Completion of the first Torah scroll of the children of Israel

00:11 Speaker 1 The Chabad shliach in Akko, Rabbi Natan Eirichman [?], is honored with the ayin of the letter vav. Rabbi Yosef Gerlitzky, the Chabad shliach in Tel Aviv, is honored with the shin of the letter vav. They’ll celebrate, celebrate. Rabbi Tuvia Blau is honored with the shin of the letter vav. The director, uh, where is—director of a seminary in a Jerusalem neighborhood. And I must—Rabbi Chanoch Glitzenstein is honored with the hei of the letter vav. Did Gerlitzky write it? Ah, wait, wait another second, wait another second, one second. Who writes the hei? He writes the hei. Good. Rabbi Ashkenazi from Tel Aviv is honored with—with—wait. With the hei of the letter vav. Don’t do it yourself, don’t do it yourself. I wrote it. That’s all right. Guys, it doesn’t say a final nun there, it doesn’t say a final nun there. All right, all right. For the sanctity of the Sefer Torah, to extend the completion until 17 Teves. All right, all right, all right. Rabbi Glitzenstein will join in, the shin. All right, good, good. Hand it over, hand it over, hand it over. Say l’chaim, come on, say l’chaim. Reb Zusha, give a real l’chaim, Reb Zusha. It’s raining here already. Yes, I’m not scribbling either. Yes, think about it. Hey, who’s next? Do you know what he said? No, before that, there was, uh... No, he said it. All right, all right.

03:01 Speaker 2 I didn’t see it.

03:07 Speaker 1 Wait, wait. Ah, wait. For Yisroel Anders [?], a Jew—wait. Rabbi Moshe Slonim, director of the Chabad network, is honored with [unclear]. Reb Moshe Slonim. Reb Shmuel Melamed. Well? I didn’t do it right, but you won’t write it. For Reb Yisroel Leib. In the merit of Rabbi Yisroel Leib, write “the shliach.” Wait, how does the story go? All right, simple.

04:16 Speaker 3 We have a mistake.

04:17 Speaker 1 Oh, oh, oh—not for nothing, not for nothing. Reb Simcha Gorodetsky, mazel tov! Rabbi Simcha Gorodetsky, director of the yeshiva for boys from Kfar Chabad, one of the elder chassidim, Temimim, and shluchim—may he live many good years. He is honored with the ayin in his Rebbe’s Sefer Torah, as we see [unclear] for the merit of Jewish children. Reb Simcha, Reb Simcha, go ahead. The [unclear]. Reb Simcha Gorodetsky is honored with [unclear]. My eyes are full of tears. We need help to bring Moshiach. May he live many good years.

05:06 Speaker 3 This is to a good life. L’chaim. It’s here.

05:11 Speaker 1 It was good. That’s good. [unclear]. Someone went to check. [unclear]. L’chaim. Zusha son of Mariasha.

05:26 Speaker 3 Zusha. The partisan, the holy partisan.

05:33 Speaker 1 Chaim Zusha son of Mariasha. Write it tomorrow and everything. Well. All right, well. It wasn’t there either.

05:55 Speaker 3 L’chaim, with a free heart. May you be like a thousand men.

06:00 Speaker 1 Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. The head of the Sefer Torah committee, Moti Gal, is honored with a letter in the Sefer Torah. And? And? Play the song of Grodno. Grodno—that’s the niggun of...

06:24 Speaker 3 [unclear].

06:24 Speaker 1 Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai. Moti, Moti, Moti. Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai. [unclear]. Dov, Dov, read it. [unclear]. Not that one. Moti, come on, something. Go ahead. Go ahead, go ahead.

07:54 Speaker 3 Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai.

08:37 Speaker 4 A mashpia at the Chabad yeshiva in Tzfas, Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkofsky [?], is honored with a letter in the Sefer Torah. Rabbi, Rabbi, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Groner, mashpia at the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Kiryat—Menachem Mendel Groner is a mashpia at the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva in Kiryat Gat, and is honored with a letter, with the shin of “Yisroel.” Huh? Where is it? Reb Moshe Goldstein is honored with a letter in the Sefer Torah. Leizer Lichtenstein, go ahead, go ahead. Ah, where’s Itche, Itche, Itche, Itche Vizhnitsky [?]? Huh? Huh? Itche. Itche. Come, come, this is nerve-racking. Who is honored—wait, an incentive. Who is honored? The shliach, and [unclear], the shliach on behalf of the rabbis of the United States. The mara d’asra, the mara d’asra of the court of His Holiness the Rebbe shlita, the gaon Rabbi Shimon Dvorkin, who especially [unclear], as the shliach, as the shliach on behalf of all the rabbis abroad. That was the wording we were told to use when they came, when we were instructed: as the shliach, as the shliach on behalf of all the rabbis, as the shliach on behalf of the entire congregation, and as the shliach on my behalf. [unclear] on my behalf, what you called in and what you said to write. Someone also said: this is how one writes a letter in the Sefer Torah, a letter in the new Sefer Torah being written for the merit of Jewish children. Now he is being honored with writing the letters alef-lamed of “before the eyes of all Israel.” May the Rebbe help us merit, very soon indeed, that King Moshiach will write “before the eyes of all Israel” in Jerusalem, the holy city, the city joined together, in the Sefer Torah—may he write “before the eyes of all Israel.” [unclear] for a complete recovery very soon. Elchanan Yeshaya son of Reiza Feiga—may he have a complete recovery, together with all the sick among the Jewish people. L’chaim, l’chaim.

12:28 Speaker 4 Yosef son of Tzir [?]. Chaim Yosef son of Tzir [?], for a complete recovery. Chana Reitza daughter of Chaya Bracha, for a complete recovery. Chaya... [unclear]. Dovid [unclear]. Ah, sorry. Shh. Shh. [unclear], Reb [unclear], Reb [unclear]. It’s written, it’s written here. It’s written, it’s written here. And they wanted to, they wanted to. [unclear]. [unclear]. And Yitzchak, tell me it’ll be all right. And they wanted to. And they wanted to. That’s also for reading. And they wanted to. So there’s no need to bring [unclear] closer. Yes, am I reading? Huh? Itche, Itche, give it, come on. Let him read. Give it. No, he’s reading it. Please, please, let me. Wait a moment. Well. Huh? All in all, all in all, come on. All in all, give it to me. Give me the thing, give it to me. L’chaim to the Jews. The righteous rabbi, the righteous rabbi will give, will make room to bestow a blessing. The righteous rabbi will give to all the Jews. [unclear] this will be the last part of [unclear]. What is it, what is it, what is it—a minute. Wait, wait a minute. Let him read, come on. Is there anyone else? Me. Here’s the letter from the Frierdiker Rebbe, in which he writes about the order of customs for writing a Sefer Torah. The order is that first, before the writing is finished, one studies a little, without a blessing; then there is hagbah and gelilah; and then there is the order of [unclear]. What is it, what is it—a minute. What is it—a minute. No, don’t [unclear], don’t [unclear]. Go back to “And of Asher he said.” Hello, “And of Asher he said.” Back, quickly. Back. “And of Asher he said: Blessed among sons is Asher; let him be favored by his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil. Iron and copper shall be your locks, and as your days, so shall your strength be. There is none like G-d, O Yeshurun, Who rides the heavens to your aid, and the skies in His majesty. The eternal G-d is a dwelling place, and beneath are the everlasting arms.”

15:25 Speaker 4 “And He drove out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy!’ Israel dwelled securely, alone, the fountain of Yaakov, in a land of grain and wine; its heavens also drip dew. Fortunate are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Hashem, the shield of your help and the sword of your glory? Your enemies will submit to you, and you will tread upon their heights.” Moshe ascended from the plains of Moav to Mount Nevo, to the summit facing Yericho, and Hashem showed him the entire land: Gilad as far as Dan; all of Naftali, and the land of Ephraim and Menashe, and all the land of Yehudah as far as the western sea; the Negev and the plain, the valley of Yericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Tzoar. Hashem said to him, “This is the land that I swore to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Yaakov, saying, ‘I will give it to your descendants.’ I have shown it to you with your own eyes, but you shall not cross over there.” Moshe, the servant of Hashem, died there in the land of Moav, by the word of Hashem. He buried him in the valley in the land of Moav, opposite Beis Peor, and no one knows his burial place to this day. Moshe was one hundred and twenty years old when he died; his eye had not dimmed, nor had his vigor departed. The children of Israel wept for Moshe in the plains of Moav for thirty days, and the days of weeping and mourning for Moshe came to an end. Yehoshua son of Nun was filled with a spirit of wisdom, for Moshe had laid his hands upon him. The children of Israel listened to him and did as Hashem had commanded Moshe. Never again did a prophet arise in Israel like Moshe, whom Hashem knew face to face; in all the signs and wonders for which Hashem sent him to act in the land of Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants and all his land; and in all the mighty hand and all the great awe that Moshe displayed before the eyes of all Israel.

16:59 Speaker 5 Chazak, chazak, v’nischazek—be strong, be strong, and let us strengthen one another.

16:59 Speaker 4 You’ll gain much understanding.

17:00 Speaker 5 Chazak, chazak, v’nischazek.

17:04 Speaker 4 Real thieves.

17:05 Speaker 5 Where am I? Ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai, ai!

17:16 Speaker 4 Yes, yes, yes. [unclear] Rabbi Meir Freiman, the director of the Sefer Torah campaign, is honored with hagbah of the Sefer Torah. There was an agreement among the shluchim. Who should stand beside the Sefer Torah? Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Liberow was there. All right. Give him the gartel. You, you. But perhaps he can go stand over there?

19:13 Speaker 6 Huh?

19:13 Speaker 4 Move aside a little. All right. The second one. The second one. The Torah has waited two thousand years for this. Can’t we wait? What? Don’t go there.

19:44 Speaker 6 What’s the problem? Have a good trip, have a good trip.

19:48 Speaker 4 Everything’s fine.

19:55 Speaker 6 Have a good trip.

19:58 Speaker 4 We’ll see each other again.

19:59 Speaker 6 Huh?

20:00 Speaker 4 There.

20:01 Speaker 6 Well, all right, have a good trip.

20:06 Speaker 4 What’s the problem?

20:08 Speaker 6 You see it yourself.

20:10 Speaker 4 Yes, the question is whether we need it twice.

20:12 Speaker 6 You see it yourself.

20:13 Speaker 4 Ah, that’s it.

22:25 Speaker 7 Enough, enough. Enough, enough. Enough, enough, enough. Go, go. Well, what are you doing? Go, go, quickly, go. Quickly, go, hagbah, come on. “And this is the Torah that Moshe placed before the Children of Israel. It is a tree of life to those who hold fast to it, and those who support it are fortunate. Its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace. Long life is in its right hand; in its left are wealth and honor. Hashem desired, for the sake of His righteousness, to magnify the Torah and make it glorious.” Well. What are you looking for? Reb Yisroel, quietly, quietly, Reb Yisroel. One minute, one minute, one minute, one minute. Go on, that’s it. Come on, that’s it. Go on. Go, come on. Huh? Yes, yes, yes, go. But you still have to write—what’s the matter? Shh, wait a little. Rabbi Shmuel Shimon Dvorkin has been instructed to write one letter in the second Sefer Torah as a shliach of the Rebbe, may he be well. Huh? No, one. Come on, Rabbi Dvorkin, one letter. No, no. [unclear] Oh, gabbaim, what’s going on there? Leizer, the letters. Yes, but [unclear]. Fifty, yes? Hold it, the one with the crown, with the crown, with the crown. Leizer, but [unclear]. Don’t hold it. [unclear] You said yesterday you had nothing to do. No. So the Rebbe is writing this, after all. Everyone come together. Move, move, move. Out, out. Slowly, slowly. Leizer, you have to write it so it will be [unclear]. [unclear] To the left. A tzaddik. A tzaddik—which tzaddik? A tzaddik. I want to hold the Sefer Torah together with [unclear] and understand. I don’t know about the others. I’ll hold the Sefer Torah for a little while. Make room.

26:03 Speaker 7 Make room, make room. What? [unclear] Don’t fuss with me now. I’ll come to you right away. [unclear] Rabbi Reb Schneur Zalman Gurary is honored with placing the crown on the Torah. May he have long life and good years, together with Rabbi Schneur Zalman son of Esther and Chava daughter of Rivka—may they have long life and good years. Rabbi Ashkenazi, the rabbi of Kfar Chabad, is honored to hold the Torah while the crown is placed on it. Rabbi Ashkenazi will hold the Torah while the crown is placed on it.