Farbrengen 11 Nissan 5758, Kfar Chabad

00:03 Speaker 1 The word “Ne’ilah,” in gematria, including the word itself, equals “Yosef Bagad.” That’s the gematria. We haven’t forgotten. Rabbi Yosef Bagad, closing remarks.

00:22 Speaker 2 What can we do? It’s gematria.

00:26 Speaker 3 Ladies and gentlemen, just to come and hear Rabbi Roth’s gematria was already worth it. Rabbi Roth, for a gematria like that, it was worth coming and waiting with bated breath. Well, there’s a song I especially love, and that song is “May This Hour Be.” So I pray that this hour will be an hour of mercy and an auspicious time. I’ll tell you why this is especially on my mind. All day long they say that we religious Jews are ignorant, uneducated people. All day long they use studies to prove that religious people are not above average, that we understand nothing, know nothing, that we’re ignorant. And then, last week, two studies were published. Where? In the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth. You know, Yedioth Ahronoth cannot be suspected of sympathy for religious Jews. And who published the findings? Tel Aviv University. They certainly cannot be suspected of it. What did they publish? Something astonishing: a study by professors at Tel Aviv University, who are not religious, found that chareidi children are better at mathematics than all the other children in the country. What do they say is the reason? Because they study Gemara, and Gemara sharpens a person’s mind. That’s what the professors say, not us. Another item of news. The second item is a warning: Residents of Jerusalem, watch out—the chareidim are taking over high tech in Jerusalem. Religious Jews are taking over the computer and Internet professions, because business owners have discovered that they’re better at them, thanks to Gemara. Why am I saying this on this holy evening? I sit and wonder about it all the time. I look at the Chabad people: seemingly idlers, idlers, sitting and studying Gemara, and apparently that’s all they know. And yet Chabad people have succeeded in building a worldwide powerhouse. They’re everywhere in the world. The saying about Coca-Cola and Chabad is true, but they’ve built a worldwide powerhouse. They manage wherever they go; they run things financially. After all, this is an enterprise worth billions. Anyone who understands money knows that those very people who supposedly don’t know what a coin looks like—ordinary yeshiva boys—are running an empire devoted to spreading Torah,

03:39 Speaker 3 helping people return to Jewish observance and bringing hearts closer together, as no other movement has succeeded in doing. No one has accomplished what Chabad has accomplished. And I don’t say that only here. I say it in every circle. It shows the power of the Rebbe. He gave them determination and taught them that if there is a mission, you carry it out. Nothing can stand in the way. No excuses, no reservations, no apologies. You have to do it. And then, all of a sudden, the young men and married scholars I knew as ordinary yeshiva boys are raising support, getting things done and getting people dancing. Despite all the prohibitions, they get into IDF camps. There are restrictions today, you know. After all, the government is—you know, they say the government has changed. Some people ask whether that’s true. In the Chabad newspaper, Rabbi Halperin [unclear]. Whether the government has changed is not so certain. And they manage to get into IDF camps and other places, all through perseverance. So that is why I say: yes, we have difficult missions. We’re not heading into an easy period, because all day long they keep hitting us with phases and percentages. The percentages in these phases are driving us crazy. Instead of knowing how to say “no,” they keep coming with phases and percentages, and there are times, G-d forbid... So I say: Be strong and courageous. Pay no heed to anything. Go—go forth with the strength you have, and with the Rebbe’s strength, and together you will save the Jewish people. And then, with Hashem’s help, I too am preparing surprises, and together with all the surprises, may we merit the coming of Moshiach Tzidkeinu speedily in our days, amen.

05:50 Speaker 4 Thank you, Rabbi Yosef Bagad—the next prime minister, as they say! We truly wish him much success in his holy work. Not long ago I was driving and heard the special program about the yeshiva on Arutz Sheva. As we heard, this is the third year the yeshiva has received the Education Prize. First prize. An excellence award of three hundred thousand shekels. This year they didn’t want to give it to him, because they said it couldn’t go to him every year. But Rabbi Bagad didn’t give up, and once again received three hundred thousand. We wish him continued success and that he go from strength to strength in spreading— Ladies and gentlemen, I want to tell you what Rabbi Bagad has merited. His was the first of the high-school yeshivas to include the study of Tanya and Chassidus in the yeshiva’s schedule. That is the secret of his success. Thank you, Rabbi Bagad. Ladies and gentlemen, before we turn to the niggunim, as you know, the Rebbe said in his holy sicha on Rosh Hashanah 5745: “On days that inspire us, it is customary to sing the niggunim of each of our Rebbeim—a niggun of theirs, or at least one attributed to them. This has a great and wondrous advantage even over mentioning a teaching from their Torah. As is known,” the Rebbe says, “a niggun is the pen of the heart: through it, the innermost heart is revealed, down to the innermost part and essence of the soul. This cannot be expressed in words of their Torah, which are the pen of the intellect. Consequently, when the niggunim of the Rebbeim are sung, the connection is on an inward level.” Before we ask Reb Mordechai and Reb Reuven to sing the Niggun Hachanah and the Niggun of the Four Stanzas, and to farbreng here until daybreak, I want to express our thanks and blessings first and foremost to the learned chossid Rabbi Moishe Gelfstein shlita for the special grace of the “set table”—the evening meal he arranged for us this evening, the head table. It is well known how all the Rebbes and roshei yeshiva responded and came, because

08:30 Speaker 4 they have a special friendship with Rabbi Gelfstein, of course thanks to the work surrounding 11 Nissan. So, on behalf of everyone here, our thanks and blessings to the learned Rabbi Moishe Gelfstein. Special thanks to you, Mordechai, Reb Reuven and Reb Amos, who accompanied the entire evening with niggunim and will continue to do so. To the chossid Reb Yomi Cohen, who at every farbrengen arranges the refreshments and the saying of l’chaim so beautifully, and to [unclear] for the sound system with Ben Yehudi. And last but not least, Yisroel is going from strength to strength: Reb Yisroel Allison, who always records the events and makes sure they receive publicity, as the Rebbe wishes and for his satisfaction. Ladies and gentlemen, let us turn to the niggunim, and on this auspicious day let each of us wish his fellow: “To see the Rebbe here, down below, within ten handbreadths”—and may he redeem us this very evening. One last niggun, and Dovid Boruch.

26:19 Speaker 5 Long live our master, our teacher and our Rebbe, King Moshiach, forever and ever. Long live our master, our teacher and our Rebbe, King Moshiach, forever and ever. Long live our master, our teacher and our Rebbe, King Moshiach, forever and ever. Long live our master, our teacher and our Rebbe, King Moshiach, forever and ever. Long live our master, our teacher and our Rebbe, King Moshiach, forever and ever. Long live our master, our teacher and our Rebbe, King Moshiach, forever and ever. Long live our master, our teacher and our Rebbe, King Moshiach, forever and ever. And may we merit it in our days, at this time and very soon. And may we merit it in our days, at this time and very soon. And may we merit it in our days, at this time and very soon. And may we, may we, may we merit it in our days, at this time and very soon. And may we, may we, may we merit it in our days, at this time and very soon. And may we—nina tzeh yah, [unclear] on the steps, nina tzeh yah, nina tzeh yah. Hey! Nina tzeh yah, [unclear]. Nina tzeh yah, nina tzeh yah. Nina tzeh [unclear]. Nina tzeh yah, hey! Nina tzeh yah. Nina tzeh [unclear]. Nina tzeh yah, oh, nina tzeh yah. Hey! Nina tzeh [unclear], nina tzeh yah, nina tzeh yah. Nina tzeh [unclear]. Nina tzeh yah, oh, nina tzeh yah. Nina tzeh [unclear], give me a hand. Nina tzeh yah. Yeah. Nina tzeh [unclear]. Nina tzeh [unclear], and there’s no other choice [unclear]. He can’t go on anymore. As strong as possible. It stops and stops me as he leaves the country. They’ll bring out a song of la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la

30:26 Speaker 5 la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la. Light is sown for the righteous, light is sown for the righteous, light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright of heart. Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright of heart, for [unclear] the righteous; may Hashem bless everyone. Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright of heart, for the righteous and joy for the upright of heart. Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright of heart. Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay, la la la la.

32:15 Speaker 6 La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la. Return, return, I shall return, young one, to the garden of rest, young one. This is the river’s song—what is the river’s name? [unclear] the river. Hey, ya, ya, ya. Hey, ya, ya, ya. Hey, ya, ya, ya. Hey. Please [unclear] with the coming of Moshiach, with the coming of Moshiach to the land. Please [unclear] with the coming of Moshiach, with the coming of Moshiach to the land. Please [unclear] with the coming of Moshiach, with the coming of Moshiach to the land.

36:35 Speaker 7 I have [unclear], a butterfly [unclear], there it goes wandering. I have [unclear], a butterfly [unclear], there it goes wandering. [Unclear], [unclear], there it goes wandering.

43:16 Speaker 8 One more song, one more song.

43:17 Speaker 9 Last song. G minor.