Radio Kol Mevaser: recordings from the Nichum Aveilim and from the Torah reading at the Rebbe's home; a description from 770 about the Shiva and after its conclusion

00:01 Speaker 1 The Consul General of Israel in New York, the Government of Israel, and all the citizens of Israel share in your deep sorrow. I have a telegram here from Shimon Peres, the Foreign Minister. We are facing troubles today and need your blessing, Rebbe.

00:19 Speaker 2 Among all the Jewish people, among all the Jewish people, may there be peace in the land. “I will give your rains in their season”—and one interpretation is that even material things should come at their proper time. And I want there to be peace in the land and peace wherever Jews are. And may all Jews come together, each with his fellow, in true joy and [unclear]. Thank you very much. I hope there will be no need for occasions like this; that people will bless one another, the community will bless the individual and the individual the community, and only in [unclear].

01:13 Speaker 1 Amen. That was the Consul General in New York, Mr. Moshe Yegar, and now Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu.

01:22 Speaker 2 This, too, has been on the agenda for days; it has been a matter of work for days.

01:29 Speaker 1 I’m telling you, it’s something—

01:37 Speaker 2 It’s important that the words touched on it.

01:44 Speaker 1 There is nothing to say, only to offer comfort. May Hashem comfort you.

01:50 Speaker 2 Amen.

01:53 Speaker 1 All of Israel is with you at every moment. All of Israel.

01:57 Speaker 2 May there be no need for that. Tomorrow we were—yes, we spoke, at any rate. These troubles continue and are drawing very near.

02:19 Speaker 1 Just as we draw strength from you on days that are not days of mourning, we share in your sorrow and hope to give you strength during the days of mourning. All honor to you.

02:32 Speaker 2 And we will use this for good things, [unclear].

02:41 Speaker 1 That’s right. Because that is the other side of joy. There is no joy without pain. There is no joy without pain.

02:52 Speaker 2 It won’t be that way forever, either. That is what will be new with Moshiach. “Hashem Elokim will wipe away tears”—that is the meaning of salvation. [unclear] “Everlasting joy will be upon their heads.”

03:15 Speaker 7 Rabbi Aharon Soloveichik from Chicago.

03:20 Speaker 2 And one must [unclear] be very careful about this in matters of law. [unclear] Hakadosh Boruch Hu is with each and every one, [unclear] the Rambam. Sadly, we have no shortage [unclear]. Today, nineteen [unclear] seventeen and seventeen. [unclear] Our Sages established seven days of celebration. [unclear] the son.

04:11 Speaker 8 Nevertheless, [unclear] of blessed memory. “Whoever mourns for Jerusalem” [unclear]. “Whoever mourns for Jerusalem” [unclear]. That is correct according to halachah. Then he can send it immediately. The government—even before the coming of Moshiach. Prepare for it. So [unclear]. Immediately, immediately [unclear].

04:52 Speaker 2 [unclear]. This is a clear halachah; that is what is written. After all, this concerns the building of the Beis Hamikdash [unclear]. So each and every person [unclear], and this is the way [unclear].

05:28 Speaker 8 He will not ask the guardian about that, either [unclear]. This is a general matter. Ask the guardian right now. If you want consolation [unclear] right now, not later—right now.

05:41 Speaker 2 The meaning is according to halachah. That is what is right. What is written [unclear] must be understood in the plain sense, according to all the laws of halachah. That is the halachah, but [unclear]. This is the Beis Hamikdash. And specifically, I mean something physical, not merely a spiritual appeasement. Yes, that is clear. [unclear] forty. [unclear] prayers [unclear] forty, literally, according to halachah. [unclear] Because while Moshe Rabbeinu [unclear], that still cannot be. That is the whole idea. [unclear] And we have already brought up the young people on this. [unclear] But the whole of reality is already [unclear]. This will bring about purity. [unclear] And where does it really begin? That is what I have. And that is another plain meaning of Moshe Rabbeinu [unclear]. We must place it alongside the good thing. [unclear] We really wanted three years, seven years [unclear]. So these are only the prayers and the miracles within them. The new thing is that the Creator of the world [unclear] brings forth miracles. And that is a complete merit in the plain sense. [unclear] And if that is the desire, then that is it.

07:46 Speaker 2 And how are we to get there? [unclear] But what do we do about it? [unclear] It must come in full. [unclear] But at the same time, it is here. It is here, personally. [unclear] Moshe Rabbeinu [unclear]. Because you are shut in. [unclear] Yes. What a man he was. [unclear] But what must you not forget? To establish it. [unclear] This discussion has already gone on for two generations. [unclear] Notice what changes specifically [unclear]. If you want to move on, make use of it. [unclear] But let’s check. Let’s check. I spoke with him about what it means, about how you don’t see people going around buying people, selling people. That too. [unclear] He is at home. It is there. It is there. That is Mr. Cohen. He got there. He specifically had those professions. But why are they laughing? [unclear] Yes, yes. [unclear] He needs chemotherapy treatment, chemotherapy treatment. It really is dangerous. And if miracles are needed every month, we have to be there, if he says—

10:19 Speaker 2 [unclear] more and more miracles, I will ask the Rebbe [unclear] the family [unclear]. Yisroel Yosef ben Chaim Yair. A righteous little boy, a righteous little boy. [unclear]

10:32 Speaker 9 Well, well, well, well, well, it is close [unclear]. A little boy [unclear]. If there are miracles every month until—uh, until—uh, Rosh Hashanah next year, I will ask the Rebbe [unclear] the family [unclear].

10:48 Speaker 2 Then it will be before Rosh Hashanah.

10:50 Speaker 9 Yes, yes.

10:50 Speaker 2 Even before—before [unclear]. Even before Nissan.

10:56 Speaker 9 His name is Yisroel Yosef ben Chaim Yair. Such a righteous little boy. Every month [unclear] money [unclear]. He learns Mishnayos, learns Mishnayos, and [unclear] Mishnayos. A righteous little boy.

11:15 Speaker 2 Simply put, tzedakah [unclear]. A tzaddik, you say—a tzaddik [unclear] tzedakah.

11:23 Speaker 9 Yes, yes. He is a tzaddik, he is a tzaddik.

11:25 Speaker 2 Is it money, basically?

11:26 Speaker 9 Yes.

11:26 Speaker 2 [unclear] a Shabbos [unclear] does something useful. [unclear] does not give tzedakah. [unclear] before bar mitzvah. If he buys it from a non-Jew.

11:52 Speaker 9 Tzedakah is tzedakah. Tzedakah is a way of fulfilling the mitzvah, even with one’s own children. [unclear] Reb Chaim says [unclear] that the act of fulfilling the mitzvah is itself a mitzvah. Yes, a mitzvah. Tzedakah in particular [unclear] the mitzvah even with your children. [unclear] As the years pass, that also continues. So with your children, this is a mitzvah: “For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they will keep the way of Hashem, to do tzedakah and justice.” That is the most important thing. [unclear] he provides for his children. [unclear] the Rambam [unclear] providing for one’s children is a mitzvah. But [unclear] with your children, specifically, you fulfill a mitzvah, even when there is an obligation under Torah law.

12:56 Speaker 10 [unclear]. But this mitzvah is a positive commandment.

13:03 Speaker 9 It is a positive commandment.

13:04 Speaker 10 That is also an approach.

13:07 Speaker 9 That is also an approach.

13:11 Speaker 10 But according to the Rambam’s approach, [unclear] is a mitzvah concerning merit, but the mitzvah itself [unclear].

13:17 Speaker 9 Specifically because otherwise [unclear].

13:20 Speaker 10 I was there too. I didn’t travel.

13:22 Speaker 9 The Rambam’s approach is [unclear] a mitzvah concerning laws [unclear] justice toward one’s fellow.

13:25 Speaker 10 Yehuda Yosef.

13:27 Speaker 9 But according to the Rambam’s approach, [unclear] is divided. But the Rambam’s approach would say [unclear] because it appears in the Sifrei as one merit. [unclear] If I bless Hashem [unclear]. The reward [unclear], but that is not mentioned here [unclear].

13:51 Speaker 10 Completely [unclear].

13:53 Speaker 9 [unclear] about this. And why is the reward mentioned? Because [unclear].

13:57 Speaker 10 The limit will not overcome this. [unclear] In the Sifrei there are nearly twelve [unclear]—ten [unclear]. [unclear] His words testify to that. [unclear] This is a merit even [unclear]. [unclear] There is no translation for that detail. If you have someone [unclear], then I argue that there is no [unclear]. [unclear] I understand that we have no right. [unclear] More lists. These are not declarations or dreams. [unclear] If it is a matter of saving a life, then [unclear]. What is the issue here? [unclear] You are in a chapter on administration [unclear]. It is not about music. [unclear] Nissan [unclear]. He gave him an hour there, and he noted it in Jerusalem. And Rabbi [unclear]. And Rabbi [unclear]. [unclear] What is this? [unclear] Yoram Ben Chaim.

16:10 Speaker 10 That’s also what I’m saying here. [unclear] Amen, amen, amen, amen. And [unclear] at the gate of the covenant. Amen.

16:46 Speaker 11 Blessed, praised, glorified, exalted, extolled, honored, elevated and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He. [unclear] Hear His blessing, [unclear]. Hear the words...

20:15 Speaker 12 May His great name be magnified and sanctified in the world that He created according to His will, and may His name [unclear] and His glory be blessed forever and ever. In our lifetimes [unclear], and for a good, long life and peace in His world, [unclear] amen. May His great name be magnified and sanctified in the world that He created according to His will, and may His name [unclear] and His glory be blessed forever and ever. In our lifetimes [unclear], and for a good, long life and peace in His world, [unclear] amen. May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and a good, long life for all Israel, amen. May there be peace for us and for all His people Israel, amen. All Israel says amen. May there be peace and blessing from above [unclear]. May His great name be magnified and sanctified in the world that He created according to His will, and may His name [unclear] and His glory be blessed forever and ever. In our lifetimes [unclear], and for a good, long life and peace in His world, [unclear] amen. May His great name be magnified and sanctified in the world that He created according to His will, and may His name [unclear] and His glory be blessed forever and ever. In our lifetimes [unclear], and for a good, long life and peace in His world, [unclear] amen. May there be abundant peace from Heaven, and a good, long life for all Israel, amen. May there be peace for us and for all His people Israel, amen. All Israel says amen. Amen. Yes, Hashem our G-d and G-d of our fathers, our Father and our Master, [unclear] the Redeemer of Israel, living and enduring, [unclear]. May His great name be sanctified [unclear], with healing for all the souls of Israel, for the people of Israel to have life and health and to be included in the holiness of His world and among the people of Israel, amen. May His great name be blessed forever and for all eternity; and blessed, praised, glorified, exalted, extolled, honored, elevated and lauded be the name of the Holy One, blessed be He, [unclear], amen. [unclear]

23:03 Speaker 12 [unclear] life, abundant peace, and our lives, and the merit of mercy and higher life, prophets, prophets, and all of us [unclear] our fathers, [unclear]. May there be abundant peace from Heaven, [unclear] and upon all Israel, amen. May [unclear] rule in our hearts and spread peace over us and over all Israel, amen.

23:31 Speaker 13 The Rebbe of Karlin.

23:35 Speaker 12 [unclear] But [unclear]. Who was it [unclear]? So you are still [unclear]. But what is [unclear]? [unclear] my brother. [unclear] And I want to decide after this year. [unclear] What does that mean? What is a Jew? What is a Jew? [unclear] And one also needs to read various stories like that. [unclear] This needs to change. [unclear] Because here it is so difficult [unclear]. And so the tzaddikim [unclear]. The Chief Rabbi of Italy, Rabbi Elio Toaff. Rabbi Toaff, the Chief Rabbi of Italy. I wanted to express my condolences and those of my community, and I hope Hashem will have mercy on us and give comfort, as the Rebbetzin noted in Jerusalem. For me, this is a special opportunity to [unclear] the help they give the Chabad shluchim there and the staff here. Not only do they help [unclear], they are also partners in every matter [unclear]. Right. Thank you very much.

26:11 Speaker 14 The Rabbi helped a great deal with Chanukah this year, which was very successful. For the first time in Rome, we put up the menorah, and the Rabbi helped us greatly with it.

26:20 Speaker 12 You also held the parade for lighting the first candle. And I was told that you’re doing something for the Rambam as well. Yes, yes, yes.

26:32 Speaker 14 This is a member of the community, Rabbi Yaffe, Rabbi [unclear].

26:35 Speaker 12 Shalom! Thank you very much. Blessings and success, and many thanks to the entire community, and particularly [unclear] through the community’s rabbi, the Chief Rabbi. [unclear] the entire community. [unclear] in public matters. We wish you great success. Amen. Blessings and success. Good news. [unclear] dreams. He has two qualities before him, the great qualities of Chassidus. Amen. [unclear] Moshiach. [unclear] We’ve reached Shabbos. [unclear] He spent a great deal of time studying the Talmud [unclear].

27:37 Speaker 14 Not just [unclear]. There was also Reb Zusha [unclear]. [unclear] his wife’s sister [unclear]. [unclear] I want to be in Israel. I would be happy. [unclear] But that is how he was—an expert.

28:11 Speaker 12 [unclear]. They come to a rabbi’s house, but the boss was there even earlier. [unclear] The Rebbe of Munkatch. Perhaps this was pushed aside not only for the litigant, because the ruling records what was said. [unclear] What is the damage? And I’ll tell you. I think this is a hard-pressed Hebrew servant. [unclear] Moshiach. I know what that is, but it isn’t pleasant for us. [unclear] It looks bad, and particularly backward. And whether or not it’s true, this isn’t a matter of law versus life. [unclear] But if there is a taste of Hashem’s judgment in life. The fact that we have no rights, or [unclear] at the time of the murder, and we have no book—that is [unclear]. Clearly, judgment also applies to beggars and ceremonies. [unclear] So I simply want to rule out those things. Precisely because it’s clear to everyone that Parshas Pinchas is [unclear] connections. The connection between [unclear] is [unclear]. That doesn’t necessarily mean [unclear]. It doesn’t mean that this whole case is ours. But it is simply [unclear], and that is what I want. Precisely through the boundaries, and the question of boundaries between laws and forms of service, [unclear]. And precisely because of that, it is a kind of [unclear].

30:36 Speaker 3 That was a longed-for turn of phrase about—

30:40 Speaker 12 It doesn’t go into the details. It was possible earlier. Sorry, one has to [unclear] the 613 kinds of tests. But where is he a non-Jew? And if not, does that make him accept it? The same thing is censorship, sorry, but it obscures earlier and simpler forms of service, and also [unclear]. [unclear] miracles; that’s how it is, when [unclear] is nullified. So I [unclear] permissible sins, which also means that someone with mystical notions may [unclear]. Sorry, this obscures the essentials. What’s more, this was before the sin. Why didn’t it happen? Because a sin is a deficiency, or perhaps [unclear]. That, sorry, cannot be. And precisely what sort of service in heaven, or [unclear], is [unclear]. Nevertheless, if not for Jewish love, [unclear]. But afterward it was included in [unclear], familiar in difficult times. [unclear] democracy [unclear].

31:51 Speaker 4 The head of the Ger yeshiva in the United States, Rabbi Fisher.

31:55 Speaker 3 Rabbi Tzvi Gold[?]—take comfort, and also listen to what the rabbi—

32:00 Speaker 12 Said [unclear] the order of [unclear] and the nature of [unclear]. That is the essence; that is the education for life. [unclear] because of the coins [unclear]. In short, [unclear] plague and wilderness [unclear] a teaching that was revealed [unclear] in the shtetl. So I knew that these are the shluchim of Hakadosh Boruch Hu. In particular, [unclear] two students [unclear] that they are shluchim. It appears that the shluchim [unclear]; he told me, “That is very true.” [unclear] It looks like afflictions. [unclear] and they accepted the mission of comforting mourners. [unclear] And the Rambam writes about this [unclear] and the youth of Israel. [unclear] And the Rambam cited [unclear]. So [unclear] established for the Jewish people seven days of mourning, and afterward seven days of wedding celebration. The celebration [unclear] Hakadosh Boruch Hu with the Jewish people [unclear]. [unclear]

33:40 Speaker 5 [unclear] That is worth it in practical terms. [unclear] Just according to Shloime.

33:49 Speaker 12 And [unclear], though [unclear] with an older man’s inclination. Actually, [unclear] young.

33:58 Speaker 5 [unclear] Young [unclear], and I wanted cottage cheese, but it’s worth it. I can only [unclear], but another little step, and it’s worth it.

34:06 Speaker 12 Fine, let’s leave that. It isn’t enough. [unclear] A major merchant who is successful there. Amen. [unclear] There is a Schneider there, the second son. There is Jerusalem. It’s actually [unclear]. That’s the whole thing. That hasn’t been put so nicely yet: whether it will be settled this week, or perhaps this week—but to put it briefly, I hope the matter gets settled. That was in the summer of this year. [unclear] Meir Buchman. [unclear] He succeeded, he succeeded. [unclear] That’s the kind of young men [unclear]. It says clearly what has already happened. I know, I know, how things stand here, how it was spoken about there, through what happened yesterday, whether I saw it from him, together with the Rebbetzin or whoever had already influenced that person there, so that it has been so successful here. He showed the deposit—the position that the Rebbetzin had given him, and she told him, “The Rebbe is the [unclear] Lubavitcher chossid, the [unclear] Lubavitcher chossid,” she said. And that made a great impression. Well, wisdom—it was a very good shliach.

36:42 Speaker 6 One speaks to him about the matter in every respect, but afterward the emphasis comes back to the shliach: to bring it to the person in charge, and the person in charge should say what needs to be said, what needs to be done.

36:57 Speaker 12 And what did he say about that?

36:59 Speaker 6 And the shliach conveyed it [unclear].

37:02 Speaker 12 Ah.

37:03 Speaker 6 A non-Jew [unclear]. He has to do what [unclear].

37:08 Speaker 12 Yes.

37:08 Speaker 6 But a Jew, from the outset, well, acts through prayer.

37:13 Speaker 12 The shliach had that point too.

37:16 Speaker 6 Because the Rebbe, the Rebbe—had, had, had, had very little with him [unclear].

37:24 Speaker 12 The Rebbe—help me find the word—how one can influence him, how one can have an effect on this man, who has so many, so many, so many possibilities. We must help him, we must help him, we must help him. And the Rebbe’s book helps a great deal every time he goes.

37:44 Speaker 6 [unclear] a little [unclear].

37:47 Speaker 12 Like that.

37:48 Speaker 6 [unclear].

37:49 Speaker 12 That is very good. That is very—[unclear].

37:51 Speaker 6 Here, this is not through [unclear] of mine.

37:55 Speaker 12 Yes.

37:55 Speaker 6 A blessing is [unclear], so that [unclear] can understand. A blessing can allow [unclear]. A person can then truly recognize it himself, and afterward [unclear].

38:11 Speaker 12 And [unclear] is a great thing, [unclear]. The Rebbe’s influence? Say, vessels—[unclear]—the non-Jew, this, this. Well, you already have the possibility of speaking about vessels, [unclear] in combination. Yes, in the end. In the end [unclear]. [unclear] needs a kippah [unclear]. Gideon [unclear], so I enjoy them. [unclear] abroad. So one needs a complete [unclear]. That is the wisdom of [unclear]. [unclear] What’s more, this is [unclear] abroad. So there is a situation of [unclear]. How should I ask—what do they call it, Rabbi? So we need to speak with him about it. [unclear] I would have liked [unclear] in April. [unclear] Yes, yes, the blow, the joy, the death. The word “hill” has a meaning. Someone is making an effort [unclear]; it is simply so that the matter will happen. We—

00:07 Speaker 1 A good idea. [unclear]. And there is [unclear], trying [unclear], laughing. [unclear] “Listen, because Moshiach [unclear].” So we came to the question of how Moshiach Tzidkeinu [unclear]. A segulah. A segulah. [unclear]. Your soul [unclear]. [unclear] in exile, and l’chaim. [unclear]. Yes, [unclear]; nevertheless, [unclear] a miracle [unclear]. [unclear] no one passes away, but rather [unclear] the next one. Along with that, [unclear]. [unclear] the end, literally. [unclear]. And then [unclear]. [unclear] the Beis Hamikdash. But [unclear]. [unclear]. Tell [unclear] right before the festival. [unclear] Torah [unclear] the son of David [unclear], alive and enduring, does not yield.

02:20 Speaker 2 As Sukkos approaches.

02:21 Speaker 1 We already spoke about bringing a guest; this is in Igeres Hakodesh. [unclear] So this is in Igeres Hakodesh [unclear]. Again, in Igeres Hakodesh [unclear].

02:46 Speaker 2 Look for it.

02:50 Speaker 1 [unclear]

02:51 Speaker 2 You’re thinking about the matter of [unclear]. So, holiness. In Parshas Bo, they discussed [unclear], where it is holy. So this is a matter of [unclear]. [unclear] the difference. [unclear] the tribe of Asher. So this is [unclear] holiness. [unclear] And the altar, too, [unclear] the table. That is the reason for [unclear]. [unclear] the table [unclear], but it is not [unclear]. It’s a shame, because in all the generations before that [unclear]. That is the point.

03:49 Speaker 1 A towel. What happens according to [unclear]?

03:52 Speaker 2 Does anyone actually come before a court? Or then, who are you? Certainly, [unclear] on the part of the tzaddikim. [unclear] ben David [unclear] a matter of mesirus nefesh. So there, the accusation of [unclear] is removed. The tzaddikim give themselves over with mesirus nefesh, and thereby remove the accusation of [unclear]. A clear lesson remains from the Akeidah. Because, according to what was said, there is an accusation of [unclear]. The tzaddikim give themselves over, removing that accusation, and a clear lesson remains from the Akeidah of Yitzchak.

04:30 Speaker 3 But that mesirus nefesh—[unclear] all this, as the Gemara [unclear]—is a gift from Hakadosh Boruch Hu. And then the Gemara says [unclear] Rabbi Akiva. For the requirement is to “enter in peace and leave in peace.” It explains precisely that entering in peace [unclear]. The Gemara says of Rabbi Akiva [unclear]. He had to leave in peace, because from the very beginning, his entry had to be such that he would leave in peace. And that was true of Rabbi Akiva. The others, too, were tzaddikim. [unclear] That was their order of avodah, [unclear] the soul. But then [unclear] Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Akiva made it clear to everyone, for all generations, that one must leave in peace and remain in the body specifically. And this must be established right at the outset of the avodah: entering the avodah [unclear]. That is entering in peace [unclear] the soul [unclear].

06:05 Speaker 2 This, then, means mesirus nefesh within the body. That is the power of entering [unclear]. And then one can overcome [unclear].

06:13 Speaker 3 Overcome the power.

06:14 Speaker 2 [unclear] life.

06:16 Speaker 3 [unclear] “my soul” [unclear].

06:20 Speaker 2 Yes.

06:21 Speaker 3 [unclear] specifically a soul in a body. And then [unclear] “my soul” [unclear]. We were speaking about various matters of [unclear]. And afterward [unclear] matters of bittul [unclear]. And then [unclear] “my soul” [unclear]. [unclear] the sins [unclear], even something slight [unclear]. [unclear] in my heart and mind [unclear]. This is the opposite of life. [unclear] And standing specifically before Hakadosh Boruch Hu. [unclear] But then they say [unclear]. [unclear] the face of life.

07:34 Speaker 2 Yes.

07:34 Speaker 3 But nevertheless, [unclear] the tzaddikim. [unclear] even [unclear]. And then [unclear].

07:47 Speaker 2 You’re speaking about the wedding, then.

07:50 Speaker 3 [unclear] So these three things are not the same.

07:56 Speaker 2 Leibenberg.

07:56 Speaker 3 [unclear] The wedding [unclear]. It has to be [unclear].

08:06 Speaker 2 No.

08:07 Speaker 3 [unclear]

08:07 Speaker 2 [unclear]

08:08 Speaker 3 And that is the point, an eternal matter.

08:10 Speaker 2 Yes.

08:12 Speaker 3 And then [unclear] the Gemara [unclear] all the foolishness [unclear].

08:17 Speaker 2 Yes.

08:17 Speaker 3 [unclear]

08:19 Speaker 2 [unclear]

08:20 Speaker 3 [unclear] you [unclear] to go.

08:21 Speaker 2 To go.

08:23 Speaker 3 At the time [unclear] that was impossible. You know, [unclear], revelation, [unclear].

08:29 Speaker 2 It’s a shame.

08:30 Speaker 3 A vessel, and so on.

08:31 Speaker 2 It’s a shame.

08:31 Speaker 3 [unclear] I saw him from a distance. I got that from the doctor [unclear]. I told him [unclear] to go with me in a pink shirt, because [unclear].

08:43 Speaker 2 Yes.

08:45 Speaker 3 In exile.

08:46 Speaker 2 [unclear]

08:47 Speaker 3 [unclear] This is in prayer. So this is what we already brought [unclear], as we saw. Each one is a merit, yes, but one can add much more. In short, [unclear] this is a plain and simple miracle. It gives strength; that is its importance. [unclear] It will be pleasant, very pleasant.

09:13 Speaker 2 May Hashem help. But on Shabbos [unclear] we will continue with this [unclear].

09:26 Speaker 3 Amen. “And these are the ordinances that you shall set before them. If you buy a Hebrew servant, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go free, without payment. If he came alone, he shall go out alone; if he is married, his wife shall go out with him. If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out alone. But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go free,’ his master shall bring him before the judges and bring him to the door or the doorpost.”

15:05 Speaker 4 Excerpts from the words of the Rebbe shlita during a condolence visit. May Hashem strengthen the Rebbe shlita’s health, may he derive abundant nachas from his chassidim and from all the Jewish people, and may he lead us soon, quite literally, upright to our Land in the complete Geulah, now. Our correspondent, Nosson ben Tzvi, is staying at Beis Chayeinu these days. Before Shabbos, we received the following report from him.

00:01 “And this period comes to an end and a new period begins, and they shall no longer know sorrow; You have turned my mourning into dancing.” These words of the Rebbe shlita, spoken on Wednesday evening after he returned home from the Ohel, may convey something of the atmosphere in Crown Heights these days. On the one hand, a great tragedy, a tragedy beyond measure; on the other, a new period. The Rebbe shlita spoke about the new period that began after the passing of the righteous Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, a"h, on Shabbos, when he said, among other things, at the holy farbrengen: “For when there is a great descent—and the greatest descent is something like this—it must lead to the highest ascent. A descent is for the sake of an ascent.” Those familiar with the matter say that the Shabbos farbrengen, which outwardly made no reference to the saddening event, was in fact devoted entirely to it: all the sichos revolved around subjects connected with a person’s passing, the resurrection of the dead, and so on. But before we turn to what happened over the weekend, it is worth returning to the events near the Rebbe’s home on President Street. The procession of people coming to offer condolences, which began immediately after Minchah on Wednesday, the first day of shivah, grew on Sunday and Monday after Shabbos. Thousands of people from every part of the community stood for hours in orderly lines, waiting to come before the Rebbe, pass by him and share in his grief—which is, in fact, the grief of all the chassidim. Rabbis, heads of yeshivos, rebbes, politicians and public figures came as well. A brief selection of their remarks can be heard on tonight’s program. Alongside the bustle surrounding the Rebbe’s home, the large beis midrash at 770 was full of activity throughout the day and night. People shared with one another details of the Rebbetzin’s remarkable ways that were now coming to light. Here they were fulfilling the verse, “And the living shall take it to heart”—and not merely fulfilling it, but perhaps doing so with great care. On Sunday afternoon, a gathering was held in the beis midrash

02:42 [unclear] of all Anash from around the world. Some three thousand people sat and listened to addresses by the shluchim and rabbis, and of course to the main address by Rabbi Chodakov, the Rebbe shlita’s secretary. Everyone was thinking, and everyone was saying, how we must learn from this event and increase in Ahavas Yisroel; how it must lead each and every one of us to strengthen our commitment to Torah and Yiddishkeit. Among the resolutions adopted in the shul was a division of the entire Shas. It was divided up so that it could be studied and completed during the days of shivah. Mishnayos, all the volumes of Likkutei Sichos, and the Tanya were divided up as well, with all Anash taking part. Each person took on a portion, a passage, a sicha or a maamar to study and complete for the elevation of the Rebbetzin’s soul during the shivah. Another resolution was to establish institutions in the Rebbetzin’s name throughout the world. It is important to note that the decision to establish institutions grew out of an encounter with one of those who came to offer condolences, Mr. Chase, one of Chabad’s great friends in the United States. He came to comfort the Rebbe on Thursday, the second day of shivah, and told the Rebbe that he did not want to raise his subject just then, since perhaps it was not the right time. What he wanted, though, was to invest a great deal of money in a special institution that would bear the Rebbetzin’s name. The Rebbe answered, “On the contrary, something as good as that can be discussed now too, even during the days of mourning.” On Shabbos, the Rebbe devoted a special sicha to the new institutions that would be established, or that people would establish, giving detailed instructions on how to set them up and what to do in them. Among the institutions already established is a gemach fund run by the secretariat, called Keren Chamesh in the name of Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, a"h; the letters of “Chamesh” are also the initials of her name. The Rebbe referred to

05:20 this name in a special sicha, which was surely heard in Kfar Chabad this past Wednesday. Another institution that will apparently be established, and is in the final stages of planning, is a new building for the Bais Rivkah girls’ school. The building will bear the Rebbetzin’s name, and the first donation toward it, in the amount of $1,800,000, was given by Mr. Perelman, president of the Revlon company in the United States. On Tuesday morning, the Rebbe got up from shivah and then said that he wished to distribute money for tzedakah for the elevation of the Rebbetzin’s soul. A line of thousands of people—men, women and infants—stretched around the Rebbe’s home in the bitter cold that prevailed in New York that day. For more than three and a half hours, they all entered the Rebbe’s home and received a dollar for tzedakah. It is estimated that the Rebbe distributed some eight thousand individual dollar bills that day, one to each person. During the distribution, the Rebbe stood near the kitchen, while the crowd entered through the main door and left through the side porch next to the kitchen. Many people did not manage to receive dollars on Tuesday, and the Rebbe said that he would distribute them again on Wednesday morning—on Wednesday afternoon as well. And indeed... Hello, hello, hello! He went to sleep. Muni! The eight thousand dollars distributed by the Rebbe were not given out only on Tuesday, but also on Wednesday morning after the prayers held in the Rebbe’s home. Like all the prayers held during these days, even after the shivah, they took place in the Rebbe’s home. On Wednesday morning, after the prayers, dollars were distributed to people who had not managed to receive one the previous evening. The Rebbe also asked that on Tuesday night, the last day—ah, of shivah, that is, after the Rebbe had got up from shivah—a farbrengen be held that night in the house for the elevation of the Rebbetzin’s soul. This announcement sent a shiver through all the Anash here in the neighborhood, both those who live here

08:06 and those who had come to share in the Rebbe’s mourning. On Tuesday night at 9:30, the farbrengen began and continued until the early hours of the morning. People went in and out so that everyone would have a chance to take part. Naturally, its main focus was the stories told by people who had been close to the Rebbetzin, describing various aspects of her conduct. The Rebbe also asked that the farbrengen in the house be continued later, at a suitable time, in 770. And indeed, on Wednesday night a farbrengen for all Anash was held in 770. Before that farbrengen, however, the Rebbe went to the Ohel on Wednesday. When he returned, it was announced in the house after Maariv that a continuation of the farbrengen would take place at 770 at 9:30 that evening. Immediately after the announcement, the Rebbe delivered a special sicha. It came as something of a surprise to everyone and lasted about twenty minutes. In it, the Rebbe said that one period had ended and a new period was now beginning. At the end of the sicha, the Rebbe again distributed dollars for tzedakah, for the elevation of the Rebbetzin’s soul, to every person present. Many people in the neighborhood who heard that the Rebbe was distributing dollars came in the hope of receiving one from the Rebbe’s holy hand and then giving its value, or more, to tzedakah. That night at 770, a farbrengen was attended by all Anash from Crown Heights and the thousands of guests here who had come especially for this week to Crown Heights, to the Chabad center. The farbrengen began at 9:30. The rabbis, mashpi’im and shluchim all spoke, stressing the need to strengthen ourselves especially now and bring the Rebbe great nachas by each of us increasing in tzedakah, prayer, Torah study and Ahavas Yisroel. At the end of the farbrengen, the farbrengen

11:11 The official gathering, if you can call it that, was a farbrengen attended by hundreds of students and chassidim. The main speaker was the mashpia and chozer Rabbi Yoel Kahn, who reviewed various sichos of the Rebbe from different times. They dealt with the passing of a person, or of a tzaddik, and the lesson each and every one of us can learn from it. Before closing, it is important to note that this week, electronic and print media across the United States carried extensive reports on what happened in Crown Heights, on the long line of people who came to offer the Rebbe their condolences, and on the good resolutions and renewed momentum in their activities that Chabad chassidim are preparing to undertake as a result of this saddening event. Let us all hope and pray that from now on the Rebbe will see only goodness and kindness, here below, within ten tefachim, in actual reality, and that we will all merit to have the Rebbe lead us very soon to greet our righteous Moshiach. This is Natan Ben-Tzvi, returning the broadcast from New York to the studio in Kfar Chabad.