but he's right. He's right. Boruch Hashem, boruch Hashem, in Kfar Chabad, even when people speak in everyday terms about seemingly material things, everyone is talking about—and holding themselves to—spiritual matters. Is that spirituality? It's materiality. It's both spirituality and materiality. When steps are flying around and shifting, people will complain about the steps; that's a material matter. It's not spirituality. A week on the fifteenth. Now, gentlemen, according to what's on the agenda—ah, look, there's also the audit committee's report. The audit committee's report. What about the report? The audit committee's report? Yes, it isn't here. It isn't here? Then where is it? A report from before Lag BaOmer. The audit committee. It isn't written here. It wasn't there. Of course there's a report. An audit committee was elected. It wasn't here. Don't invite them. An audit committee was elected. We want its report. They went to a wedding. The audit committee—anyone with a problem should approach the audit committee, and they need to... Apparently there's nothing to report. If anyone approached the audit committee, they received an answer. Gentlemen, at long last. It's not good to get into it. It's not good to get into it. The audit committee. What? It wasn't settled. Before, before. Ah, gentlemen, the third item on the—

00:00 Speaker 1 The third item on the agenda is setting a date for elections to the executive committee and the audit committee. The best thing would have been to set an exact day, but we can’t do that yet. First we need to call around and make sure there isn’t a wedding or another celebration that day, so everyone can participate and the events won’t clash. But I think it would be good to get this done within two weeks. If you agree, then once the election committee has been chosen and candidates have been nominated, elections for the Kfar Chabad committee and the audit committee should be held within two weeks—two weeks from today, and that will settle it. Agreed?

01:01 Speaker 2 Who is opposed?

01:03 Speaker 1 No one is opposed. So, with Hashem’s help, you’ll need to check and coordinate with the families holding celebrations and the hall owners, so the elections aren’t held on the very same day.

00:01 Speaker 1 No objections. So, with Hashem’s help, within two weeks you’ll need to check and coordinate with the families celebrating and the hall owners hosting the celebrations, so they don’t fall on the same day either. The fourth item here was choosing an election committee, people with experience in this. I propose—we propose, in any case—the following: Rabbi Moshe Rosenfeld, Rabbi Chaim Reichman, Rabbi Chaim Feiglin, Sudkevich[?], Rabbi Feigel Amitai[?]. These are people with experience who are being proposed as members of the election committee. So if there are no objections, we can go ahead with that. Any objections?

01:02 Speaker 2 Fifty shekels.

01:05 Speaker 1 Fifty as well.

01:06 Speaker 2 After the way things were handled here, I propose—I hope, I demand—that one of the rules should apply to the election committee too.

01:15 Speaker 1 I’m not talking about what you did. I’m making a proposal. They may do it; they may not.

01:19 Speaker 2 They’ll do what they want. Let them stand on their heads, let them go on the—on the... Yes, they’ll do what they want. They’ll do what they want, that’s certain. It’s not an objection.

01:28 Speaker 1 Let’s put it as a question. You know what? I can say it. There’s one more thing that’s new, too. Until now, if they wanted to give or take loans, like loans for the orchard, or take out a bank loan, or give someone a loan, they could do so in any amount they wanted. Now it’s required that the general assembly approve it. So I propose, as a one-time approval, that the assembly authorize an amount of up to 250,000 shekels, whether for providing guarantees or taking out loans for various needs. All right, the meeting is over. Thank you very much. Someone asked me about the poll. The question of a bank in Kfar Chabad came up here once. Is that still relevant, or is it already—or an ATM. Just, just raise your hand. Or, or, or a trash can. Or a trash can.

02:40 Speaker 3 [unclear], I mean.

02:43 Speaker 1 Good night, everyone, and thank you very much. What? Was someone offended? No, no, no.