Second Hakafos 5773, Kfar Chabad

00:06 Speaker 1 Come on, Abu Yitzchak [unclear], good evening and welcome to the second hakafos in Kfar Chabad.

01:00 Speaker 2 Hey, rejoice and be glad, hey, on Simchas Torah, hey, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad, hey, on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Hey, rejoice and be glad, hey, on Simchas Torah, hey, and give honor to the Torah. Hey, rejoice and be glad on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Hey, rejoice and be glad, hey, on Simchas Torah, hey, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad, hey, on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad, hey, on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad, ay, on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad, ay, on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Oh! Ay, rejoice and be glad on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Oh, rejoice and be glad, ay, on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Oh! Rejoice and be glad on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad, oh, on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. Rejoice and be glad, oh, on Simchas Torah, and give honor to the Torah. And the Torah of Hashem is perfect, and the Torah of Hashem is perfect, and the Torah of Hashem is perfect, restoring the soul. Oh, the Torah of Hashem is perfect, yes, the Torah of Hashem is perfect, the Torah of Hashem is perfect, restoring the soul. Oh, the testimony of Hashem is trustworthy, oy, making the simple wise. The testimony of Hashem is trustworthy, making the simple wise. The testimony of Hashem is trustworthy, oy, making the simple wise. The testimony of Hashem is trustworthy, oy, making the simple wise. The testimony of Hashem is trustworthy, oy, making the simple wise. The testimony of Hashem is trustworthy, oy, making the simple wise. The Torah of Hashem is perfect.

08:19 Speaker 3 Perfect.

08:20 Speaker 2 The Torah of Hashem is perfect.

08:22 Speaker 3 Perfect.

08:23 Speaker 2 The Torah of Hashem is perfect, restoring the soul. The Torah of Hashem is perfect.

08:32 Speaker 3 Perfect.

08:35 Speaker 2 The Torah of Hashem is perfect.

08:35 Speaker 3 Perfect.

08:36 Speaker 2 The Torah of Hashem is perfect, restoring the soul. Oy, the testimony of Hashem is trustworthy, oy, making the simple wise. The testimony of Hashem is trustworthy, making the simple wise. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. Ay, for from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. Ay, for from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. Ay, for from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. Oh, for from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem.

13:13 Speaker 4 With the permission of the local rabbi: esteemed congregation, fellow Jews, your leaders and your tribes, from your woodcutters to your water drawers. Chag sameach, and welcome to the second hakafos here in Kfar Chabad, as we gather every year on the night following Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah. Ladies and gentlemen, Chabad chassidim have been instructed by our Rebbe, the Rebbe of Lubavitch, to bring joy to the Jewish people and to join actively with Jews throughout the Diaspora, who are celebrating Simchas Torah tonight. We join them in the second hakafos and rejoice together with them. The entire Jewish people, throughout the world, rejoice together with the Torah and the Giver of the Torah. The Rebbe would send his blessings for the second hakafos to Kfar Chabad, Jerusalem, Nachlas Har Chabad, and every place where Jews celebrate and rejoice with the Torah. We are certain that the Rebbe’s blessings reach us and rest upon us today as well. We will open this exalted gathering with a reading of the text of the Rebbe’s blessing for the second hakafos in Kfar Chabad, by the chairman of the Kfar Chabad committee, Rabbi Binyamin Lifshitz. Please.

15:11 Speaker 5 Boruch Hashem. Erev Sukkos 5746, Brooklyn, New York. To the esteemed participants in the Simchas Torah hakafos in Kfar Chabad, Nachlas Har Chabad, and elsewhere in our Holy Land, may it be rebuilt and established speedily in our days, amen, through our righteous Moshiach; and together with all our Jewish brethren rejoicing on Simchas Torah wherever they may be, shlita. At a time when the twofold joy—the joy of the Jewish people in the Torah and the joy of the Torah in the Jewish people—embraces and unites all our people, near and far, together here below, in a true and eternal unity. This joy has particular strength and significance in our Holy Land in its entirety, of which it is said, “The eyes of Hashem your G-d are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.” May it be Hashem’s will that holiness be openly manifest through His wondrous providence, in visible and revealed good, and that all the peoples of the earth see that His name is great among Israel, with the completeness of the Torah, the completeness of the Jewish people, and the completeness of the Land. And speedily, in our very days, may our eyes behold the fulfillment of the promise in the words of Scripture: “From the east I will bring your offspring, and from the west I will gather you. I will say to the north, ‘Give them up,’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’” May G-d be seen in Zion with the true and complete Geulah through our righteous Moshiach. Joining in your joy, which is our joy, and signing with great respect and with a prayer for a year of Torah, joy, and true peace: the Rebbe’s signature. Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to invite the esteemed local rabbi of Kfar Chabad, the distinguished scholar and chossid Rabbi Mordechai Shmuel Ashkenazi shlita, to inspire us with his words of blessing and Torah. Please, Rabbi.

17:06 Speaker 6 Welcome, as every year, to the joy of the hakafos in Kfar Chabad. Hakafah also means credit: we ask Hakadosh Boruch Hu to extend us credit—to trust us and grant us the good new year, with goodness and blessing, on the understanding that we will do everything in our power to fulfill His holy will. And so, one explanation of the joy of the hakafos in Kfar Chabad is that, with a new year beginning—a new time, a new life—we ask Hakadosh Boruch Hu for credit: Give us a loan, and we will repay it as best we can throughout the year. And we are confident and certain that tonight, by holding the hakafos with joy and gladness of heart, by rejoicing with the Torah—which is the Torah of Hakadosh Boruch Hu... Three things are bound to one another, as the holy Zohar says: the Jewish people, the Torah, and Hakadosh Boruch Hu. These three bonds are linked to one another and will never be separated. Tonight the Jewish people rejoice with the holy Torah. And they do more than rejoice: they also express their desire, throughout the coming year, to study the Torah as much as possible and to fulfill everything written in it—whether mitzvos between Hakadosh Boruch Hu and the Jewish people or mitzvos between one person and another, beginning with the mitzvah of Ahavas Yisroel, to love every Jew as written in the Tanya. We want to wish all of us true and complete joy, joy for each and every one of us: a year of health, a year of nachas, a year of long life, and everything we need—children, life, and sustenance, all in abundance. L’chaim, l’chaim!

19:21 Speaker 7 Thank you! May your prayers be answered, amen and amen. Rabbi Yitzchak Lieberman will lead the verses of Atah Hareisa.

19:40 Speaker 6 You have been shown to know that Hashem is G-d; there is none besides Him.

19:50 Speaker 7 You have been shown to know that Hashem is G-d; there is none besides Him.

19:58 Speaker 6 Rabbi Lifshitz.

20:02 Speaker 7 To Him Who alone performs great wonders, for His kindness is everlasting.

20:13 Speaker 6 There is none like You

20:16 Speaker 7 among the powers, Hashem, and there are no deeds like Yours. May the glory of Hashem endure forever; may Hashem rejoice in His works. May the name of Hashem be blessed from now and forever. May Hashem our G-d be with us as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us. And they shall say: Save us, G-d of our salvation; gather us and rescue us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in Your praise. Hashem reigns, Hashem has reigned, Hashem shall reign forever and ever. Hashem will give strength to His people; Hashem will bless His people with peace. May our words be pleasing before the Master of all. And when the Ark traveled, Moshe said: Arise, Hashem, and let Your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate You flee before You. Arise, Hashem, to Your resting place, You and the Ark of Your strength. Let Your priests be clothed in righteousness, and let Your devoted ones sing joyfully. For the sake of Dovid Your servant, do not turn away the face of Your anointed one. And on that day they shall say: Behold, this is our G-d; we hoped for Him, and He will save us. This is Hashem; we hoped for Him. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation. Your kingdom is a kingdom for all ages, and Your dominion is throughout every generation. For from Zion shall go forth the Torah, and the word of Hashem from Jerusalem. And your descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread out westward and eastward, northward and southward; and all the families of the earth shall be blessed through you and through your descendants.

00:16 Speaker 1 May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity; may it be blessed. May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity; may it be blessed. May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity; may it be blessed. May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity; may it be blessed. May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and a good life for us and for all Israel, and say: Amen. May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and a good life for us and for all Israel, and say: Amen. Let’s hear everybody. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh—who is crying? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh—who is crying? Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh—who is crying? May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity; may it be blessed. May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity; may it be blessed. May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity; may it be blessed. May His great name be blessed forever and to all eternity; may it be blessed. May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and a good life for us and for all Israel, and say: Amen. May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and a good life for us and for all Israel, and say: Amen. May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and a good life for us and for all Israel, and say: Amen. May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and a good life for us and for all Israel, and say: Amen. Let’s hear everybody. Ay yay yay, ay yay yay, ra ray ram, yida yida yida. Hey, yida yida yida. Yida yida yida. Hey, yida yida yida. Hey, ay yay yay, da day da da da. Tardi ya dam. Ayda yayda, tararay yay dum. Ah, ha-ah, ay ay. Let’s hear you—clap on the floor, ah! Keep going, come on. Once more. Hey, ya dada ya dada ay, ya dada da dada da. Dada dada ya

04:45 Speaker 1 dada ay, ya dada da dada da. Yalla dada, yalla dada dada da. Ta dada dada dada di, yay ta dada ya dada ay, ya dada ya dada da. Ya dada ya dada ay, ya dada ya dada da. Ya dada ya dada ay, ya dada ya dada da. Ya dada ya dada ay, ya dada dada da. Ay ay ay ay. Ay ay ay ay. Wow! Ay ya ay ay ay ay. Tardam tardam tarda dam. Ya, ya ya, ay ay ay ay. Ya dada ya dada ay, ya dada dada dada da. Dada dada dada da, ya dada dada dada da. Ya dada dada dada da, ya dada dada dada da. Dada dada dada da, ya dada dada dada. Ya dada ya dada ay, ya dada dada da. Ya dada dada dada da, ya dada dada dada da. Ya dada dada dada da, ya dada dada dada da. Dada dada dada da, ya dada dada dada. La la ya ya.

06:23 Speaker 1 From 770 we’re marching out. After the victory we [unclear]. From darkness, we’re marching out someday. Nation after nation we’ll conquer one day. Shluchim of our master, bring our righteous Moshiach. Tomorrow we’ll be [unclear]. Oh, shluchim of our master, bring our righteous Moshiach. Tomorrow we’ll be [unclear]. From 770 we’re marching out. After the victory we [unclear]. From darkness, we’re marching out someday. Nation after nation we’ll [unclear]! Slowly... And we will [unclear] this galus! Shluchim of our master, bring our righteous Moshiach. Tomorrow we’ll be [unclear]. And we will [unclear] this galus! Let’s hear that part again, Shimi. Nation shall not lift sword against nation, nor shall they learn war anymore. Nation shall not lift sword against nation, nor shall they learn war anymore. Nation shall not lift sword against nation; they shall not learn wars anymore. Nation shall not lift sword against nation; they shall not learn war anymore. Nation shall not lift sword against nation; they shall not learn war anymore. Nation shall not lift sword against nation; they shall not learn war anymore, no! Sword—they shall not learn war anymore. Nation shall not lift sword against nation; they shall not learn... war, war. Nation shall not lift sword against nation; they shall not learn war anymore. Nation shall not lift sword against nation; they shall not learn war anymore. Nation shall not lift sword against nation; they shall not learn war anymore. Nation shall not lift sword against nation; they shall not learn... Let’s hear everybody. Nation shall not... Nation shall not lift sword against nation, nor shall they learn war anymore. Nation shall not lift sword against nation, nor shall they learn. Ay, it is a great mitzvah to be joyful, to be joyful, always joyful. Ay ay ay, always joyful. Ay, always, always, always, always, always

11:20 Speaker 1 joyful. Ay, it is a great mitzvah to be joyful and always joyful. It is a great mitzvah to be joyful, always joyful, always joyful. Always, always, always, always, always joyful. Ay, always, always, always, always, always joyful. Ay, it is a great mitzvah to be joyful and always, always joyful. It is a great mitzvah to be joyful, always joyful, always joyful.

14:24 Speaker 2 Guardian of Israel. Those who say, who say, “Hear, hear, O Israel.” Oh, Guardian of the remnant of Israel. Guard the remnant of Israel. Ay yay, and let not Israel perish. Those who say, who say, “Hear, hear, hear, hear, O Israel.” Hear, O Israel, hear, O Israel. Oh, oh, oh. Oh, Guardian of the remnant of Israel. Everybody! Hey, guard the remnant of Israel. And let not Israel perish. Those who say, who say, “Hear, O Israel.” Ay yay yay, di li yay di li ya di li ya di li ya di li yam, dari di dari da gadu. Oh! Ay yay yay li li, tardada tardi yay, noshimi ay dari dadi hu, ay ay ya di ya dari da ya didi ya dardardarma ram. Dardar didardam, ay ay ay ay, didi tarda dara hu.

16:31 Speaker 3 We won’t. We won’t. We won’t. We don’t want to wait. We won’t. We won’t. We won’t. We don’t want to wait. We want Moshiach now. We want Moshiach now. We want Moshiach now. We don’t want to wait. Moshiach now. Moshiach now. Moshiach now. We don’t want to wait. Moshiach now. Moshiach now. Moshiach now. Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” May the Beis Hamikdash be rebuilt speedily in our days; may the Beis Hamikdash be rebuilt speedily. Let’s hear everybody. Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “H-h-how long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out. How long, how long, how long? Once more, one last time. We don’t cry this out enough. Yiddele, cry out. Everybody together. Oh, Yiddele, cry out. Yiddele, cry out. Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” Yiddele, cry out, “How long?” How long?