Yud Shvat 5730: behind-the-scenes conversations of the organizers of the first broadcast

00:00 Speaker 1 Hello, Itchke, how are things?

00:06 Speaker 2 Yes.

00:09 Speaker 1 Hello?

00:10 Speaker 3 Yes.

00:10 Speaker 1 Can you hear me?

00:12 Speaker 3 Yes, all right, excellent.

00:13 Speaker 1 Just a moment.

00:15 Speaker 2 I can hear you.

00:24 Speaker 1 Itchke.

00:24 Speaker 2 Yes.

00:25 Speaker 1 Can you hear what [unclear] is dealing with now?

00:29 Speaker 2 Yes, all right.

00:31 Speaker 1 Just a moment, he’s setting up the equipment here. But is the equipment there—the loudspeakers—ready? Everything?

00:37 Speaker 2 I have two seconds.

00:40 Speaker 1 The Rebbe announced that the Torah scroll would be completed the next day, and on Friday at one-thirty the Rebbe came down to the shul, sat in his place, and spoke. He gave a sicha. After the sicha, they asked to complete the Torah scroll. Hello, just a moment. Hello, Itchke. Hello, Itchke. Yudel Einstein [unclear] the Rebbe [unclear]. And [unclear] the broadcast [unclear] what they write to him in a note. [Unclear] in Jerusalem—what happened to the broadcast? [Unclear] about important matters. Huh? How long [unclear] the tour? Itchke. Yes. There’s obviously nothing more to add. The sicha ended seven minutes ago, and now I’m connecting with Brucha[?]. Yes.

01:58 Speaker 3 They hung up, sir, they hung up.

02:08 Speaker 1 What are you saying? What? Wait—tell me, what does he want? No, nothing special. He wants to know about Brucha’s[?] line. No.

02:27 Speaker 3 They hung up, sir, they hung up.

02:31 Speaker 2 I have nothing.