Farbrengen 11 Nissan 5754, Kfar Chabad

16:53 Speaker 1 Ladies and gentlemen, everyone at the entrance is invited to come inside the beis midrash for the Yud-Alef Nissan farbrengen and prayer. I repeat my heartfelt request to everyone: let us all come together for a chassidic farbrengen, for prayer, joy, praise, and thanksgiving in honor of the great and holy day of Yud-Alef Nissan. Please, those still outside, come in and take your seats. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, those who are standing are also invited to come inside and sit down. I appeal again to my brothers and friends in the courtyard and at the entrance to the shul. Rabbis and Rebbes are due to arrive here at any moment, and it is important for this occasion that the shul be full and the seats occupied. Please come inside and give honor to the Torah. I repeat—I hope you can hear me outside in the courtyard. All of you who are talking together, think for one minute. Think: there is a picture of the Rebbe shlita here. Come and look into his eyes. We must all come inside, join together, and unite. We cannot remain outside. Please come inside. I appeal again to those still outside—the young, the middle-aged, and the elderly. Please come into the beis midrash so that we can begin the farbrengen. Well, I see that the call has been heard clearly, and many, many people are now entering the shul. To those who still have not heard the call, I ask you in the name of the rabbis and the Rebbes who are due to arrive at the dais, the head table, at any moment: please come inside the beis midrash so that we can begin the farbrengen and the gathering for prayer.

23:34 Speaker 2 I ask again, I ask again in the name of the rabbis: everyone still at the entrance, everyone still in the courtyard, please come inside the beis midrash. Join us, gentlemen, join the prayers of chassidim for our father, our teacher, our Rebbe. To those outside, I ask again: please, we are all children of one father, of the King Moshiach. We cannot remain outside. We are all coming in and joining the prayer. Everyone in the courtyard, come inside and join the prayer and the recitation of Tehillim for the health, complete recovery, and revelation of the King Moshiach, the Rebbe shlita. Do not remain outside. Everyone, come in. Thank you.

28:23 Speaker 3 We warmly welcome the Rishon LeZion, the gaon and mekubal Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu shlita. Welcome in the name of Hashem.

29:00 Speaker 4 And let the King of Glory come in, come in; come in, come in. Who is this King of Glory? Hashem of Hosts is the King. Hashem of Hosts is the King; He is the King of Glory, Selah. Who is this King of Glory? Hashem of Hosts is the King. Hashem of Hosts is the King; He is the King of Glory, Selah. Lift up your heads, O gates, and be raised up, eternal doorways. And let the King of Glory come in, come in; come in, come in. Lift up your heads, O gates, and be raised up, eternal doorways. And let the King of Glory come in, come in; come in, come in, let the King of Glory come in. Who is this King of Glory? Hashem of Hosts is the King. Hashem of Hosts is the King; He is the King of Glory, Selah. Tirilei, lei, lei, lei, lei, lei, lei. Hashem of Hosts is the King; He is the King of Glory, Selah. Hey! Rabbi Amos Karniel and Rabbi Lieberman are invited to the stage. Rabbi Amos Karniel, Rabbi Lieberman, please come up to the stage.

34:55 Speaker 5 Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay. Hey, la-li-la-la, lei-la-lei-la-la. Hey, la-li-la-la, lei-la-lei-la-la. Hey, ah, hey, ho-ho, yo-yo. “When will you come, Master?” “When your wellsprings spread outward.” Ah, oy, oy, oy, oy, hey. “When will you come, Master?” “When your wellsprings spread outward.” When, when, when, when will you come, Master? When they spread outward. When, when, when, when will you come, Master? When they spread outward. Hey, la-li-la-la, hey-la, hey-la, hey-la-li-li-la, hey-la-li-la-la. Hey-la-la, hey-la-li-la-la, lei-la-lei-la-la-la-la-la. Hey-la-la, ah, oy, hey, oy, oy, oy. “When will you come, Master?” “When your wellsprings spread outward.” Ah, oy, hey, hey, hey, hey. “When will you come, Master?” “When your wellsprings spread outward.” When, when, when, when will you come, Master? When they spread outward. When, when, when, when will you come, Master? Today already. [unclear] When will you come, Master? When your wellsprings spread outward. [unclear] Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, oy, oy, oy. In Nissan they were redeemed; in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay—in Nissan—

37:59 Speaker 5 They were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay—to be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay—to be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay—to be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, hey, ay, hey—to be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, hey, ay, hey—to be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, hey, ay, hey—to be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, hey, ay, hey—to be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. To be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. To be redeemed. To be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, hey, ay, hey—to be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, hey, ay, hey—to be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Ay, hey, ay, hey—to be redeemed. In Nissan they were redeemed, and in Nissan they are destined to be redeemed. Everyone together now. Hey, hey, redemption!

40:25 Speaker 6 The gaon Rabbi Alter Hilvitz, the gaon Rabbi Alter Hilvitz, is invited to come up to the stage, please. Please come up to the stage. Ladies and gentlemen, I ask everyone still at the entrance and in the courtyard to come inside the shul so that we can begin the farbrengen and the gathering for prayer. Honored rabbis, the Rishon LeZion, the gaon and mekubal Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu shlita; the local rabbi, the gaon Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazi; rabbis, heads of yeshivos, masters of Torah, distinguished guests. We warmly welcome the gaon Rabbi Fishel Rabinowitz, a member of the Council of Torah Sages; chassidim and men of good deeds; this holy and honored gathering. We have come together, ladies and gentlemen, on this great and holy day, a day of rejoicing for us and for the entire nation: Yud-Alef Nissan 5754, the year of great wonders, the birthday of His Holiness the Rebbe shlita, King Moshiach, may he live for many good years. We have gathered to praise the Master of all for the great kindness He has bestowed upon our generation, the generation at the threshold of Moshiach. He has granted us the exalted soul of the faithful shepherd, the shepherd of faith, who protects and saves us from the spiritual and physical travails of exile and brings us close, in these very last moments of exile, to the complete Geulah. We have gathered together, young and old, children and women, to say the chassidim’s psalm, the psalm of the Jewish people.

00:05 Speaker 1 That verse applies to our generation: “She saw that he was good,” according to both interpretations, as the Rebbe explains in his holy sichos. “She saw that he was good”—that he was born circumcised, indicating the perfection of the tzaddik. “She saw that he was good”—that the entire house was filled with light. And the Rebbe shlita explains that the measure of a leader, the perfection of a leader, does not lie in his being complete in himself. Being born circumcised is one part of being a leader; the second part is that the whole house—the whole world—is filled with light. Today, ladies and gentlemen, there has never been a time like this in Jewish history, when we can see a house, an entire world, filled with light thanks to that leader who illuminated the world and continues to illuminate the whole world, to its farthest reaches. On 11 Nissan, this night as the holy day begins, as the mazal of the leader, the tzaddik, grows stronger, may we all merit to see that “Hashem reigns, clothed in majesty.” Long live our master, our teacher and our Rebbe, King Moshiach, forever and ever. May he rise in full health, make his voice heard, and announce the great and good news of the complete Geulah this very evening, immediately. Amen and amen.

01:45 Speaker 2 Amen.

01:48 Speaker 1 And now, according to the program, we will move to the first part of this farbrengen, the gathering for prayer. As is customary, we will open with the niggunim of the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid, and all the Rebbeim. As is known, music arouses mercy, and through the niggunim we will enter the chambers of all the tzaddikim and Rebbeim, so that each, from his own chamber, will arouse mercy, plead, and open all the gates through prayer and supplication, as we all gather this evening on this great and holy day. We will begin with the three melodies of the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid, and the Alter Rebbe. Please. Everyone joins in.

05:37 Speaker 8 And now, the Alter Rebbe’s niggun. There is a well-known saying among chassidim: “Chassidim are clever enough”—this is a niggun of chochmah—“to know what to ask for when they sing this niggun.” So I turn to everyone here, without exception, even those conversing about matters of the highest importance: let us be clever enough to sing the Four-Stanza Niggun and know what to ask for at these moments. This is the night of 11 Nissan, as the holy day begins, when the Rebbe’s mazal grows stronger. The Four-Stanza Niggun.

11:21 Speaker 9 The Mitteler Rebbe’s niggun.

16:21 Speaker 10 And in a few days, on 13 Nissan, it will be the day of the passing of the Tzemach Tzedek, also close to the Rambam’s birthday. As it says in Tanya, on the day of a tzaddik’s passing, tzaddikim bring about salvations in the midst of the earth. Surely, at these very moments, they will bring about great salvations, openly, here in the midst of the earth. The niggun “The right hand of Hashem is exalted.”

17:01 Speaker 11 Hashem will reign forever and ever, cymbals of peace. Hashem will reign forever and ever, cymbals of peace. Hashem will reign forever and ever, cymbals of peace. Hashem will reign forever and ever, cymbals of peace. Hashem will reign forever and ever.

18:51 Speaker 12 And “Lechatchila Ariber, Lechatchila Ariber,” the niggun of the Rebbe Maharash.

21:57 Speaker 13 And from “Lechatchila Ariber,” we all move to the Preparatory Niggun—a swift preparation for the complete Geulah. The Rebbe Rashab.

25:10 Speaker 14 And the niggun that the Rebbe shlita, when he delivered his first maamar, “Basi Legani,” said the Frierdiker Rebbe was especially fond of: the Beinoni Niggun. The Beinoni Niggun, which the Frierdiker Rebbe loved.

28:16 Speaker 15 Ya la la la la la la la, ya la ma ma ma ma, oy la. Ya ma ma ma ma ma, oy, ya la la la la la la, oy la. The niggun of the gaon and chossid Reb Levi Yitzchak, father of—may he be granted long and good years—the Rebbe shlita. Reb Levi’s niggun. Everyone together! All together!

33:21 Speaker 3 And now, a niggun of our Rebbe, King Moshiach shlita: the Shamil Niggun. A niggun without words, whose power is well known. Without words, it has no limits, and it has the power to break through every breach and every barrier. Joy breaks through every barrier. The Rebbe shlita’s Shamil Niggun.

35:46 Speaker 4 The mashpia, Rabbi Yisroel Tzvi Haber, will come up and recite Psalms 92 and 93 together with the entire congregation, verse by verse. Rabbi Haber, please. Everyone is asked to stand, and together we will recite Psalms 92 and 93 for the Rebbe’s complete and imminent recovery.

36:46 Speaker 5 A psalm, a song for the Shabbos day. It is good to give thanks to Hashem and sing praise to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness at night, upon the ten-stringed instrument and upon the harp, with the melody of the lyre. For You have made me glad, Hashem, through Your work; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands. How great are Your works, Hashem! How very deep are Your thoughts! A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand this: when the wicked flourish like grass and all evildoers blossom, it is so that they may be destroyed forever. But You, Hashem, are exalted forever. For behold, Your enemies, Hashem—for behold, Your enemies shall perish; all evildoers shall be scattered. You have raised my horn like that of a wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil. My eyes have seen the downfall of those who watch for me; my ears shall hear of the evildoers who rise against me. The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree; they shall grow tall like a cedar in Lebanon. Planted in the house of Hashem, they shall flourish in the courtyards of our G-d. They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be vigorous and fresh, to declare that Hashem is upright, my Rock, and there is no injustice in Him. Hashem reigns, clothed in majesty; Hashem is clothed in strength and has girded Himself with it. Indeed, the world is established; it shall not be moved. Your throne has been established from of old; You are from eternity. The rivers have raised up, Hashem; the rivers have raised up their voices; the rivers raise up their pounding waves. Above the sound of many waters, the mighty breakers of the sea, Hashem on high is mighty. Your testimonies are exceedingly faithful; holiness befits Your house, Hashem, for all time.

41:25 Speaker 6 And may we merit, through the prayer of the congregation, through the prayer of the many—“Your testimonies are exceedingly faithful; holiness befits Your house”—to behold Your holy house together with the Rebbe shlita. May He who blessed our forefathers Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov, Moshe, Aharon, David and Shlomo, bless and heal our master, our teacher and our Rebbe, King Moshiach, Rabbi Menachem Mendel son of Chana, because this entire holy congregation is praying for him. May Hakadosh Boruch Hu be filled with mercy for him, to heal him, strengthen him and sustain him, and may He swiftly send him a complete recovery from Heaven for all his 248 limbs and 365 sinews, together with all the sick among the Jewish people—a healing of the soul and a healing of the body—speedily, in the near future, and let us say: Amen.

42:20 Speaker 5 Amen.

42:22 Speaker 6 We welcome the honored Rebbes, the heads of the yeshivos, city rabbis and dayanim who have joined our farbrengen and gathering for prayer this evening, as the holy day of 11 Nissan begins—the Rebbe shlita’s birthday. May he be granted long and good years. Ladies and gentlemen, a chossid once asked his teacher, his mashpia, how to be connected to the Rebbe. One of the well-known answers is: If you want to be connected to the Rebbe, be connected to someone who is connected. Be in the company and close to someone who is truly connected. Ladies and gentlemen, my friends and brothers, those here and throughout the world: we Chabad chassidim have merited to be close to a man connected to the Rebbe in heart and soul, a singular individual who proudly upholds the honor of the rabbinate, the honor of Torah, the honor of Chassidus, and the honor of the Jewish people. The Rebbe shlita is so fond of him and holds him in such esteem that, even while suffering the people’s pain, amid the greatest suffering, the Rebbe asked that what he said publicly at the Western Wall be transmitted to him live. And when the satellite could not transmit the entire address and everything that was said, the Rebbe asked to receive it all afterward. We have merited to be near him always. With the permission of our esteemed rabbis, I have the honor of inviting the man we all love and admire, the Rishon LeZion, the gaon and kabbalist Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu shlita. Please.

44:53 Speaker 7 Our honored local rabbi, the great Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazi, a tower of strength, a man of many accomplishments in Torah and its service—may Hashem protect him and grant him life, lengthening his days in goodness and his years in pleasantness. Honored and beloved Rebbes, distinguished rabbis and Torah scholars, heads of yeshivos, members of the Council of Torah Sages, dayanim, and esteemed holy congregation. We just said, “They shall still bear fruit in old age; they shall be vigorous and fresh.” Our Sages relate an incident which, if you simply read its two lines in the Gemara—and then consider them—seems to raise many questions. The Gemara says: Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, became weak; he fell ill. Rav Pappa went up to inquire after him. Rav Pappa went to visit the sick man and ask how he was. He saw that his condition was very grave. He said to them, “Prepare his provisions.” Rav Pappa told his relatives, “Make preparations; be ready.” In the end, he recovered. In the end, Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, got well. He was...

00:06 Speaker 1 Eventually they met. Rav Pappa said to Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua: “What happened? Tell me.” He told him: “That is indeed what happened.” And Hakadosh Boruch Hu said: “Since he does not insist on his rights, do not insist on yours with him.” Rav Pappa, the father of the ten great sages of the generation whose names are mentioned at every siyum, went to visit a sick person. Our Sages say that someone who visits a sick person must pray for him. Rav Pappa went in and did not pray? Rav Pappa said something seemingly contrary to halachah? After all, the halachah says that in a sick person’s home, one does not speak of other matters. How could Rav Pappa say that? All right, in the end he recovered. So Rav Pappa should go to him and say, “Boruch Hashem, blessed is He Who heals the sick.” Why was he embarrassed to see him? And when they met, what did he say? “Tell me what happened. How are you alive?” That was his question: How are you alive? And Rav Huna answered him. My friends, Rav Pappa did nothing contrary to halachah. He went in and saw that Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, was gravely ill, in a very serious condition, when all the doctors were saying what they were saying. A dire situation. Rav Pappa saw his condition and said, “The halachah does not apply to this. Well, prepare his shrouds.” But Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, recovered. Rav Pappa said: I made an error in judgment. After all, all the doctors, everyone—I saw how serious his condition was. There was nothing to be done. I made an error in judgment. And if I made an error in judgment, it is embarrassing to speak to Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, or even to see him. Then they met. Rav Pappa said to Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua: I was not mistaken. Rav Huna’s condition was even more serious than people think. Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua, told him: Correct, you were not mistaken. You are right. “That is indeed what happened,” Rashi says. That is indeed what happened. Death had entered me. Hakadosh Boruch Hu came Himself—not the angel Raphael.

03:25 Speaker 1 Hakadosh Boruch Hu Himself spoke. Hakadosh Boruch Hu said to the Heavenly Court: “Since he does not insist on his rights, do not insist on yours with him.” He overlooks offenses. So he will live and be healthy and whole. Hakadosh Boruch Hu Himself must attend to such matters. Perhaps this explains the words of the verse: “All the sickness that I placed upon Egypt I will not place upon you, for I am Hashem, your healer.” Our Sages ask: If He will not place it upon you, why do you need a healer? So our Sages say: If I do place it upon you, then I will be your healer. There are many other explanations in the holy Zohar, but these words of the Gemara make it understandable. Death had entered him. The generation was not worthy. The Heavenly Court had ruled. That was it. It was over. Death had entered him. Hakadosh Boruch Hu says: “All the sickness that I placed upon Egypt I will not place upon you,” and if death has entered him, “I am Hashem, your healer.” Hakadosh Boruch Hu Himself will say: Remove the illness from him, and he will recover. Then everyone will be embarrassed to see Rav Huna, son of Rav Yehoshua. The holy Arizal says that when a person is sick, when he is unwell, we must mention the mitzvos he has performed, to arouse the merit of those mitzvos in Heaven. What shall we bring up? His tzedakah—how he instilled in everyone’s heart the desire to give tzedakah. The Gemara says that when Binyamin the Righteous gave tzedakah, a Heavenly voice declared: Let us add twenty-two years to his life. Which of his mitzvos shall we mention? Putting on tefillin—how he instilled in people’s hearts that no Jew should be one who does not put on tefillin. With what self-sacrifice his shluchim went out to help people put on tefillin! And tefillin are something very important, a glory. Tefillin are foremost, something most precious. The mitzvah of lighting candles. The Shabbos observance he instilled in the community. The mikvaos being built, family purity, his fight over “Who is a Jew,” how he brought Torah into Jewish life in Russia under the most difficult conditions, sending his shluchim with self-sacrifice to teach them Torah. If there is Torah in Russia, if there was

06:39 Speaker 1 Jewish life in Russia, if Jews remained in Russia, it is to the credit of the Rebbe shlita. Which of his mitzvos shall we mention? The Pesach seders? Today people hold Pesach seders. The first to speak about holding seders for the poor, the first to speak about holding public Pesach seders for immigrants, was the Rebbe shlita. The first to speak about studying Kabbalah openly was the Rebbe shlita. What about baalei teshuvah? How many baalei teshuvah, how many distant Jews were brought close, how many Jews who had been very far away became great rabbis thanks to him. How many yeshivos he established throughout the world, how many Talmud Torah schools he established throughout the world, how much light of Torah he brought in, how much he did to educate children and care for their education. My friends, his task is not yet finished. Master of the Universe, we still need him to continue leading us! We still need him; we have no leadership. Who stood in the breach against the division of the Land of Israel? And today everything is being seized, everything is permitted, everything has fallen silent. Master of the Universe, we need the Rebbe shlita here to continue leading the Jewish people. May years be added to his life. A story is told among the sages of-- among the sages of Chassidus. That same story is told among us about the sages of Chabad Chassidus, though with slight differences. But since I know the version told among us, that is the one I will tell. One of the great Chabad Rebbes was in a very serious condition—very serious! One of his daughters said: “Father, I am giving you years of my life.” They said in Heaven: If a person is willing to give years of her life to another, then that other person is worthy of having years added to his life. My teachers and friends, at this moment we can do two things. First, we must accept upon ourselves the yoke of Heaven. We must commit ourselves to continuing on his path: studying Torah, the chapters of Rambam, and other things, continuing with our commitments and accepting upon ourselves the yoke of teshuvah. These merits will stand for the Rebbe. We are ready, each and every one of us, those here and those not here, to give an hour of our lives in honor of the Rebbe

09:55 Speaker 1 shlita. And hour added to hour amounts to many years. My teachers and friends, they began here with the verse: “They will still flourish in old age; they will be vigorous and fresh.” “They will still flourish”—the word suggests the utterance of the lips. We will hear the voice again; we will hear his voice as he enters the holy place. And “they will still flourish”—bearing fruit; “they will be vigorous and fresh.” “And the sea returned to its strength.” Our Sages say: to its original condition. May he return to his former health and continue to educate, guide, and radiate the light of holiness to the Jewish people. We, the Jewish people throughout the world—not only Chabad chassidim—know his greatness, his worth, his genius. And we know that we have no one to lead us onward. Master of the Universe, You sent us a great soul. We merited to see the Rebbe shlita; may we continue to see him with the coming of the righteous Redeemer, speedily in our days, amen.

11:11 Speaker 2 Amen and amen.

11:22 Speaker 1 My teachers and friends, the esteemed Rishon LeZion has spoken for all of us, giving voice to what is in our hearts, to things we did not know how to express. We have now heard them here as a prayer and a plea, and we all pray that Hashem will hear the cry and the great, awe-inspiring prayer we have just heard from the holy Rishon LeZion, the great scholar and mekubal Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu shlita. My teachers and friends, with the Rishon LeZion’s permission, I want to tell you that today a delegation visited the esteemed Rishon LeZion, and he drafted a rabbinic ruling, a ruling directed toward Heaven, a ruling for the immediate and complete recovery of the Rebbe shlita. A beis din must still convene, but since rabbis, Rebbes, roshei yeshivah, and dayanim are seated here on the dais, we can say that they all join in that ruling, which is worded at length, with every word precise and carefully considered. May it be fulfilled as a rabbinic ruling, and may we merit to see it with our physical eyes, here below ten tefachim.

12:40 Speaker 3 Amen.

12:42 Speaker 1 His Holiness the Modzitzer Rebbe shlita—a blessing for the Rebbe shlita, a blessing for a complete recovery. His Holiness the Modzitzer Rebbe shlita wishes to convey his blessing for the Rebbe shlita’s complete and speedy recovery, immediately, right now. A blessing from the local rabbi, the great scholar and chossid Rabbi Mordechai Ashkenazi shlita. Please.

13:42 Speaker 3 The honored Rishon LeZion, chief rabbi of Israel, honored Rebbes and rabbis, and esteemed, holy gathering. After hearing the heartfelt words of the Rishon LeZion—words that speak for the Jewish people, for every one of us—we all join in his blessing and ruling. May Hashem grant that on 11 Nissan we merit the great revelation for which each of us asks and prays: to see the Rebbe shlita healthy and whole, standing on his feet, leading and guiding us openly toward Moshiach Tzidkeinu. Indeed, as we say in the new chapter we are beginning to recite, Psalm 93, the Rebbe shlita’s chapter for long life and good years: “Hashem reigns; He is clothed in majesty.” The verse at its conclusion says, “Your testimonies are exceedingly faithful; holiness befits Your house, Hashem, for all time.” What does “Your testimonies are exceedingly faithful” mean? According to the early commentators, the Ibn Ezra and several others, these words concern us directly. The Mishnah says that on the sixth day they would recite this chapter, “Hashem reigns; He is clothed in majesty.” Anyone who reflects on the Rebbe shlita’s holy sichos understands the connection between this chapter and its recitation on the sixth day. For, based on the words of the holy Zohar, in the latter half of the sixth millennium the wellsprings of heaven will open, and the period of ikvesa d’Meshicha, leading to the revelation of Moshiach Tzidkeinu, will begin. That is also why the small print preceding this chapter says that it speaks of the days of Moshiach. On the sixth day, in the Beis Hamikdash, they too would pray for the days of Moshiach. What were they praying for? For our time, for the darkness of our exile: that we should all strengthen ourselves in complete and pure faith, strengthen our faith in the tzaddikim, and strengthen our belief that Hakadosh Boruch Hu will turn this great darkness into daylight. How do we know that this will indeed happen? The chapter says, “More than the sounds of many waters, Hashem is mighty on high.” These are all

17:11 Speaker 3 great, wondrous and lofty things. But the chapter ends, “Your testimonies are exceedingly faithful.” “Your testimonies” means Your witnesses. Who are Hakadosh Boruch Hu’s witnesses? The early commentators explain: they are the prophets, the tzaddikim of the generation. Their promises and words, their assurances throughout the generations that we will merit to see Moshiach Tzidkeinu very soon—they are the witnesses. And they are not merely witnesses; they are faithful witnesses whom Hakadosh Boruch Hu has appointed, so that we will merit to see their prophecies and every word they said fulfilled in actual reality. This is the meaning of the verse, “Your testimonies are exceedingly faithful; holiness befits Your house”: we will see the Beis Hamikdash standing complete, beautiful and perfectly formed, established in its place. Who are the witnesses to this? Your faithful ones, the tzaddikim and the great leaders of the generation. We have merited to hear from our Rebbeim and Nesi’im, and we have merited to hear from the Rebbe shlita, that we are in the final days of exile and that together with him we will merit to see the great light, the revelation of Moshiach Tzidkeinu. There is no greater testimony, no stronger promise, than what we have heard from the holy Baal Shem Tov through our Rebbe shlita, may he enjoy long life and good years: that we will carry these matters forward until the coming of Moshiach Tzidkeinu, and beyond. We come and demand of Hakadosh Boruch Hu that He fulfill His holy words spoken through His servants the prophets, that we merit to see these things in actual reality. At this gathering on 11 Nissan, in the presence of great Torah and Chassidus scholars—as the Rebbe shlita said, the world was created for the Torah. The Torah is master over the world. The Torah can bring about what it wants to happen. May we hear, see and merit these things in actual reality, with our physical eyes, here below: the revelation of Moshiach Tzidkeinu speedily, in these very days, even before Pesach. There is no king without a people, and no people without a king. The people need a king. The people,

19:56 Speaker 3 without the king for even a moment, have no standing as a community in halachah, nor standing in various other respects. And here we are at this Chassidic farbrengen. Some ask what connection there can be between the Rebbe shlita’s health, as we heard about it just a few minutes ago, and a joyous Chassidic farbrengen. Whoever asks that has apparently not understood what Chassidus is. A Chassidic farbrengen means connecting with our Rebbeim and Nesi’im, the tzaddikim of the generation, through their niggunim. As the Alter Rebbe, author of the Tanya and Shulchan Aruch, explained the well-known Mishnah during a visit by the Litvaks: “All those who possess song go out with song and are drawn by song.” He then explained: those who possess song are the tzaddikim or the angels. They “go out with song”—through song, they go beyond their bounds—but they are also “drawn by song.” Here, when we heard the songs of our Rebbeim and Nesi’im, from the Baal Shem Tov to the Nasi of our generation, the Rebbe shlita, then, as the Alter Rebbe said, those who possess song go out with song and are drawn by song. They are here with us. They stand together with us, praying and pleading at this Chassidic farbrengen before Hakadosh Boruch Hu: please, [unclear], may we merit to see “a king arise from the House of David,” standing on his feet, healthy and whole, alive and well. David, King of Israel, lives and endures forever.

21:53 Speaker 4 Yasher koach to the honored local rav, the distinguished Chassidic scholar Rabbi Ashkenazi shlita. It is well known that, as the Alter Rebbe said, the power of a farbrengen can accomplish more than the angel Michael. The power of the niggunim and the power of the farbrengen will surely have their effect this very evening, bringing the Rebbe shlita a complete recovery. We bid farewell and safe travels to the honored Rishon LeZion, the distinguished Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu shlita, and thank him from the bottom of our hearts for his words and for joining us here. For a blessing for the Rebbe shlita’s complete and imminent recovery in honor of 11 Nissan, I invite the head of the Ruzhin yeshiva and member of the Council of Torah Sages, the distinguished Rabbi Froy Fishel Rabinowitz shlita. Please. Please be seated.

23:10 Speaker 5 All of us—each one of us, throughout the world—are praying from the depths of our hearts, “Sustain for us the sages of Israel.” But I wanted to add one point. We must understand that when we pray for the sages of Israel, we are not praying for someone else; we are praying for ourselves. It is said in the name of the holy Baal Shem Tov—our Sages say, “The entire world is sustained for the sake of My son Chanina.” The path that “My son Chanina” made is the path that brings sustenance to the whole world. “Sustained” does not mean livelihood alone; all the good blessings come through the merit of the tzaddik. The holiness and purity of the Jewish people also come through the tzaddik’s strength. So we must know that as we pray for the merit and complete recovery of the Rebbe, our teacher and master, the Rebbe shlita, we are praying for ourselves: that the good blessings he has brought into the world should not, G-d forbid, be lacking. We must invoke the merit of our forefathers, so that this golden chain should not, G-d forbid, be broken, but should continue until the coming of the righteous redeemer, speedily in our days. May we live to see his complete recovery speedily in our days, and greet Moshiach Tzidkeinu speedily in our days. Amen.

25:25 Speaker 6 Yasher koach, yasher koach to the head of the Ruzhin yeshiva and member of the Council of Torah Sages, the distinguished Rabbi Froy Fishel Rabinowitz shlita. We will hear one more blessing, and immediately afterward we will move to reciting and singing “Yechi Adoneinu.” The blessing will be given by the rav of the Sanz chassidim in Petach Tikva, a relative by marriage of the Klausenburger Rebbe, the distinguished Rabbi Shmuel Alexander Oirzhenbaum shlita.

26:06 Speaker 5 [unclear], my teachers and gentlemen, I ask your forgiveness: at a time like this, it is hard for me to speak in the Holy Tongue. I am not used to it, and my mind is not used to thinking in it when my heart, and the heart of all Israel, is so deeply stirred as it is today. I will tell you the truth: when I came into this holy place and heard the singing and the joyous dancing, a verse of King David’s came to mind. I had not thought of it before: “He saw their distress when He heard their cry.” Hashem sees and knows the anguish of all Israel in a situation like this. We stand at a time of trouble, just before the holy festival. We have merited [unclear]. We have merited [unclear] here in Kfar Chabad, which is in the Rebbe shlita’s heart. It is now 14 Nissan, but it pains us to hear what we are hearing. What does “when He heard their cry” mean? There are minds and hearts turned toward Hashem. My teachers and gentlemen, I say again what I have said several times these days: who needs advocates in Heaven more than this generation? I am praying, and I said last Shabbos, Shabbos Hagadol: who else is there like the Rebbe shlita? Who else? We so desperately need him to be healthy. [unclear] Shabbos Kodesh. [unclear] prayer. [unclear] Torah and family. [unclear] he transforms all Israel. Who today speaks on behalf of all Israel as he does? Not, G-d forbid, [unclear]—even the lowliest among them. He is a tzaddik; he is true. Who else has carried on the path of the holy Baal Shem Tov through the generations like the Rebbe shlita?

28:59 Speaker 5 He has spread and taught the Torah of Hashem, which is our life, our light, and everything that sustains all Israel. We must pray to the Master of the Universe, to the Master of the Universe, [unclear]. May the Master of the Universe send healing [unclear]. May He have mercy on all Israel. [unclear] a true tzaddik, a Jew and a great tzaddik. [unclear] mercy [unclear] all Israel. The gates of Heaven are closed to us. I will not go on with the shiur. [unclear] self-sacrifice. [unclear] he should be healthy. There was once a Rebbe in Ostrov, a good Jew. In the middle of learning Gemara, someone came to him about a sick person. About a sick person. The Rebbe said: “I dedicate the Torah I am learning now. If I have merit in Heaven, if my Torah is accepted in Heaven, I dedicate this study, the Torah I am learning now, for this sick person’s complete recovery.” Why am I telling you this? It is not only at a time [unclear]. Each person sets aside times for Torah study. Master of the Universe, if my Torah is accepted in Heaven, I dedicate it for the complete recovery of [unclear], Menachem ben Chana. [unclear] prayer [unclear]. [unclear] This is matzah. [unclear] This is matzah. Tzaddikim say [unclear] matzah [unclear].

34:29 Speaker 7 The buses to Kiryat Malachi are leaving now. The buses to Kiryat Malachi are leaving now.

41:07 Speaker 8 Give him the list. Ay, ay, ay. Give it to you with joy. Ay, ay, ay. Come, my dear. Ay, ay, ay. Give it to you with joy. Ay, ay, ay. Come, my dear. We will carry him in our hands. We have reached the time of Menashe. We will carry him in our hands. We have reached the time of Menashe. Ay, ay, ay.

47:30 Speaker 9 For Moshiach. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice; blessed is Moshiach [unclear]. Ya, ya, ya, la la, ya la la la la la. Ya la la la, ya la la la la. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice; blessed is Moshiach [unclear]. Rejoice, rejoice, rejoice; blessed is Moshiach [unclear].

48:54 Speaker 10 They are continuing the farbrengen where they are.