Simchas Beis Hashoeva 5758, Kfar Chabad

00:01 Speaker 1 [unclear] for the nation’s charge, for the coming hour, toward a complete Geulah. Chevron, city of our forefathers, ours from generation to generation, from then and forever, for all eternity. Chevron, city of our forefathers, ours from generation to generation, from then and forever, for all eternity. Chevron, city of our forefathers, ours from generation to generation. Ah, ah. From then and forever, for all eternity. Na, na, nai, nai, nai, nai, nai. Chevron, Chevron, for all eternity.

01:28 Speaker 2 Good evening, happy Yom Tov! Guys, start waking up. So what if it’s raining a little? We’ll grow. Happy Yom Tov! Happy Yom Tov! Wow, people are asleep here in Kfar Chabad. Hello, can you hear— Have you decided which microphone? This one? This one, this one. Judging by how you’re shouting, you haven’t eaten enough here in the village. Rabbi Aharonov, maybe we need to send a few truckloads of food over here. Everyone here is Chabad. The truth is, on one of my recent radio shows, they told me, “Dedi, your year has finally arrived. 5758 will be the year of hummus.” I told them, “No, gentlemen, this year Moshiach will come, because 5758 will be the year of Chabad.” This year, together, we’ll keep doing the good things Chabad has done all these years. We’ll carry on together. One thing is that the Rebbe always loved the children of Israel. This next song is for all the good children of the Jewish people. “The angel who redeems me.” The angel who redeems me from all evil, may he bless the boys, and may my name be called upon them. The angel who redeems me, the angel who redeems me from all evil, may he bless the boys, and may my name be called upon them. Oy, and the name of my fathers, and the name of my fathers. Avraham and Yitzchak; may they multiply abundantly, multiply abundantly in the midst of the land. And the name of my fathers, and the name of my fathers. Avraham and Yitzchak; may they multiply abundantly in the midst of the land. Uri, let’s go around to all the celebrities. Guys, help me out. The angel won’t stop. The angel... may he bless the boys. Guys, together, for the children of Israel. And may my name be called upon them. The angel who redeems me, the angel who redeems me from all evil. May he bless the boys, and may my name be called upon them. And the name of my fathers, and the name of my fathers, Avraham and Yitzchak; may they multiply abundantly, multiply abundantly in the midst of the land. And the name of my fathers, and the name of my fathers, Avraham and Yitzchak; may they multiply abundantly, multiply abundantly in the midst of the land. Thank you very much. Ah! We’re having a little trouble with the monitors here; they’re fixing it. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, on my new album, “Trust in Hashem,” which is coming out around now—thank you very much—there’s a song very close to my heart, because this subject is very close to my heart.

08:05 Speaker 2 The whole issue of the captives and missing soldiers who still haven’t come home. Ron Arad, the families of Katz, Feldman and Baumel. It’s one of the songs on my album, by Abie Rotenberg, the same man who composed “Hamalach.” Our brothers, the entire House of Israel, who are in distress and captivity. Abie Rotenberg. Oy, our brothers, the entire House of Israel, our brothers, the entire House of Israel, who are in distress, in distress and captivity, whether they are at sea or on land. Oy, our brothers, the entire House of Israel, our brothers, the entire House of Israel, who are in distress, in distress and captivity, whether they are at sea or on land. May Hashem have mercy, have mercy on them, and bring them from distress to relief, from darkness to light. Oy, and from bondage to Geulah, now, speedily and soon. May Hashem have mercy on them, and bring them from distress to relief, from darkness to light. Oy, and from bondage to Geulah, now, speedily and soon.

11:07 Speaker 4 Ladies and gentlemen, singing with me on the album is one of the greatest talents I’ve encountered personally. I’d like to invite this great and promising talent onto the stage. Give him a round of applause. Amit Lisman, please.

11:44 Speaker 2 Our brothers, the entire House of Israel, our brothers, the entire House of Israel. Who are in distress, in distress and captivity. Whether they are at sea or on land. Our brothers, the entire House of Israel, our brothers, the entire House of Israel. Who are in distress, in distress and captivity. Whether they are at sea or on land.

12:49 Speaker 5 Behold, it will come, our salvation and Geulah will come soon. And justice and salvation will be hers, [unclear]. Behold, it will come, our salvation and Geulah will come soon. And justice and salvation will be hers, [unclear]. May our boys come home. Amit. Guys, a round of applause. I’m going to step down and rest a little. Amit will do your souls good.

14:41 Speaker 6 Including me. One, two, three, everybody here. Oy oy oy, ai ai ai. Oy oy oy, oy oy. Oy oy oy oy, oy oy oy oy. Oy ai hai, oy. Gladden, gladden, gladden in the completed building. Gladden, gladden, oy, gladden in the completed building. Make a move. Gladden, gladden, gladden in the completed building. Gladden, gladden in the completed building. [unclear] in the completed building. Ooh, oy, in the completed building. Oy oy oy oy, oy oy oy oy, oy ai oy. Ai ai oy oy oy oy oy. Oy oy oy oy oy. Oy. Gladden, gladden, gladden, gladden, gladden in the completed building. Gladden, gladden, gladden, gladden in the completed building. Gladden, gladden, gladden, gladden, gladden in the completed building. Gladden, gladden, gladden, gladden in the completed building. I’m in the completed building. I’m in the completed building! Oy. In the completed building. Wow, in the completed building.

17:47 Speaker 6 Oy oy oy oy oy. Oy oy oy oy oy. Oy oy oy oy oy. Oy oy oy oy oy. Oy oy oy oy oy. Oy oy oy oy oy. Oy oy oy ho. Welcome, welcome, King Moshiach. Welcome, welcome, King Moshiach. King Moshiach. Welcome, welcome, King Moshiach. Everybody! Welcome, welcome, King Moshiach. Welcome, welcome, King Moshiach. Welcome, welcome, King Moshiach. Welcome, welcome, King Moshiach. Ai ai ai, King Moshiach. Oy oy oy, welcome. Ai ai ai, King Moshiach. Oy oy oy, welcome. Who has granted us life, sustained us, and brought us to this time; who has granted us life, sustained us, and brought us to this time. Oy yoi, King Moshiach. Oy yoi yoi, welcome, ai ai ai, King Moshiach. Oy yoi oy, welcome.

20:40 Speaker 6 [unclear] your path [unclear]. [unclear] your path [unclear]. [unclear] your path [unclear]. Your desire goes throughout the city [unclear]. [unclear] doing your part [unclear] a place of refuge [unclear] there was a desire, but not immediately to make you happy. [unclear] then things will be good for you too. [unclear] Hakadosh Boruch Hu [unclear] a long time ago [unclear], oh, oh! [unclear]. [unclear]. I believe, I believe, with complete faith, in the coming of Moshiach.

24:43 Speaker 7 I. Oh, oh, oh. I believe, I believe with complete faith. In the coming of Moshiach, I, I believe. I believe, I believe with complete faith. In the coming of Moshiach, I, I believe. Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach. Oy yoi yoi oy. Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach. Oy oy oy oy. Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach. Oy oy oy oy. Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach. Oy oy oy oy. And although he may delay, nevertheless I will wait for him every day to come. And although he may delay, nevertheless I will wait for him every day to come. To come, to come, to come, to come. Ta, ta, ta, ta, dai. I believe, I believe with complete faith, in the coming of Moshiach. I, I believe. I believe, I believe with complete faith, in the coming of Moshiach. I, I believe. Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach. Oy oy oy oy oy. Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach. Oy oy oy oy oy. Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach. Oy oy oy oy oy. Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach. Oy oy oy oy oy. I freed myself from the trap of sin and the sins of all Israel. Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach. Oy oy oy oy oy. There’s no one anywhere on earth who wouldn’t, no one who wouldn’t want to sing with him. Oy, to sing with him. Oy, behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together. Oy, behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together. Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together. Oy, behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together. Oy oy la la, behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers, for brothers to dwell together. Oy oy la la, behold, behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers, for brothers

29:41 Speaker 7 Brothers together. How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to sit together. How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to sit, for brothers to sit together. How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to sit together. Oy, oy, oy, na na na. How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to sit, for brothers, brothers to sit together. Oy, oy, oy, ay ay ay. How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to sit, for brothers, brothers to sit together. How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to sit together. Oy, oy, ay, ay, ay. How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to sit, for brothers, brothers to sit together. Oy yoy, ay ay ay. How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to sit together. For we cannot be his. If there is no more, he cannot have more. He has no more; he cannot have more. Tra-ram-ram. Romai. Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay. Come to us! [unclear] Eliyahu Hanavi [unclear] in your kingdom and in your days. I have not seen a family or our home. [unclear] Eliyahu Hanavi [unclear] your kingdom, in your good days.

34:15 Speaker 7 Let me live this day a little longer, let me live this day a little longer, let me live this day a little longer; today is very beautiful. Let me live this day a little longer, let me live this day a little longer, let me live this day a little longer; today is very beautiful. La la la lai lai la lai la la lai lai la. Hey la la la la, hey la lai, hey la la la la, hey la lai, hey la la la la. La la la lai lai la lai la la lai lai la. Hey la la la la, hey la lai, hey la la la la, hey la lai, hey la la la la. Ho ho, ho ho, ho ho, ho ho, ho ho. Hey ay ay ay ah. Ho ho, ho ho, ho ho, ho ho, ho ho. La la lai lai la. Let me live this day a little longer, let me live this day a little longer, let me live this day a little longer; today is very beautiful. Let me live this day a little longer, let me live this day a little longer, let me live this day a little longer; today is very beautiful. La la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la la la la, la la la. Hey la la, hey la la la la la, hey la la, hey la la la la. Hey la lai, hey la la la la la, hey la lai, hey la la la la.

42:24 Speaker 8 Monica [unclear] [unclear].

42:46 Speaker 9 Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha said. And a little more about Rabbi Yishmael ben Elisha: Once I entered the innermost chamber to offer incense, and I saw Akatriel, Hashem of Hosts, seated on a high and exalted throne. And He said to me: “Yishmael, My son. Yishmael, My son. My son, oy, My son, oy, My son. Come, come, bless Me.” And He said to me: “Yishmael, My son. Yishmael, My son. Oy, My son, oy, My son, oy, My son. Come, come, bless Me.” He told me, “I have two more daughters for you. I tell you, take them all to good places.” [unclear] I have two more daughters for you. And I tell you [unclear]. [unclear] For you, Rachel [unclear], Rachel, my father. Oy, oy, oy, when wonders come from the heavens above. For your son [unclear], my father. Oy, oy, oy, when his time comes, [unclear] my father’s salvation. Diri da la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. And [unclear]. Oy, oy, oy, la di dam la, la, la, la. Ah, and [unclear] your son, [unclear] my father. Oy, oy, oy, when his time comes, [unclear] my father’s salvation. Oy! Ho! Thank you very much.

47:54 Speaker 10 Amit Listwood [unclear]. That really was singing; that really was joy. Applause—yes, truly, applause. And, ladies and gentlemen, of this we can say: Look at the young people we have raised. Perhaps not everyone knows, but Amit Listwood [unclear], this gifted young man, is a student—and I hear even an outstanding student—at the Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch Chabad yeshiva in Bnei Brak. He deserves applause for that, too. We want to continue with the singing and the joy, but first another mitzvah has come our way: someone brought a bunch of keys up to the stage, and they must be very important to someone here in the audience. So whoever lost a bunch of keys can come up beside the stage and collect them. Ladies and gentlemen, we are honored to invite the local rabbi, the distinguished scholar and chossid Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazi shlita, to the stage for words of Torah and blessing. Please.

49:25 Speaker 11 Welcome. May the festival be joyful—festivals and seasons of gladness. A special blessing to everyone who has come to take part in the Simchas Beis Hashoeivah in Kfar Chabad. Today we are at the beginning of Sukkos. The Torah gives us a mitzvah: “You shall rejoice on your festival.” A person must be joyful on the festivals, on the three pilgrimage festivals: Pesach, Shavuos and Sukkos. The Rambam writes: How does a person express joy? When the Beis Hamikdash stood, people brought special offerings for rejoicing, shelamim offerings. And the Shulchan Aruch rules that today, too, a person must fulfill the mitzvah of rejoicing on Yom Tov by eating meat, drinking wine, buying nice clothes for the family and the like—anything that brings joy. But that applies to the three—to the two festivals of Pesach and Shavuos, and to Sukkos as well. The Rambam writes at the end of the laws of lulav that on Sukkos there is a mitzvah of additional rejoicing, beyond what we mentioned earlier. Why? Because it says of Sukkos, “You shall rejoice before Hashem your G-d for seven days.” From this the Sages learned that when the Beis Hamikdash stood, the mitzvah of lulav was observed there for seven days. Today we, too, observe the mitzvah of lulav for seven days in commemoration of this, but that is only a rabbinic enactment. When the Beis Hamikdash stood, however, the mitzvah of lulav was observed for seven days because it says, “You shall rejoice before Hashem your G-d.” But the Rambam does not stop there; he adds more. The joy was expressed not only by taking the lulav for seven days, but also in the additional rejoicing that took place in the Beis Hamikdash. He describes at length what that rejoicing looked like and what it was about: people literally danced and celebrated with the joy of the festival. As the Rebbe points out and explains at length in his holy sichos, including its halachic implications, this Simchas Beis Hashoeivah, as explained by the Rambam, is not so closely connected to the joy of the water libation that took place when the Beis Hamikdash

52:19 Speaker 11 stood. Rather, it is an additional mitzvah of rejoicing on Yom Tov. This additional mitzvah is expressed in joy itself—not only by eating meat, not only by buying things that bring joy, not only by doing all the customary things that bring joy, but through the joy of song, music and dancing. As the Rambam goes on to explain, King David would leap and dance to the sound of every kind of musical instrument. And the Rambam does not stop there. He goes on to say, “Rejoicing is a great service in the service of Hashem.” Thus, not only at the Simchas Beis—not only in the rejoicing of Sukkos, but rejoicing in the performance of mitzvos in general is a great service. The Rebbe points out that the joy in performing the 248 positive mitzvos is a continuation of the joy of Sukkos. From that joy of Sukkos we draw the strength to perform the mitzvos afterward with care—not only out of kabbolas ol, accepting the yoke of Heaven, but with joy and a glad heart. As the Rambam writes, performing mitzvos with joy is a complete service, a perfect service. This is what Hakadosh Boruch Hu wants: that a Jew be happy—happy to serve Hashem, happy to fulfill mitzvos, happy in observing the entire Torah. That is why Sukkos in particular is called “the season of our rejoicing.” Although a person is obligated and commanded to rejoice on all three festivals, it is specifically from Sukkos that we draw the strength for joy throughout the year. That is because of the special, additional rejoicing that took place then and that is practiced today as well, through the joy of dancing, song and music. We are now in the festival season, at Sukkos, when we have been commanded—as the Gemara says in Tractate Sukkah—the foundation, the purpose of the mitzvah of sukkah is: “Leave your permanent dwelling and enter a temporary dwelling.” It is explained in the teachings of

54:49 Speaker 11 Chassidus explains what this means. We fulfilled the mitzvah of shofar on Rosh Hashanah and fasted on Yom Kippur. We merited forgiveness from Hakadosh Boruch Hu. We prevailed in judgment and merited forgiveness and atonement on Yom Kippur. The joy, then, is immense. That is why, immediately afterward, Hakadosh Boruch Hu commanded us to rejoice in the great joy of the closeness between a son and his father. The father found his son; the son returned to his father. The joy of their closeness is therefore a great and wondrous joy. That is why we call it “the season of our rejoicing.” The joy is ours. Through Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we brought about this joy, so that Hakadosh Boruch Hu will bestow joy throughout the entire year. In bentching, we add, “May the Merciful One raise up for us the fallen sukkah of Dovid,” and we add this prayer and request specifically during Sukkos. Its basis is the verse at the end of Amos: “On that day I will raise up the fallen sukkah of Dovid.” This is also alluded to in the chapter of Tehillim that we add twice a day from the month of Elul until Hoshana Rabbah: “For He will shelter me in His sukkah on a day of trouble; He will conceal me.” And Tehillim also says, “His sukkah is in Shalem, and His dwelling place is in Tziyon.” The Midrash says that this refers to Jerusalem. “Shalem” refers to Jerusalem, on Sukkos, through the raising up of the fallen sukkah of Dovid. And the great joy, the true joy, the complete joy, will come when we merit to see the Merciful One raise up for us the fallen sukkah of Dovid. Why is the kingdom of Dovid called a sukkah? The Radak explains there in Tanach: because the kingdom of the House of Dovid shelters, saves, and protects the Jewish people. He explains the verse not as others do, as referring to the time of Chizkiyahu, but as referring to the revelation of King Moshiach, the revelation of the kingdom of Dovid. Then the shelter

57:28 Speaker 11 and shade and protection for the Jewish people will be complete. May it be Hashem’s will that we merit true and complete joy this Sukkos through the revelation of King Moshiach, the revelation of the Rebbe, immediately, right now.

57:55 Speaker 3 Thank you very much. Thank you very much to the distinguished chossid and mara d’asra, Rabbi Ashkenazi shlita. And, ladies and gentlemen, esteemed audience, we welcome a guest who has come to rejoice with us here this evening in Kfar Chabad: Rabbi Yosef Bagad shlita, of the yeshiva high school in Nachalim. We welcome him with blessings of Torah and joy. For the public’s information, before we continue with the celebration, there are people behind the barriers who may not know