A broadcast report from Kfar Chabad about the state of the Rebbe's holy health and the activities of the chassidim

00:06 [unclear] healing [unclear], and whoever is hungry and whoever is in need. 10. Expand activities connected with visiting the sick: strengthen and expand the existing organizations, and establish new organizations for visiting the sick. In particular, put more energy into arranging kosher food for those in hospitals and convalescent homes. And most importantly, may the Rebbe shlita be completely healthy, physically and spiritually, in every sense of the word, on Rosh Chodesh Teves, and may he receive much genuine chassidic nachas from us, from all his shluchim and from the entire world, from all of the Jewish people, around the first of Teves. That is the announcement from the shluchim’s gathering on Friday, Erev Shabbos Kodesh, 2 Adar II 5752. As we said earlier, on Monday at six in the evening here in Israel, there will be a worldwide gathering of all the children throughout the world, together with the children at 770. The gathering will last twenty-five minutes. All the children throughout the world will say pesukim together, pray, recite a chapter of Tehillim and give tzedakah, especially for the Rebbe shlita’s health. With Hashem’s help, we hope that tomorrow we will already be able to announce exactly where the gathering will take place in Kfar Chabad, where everyone will sit and where they will be. In any event, everyone who has a connection with a Chabad House, or with any other place, should make an effort to let them know and see to it that, everywhere in the world where there are Jews, there should be a gathering of all the children. All of them together, [unclear], should take part in Tehillim, Torah, prayers, tzedakah and all these things, especially to hasten the Rebbe shlita’s recovery and his speedy and complete healing, very soon indeed, with our Geulah. We need to stress this again, because perhaps there are still people on both sides. Some think that this

02:49 makes no difference: “Who cares? What does it matter to me? What difference can what I do possibly make? This is simply how things are meant to be.” Some do not think it depends on us; they do not realize how important it is or that it does depend on us. On the other hand, some walk around with their heads bowed and their eyes downcast, thinking that things are not as they should be and wondering what will happen. Certainly things are not as they should be. Of course we are not satisfied with the present situation. Of course we are not satisfied that the Rebbe shlita has to—we hear good news that the Rebbe can move his hand and move his leg. We want the Rebbe shlita to be healthy in the plain, physical sense, and we are not prepared to accept any compromise on that. We want physical health, plain and simple, without any qualifications and without any—with Hashem’s help, very soon, plainly and physically. But for that, we must want it, and we certainly must act. The Rebbe shlita wants us to do what depends on us, and that is why we must not be gloomy. We must be as joyful as can be. [unclear] When they see that we are happy here, there will be joy Above as well, and Hakadosh Boruch Hu will help us bring good news. And today at eight-thirty, all of us are invited—everyone in Kfar Chabad. All the residents of Kfar Chabad are invited to come together to the Beis Nachum Yitzchak shul in the Shikunim neighborhood. There will be a large orchestra, the Marantz brothers[?], and we will dance with tremendous joy over the Rebbe shlita’s health, which has already begun to improve and is already better than before. And most importantly, very soon it will truly be so, physically and plainly, one hundred percent—much, much more. Not just much more, but fully, one hundred percent more than before, far more than before. We are all invited, and we are all coming to—to—sing together and dance together and rejoice

05:18 together in the Rebbe shlita’s joy over the Rebbe shlita’s health, and in all these matters, as people of faith do. [unclear] In any event, at eight-thirty everyone is invited—men, women and children—to join the joyous dancing with the orchestra, with the greatest possible joy. It is well known what the students of the Baal Shem Tov say: the word hakafos is related to hakafah, buying on credit. We take credit from Hakadosh Boruch Hu. We begin to rejoice and dance on account, and we are certain that, with Hashem’s help, Hakadosh Boruch Hu will give us reason to rejoice, so that we will be able to rejoice not only as a segulah but simply because we are happy. And the Rebbe shlita will be healthy in such a plain and obvious way that there will be no need to talk about it or think about it, and there will be none of these issues. Simply, the Rebbe will be healthy. In any event, the Rebbe shlita is feeling better. We reported that, boruch Hashem, Rabbi Groner says there has been progress in a number of respects. We are all gathering to rejoice and dance with the greatest joy, with a large orchestra, at the Beis Nachum Yitzchak shul in the Shikunim. [unclear] At eight-thirty, we are all invited together to the Beis Nachum Yitzchak shul in the Shikunim, to dance and rejoice with the greatest joy that the Rebbe shlita is healthy and is feeling better. And with Hashem’s help, very soon he will feel as well as can possibly be. Once again, all of us as one: we are all invited to dance and rejoice with the greatest joy, the joy of the Rebbe shlita coming and leading us upright to our land. With Hashem’s help, we will be back here at one-thirty—quarter to two, rather. Around quarter to two, when Shabbos ends in New York. We hope that by then we will have more news from New York, so we can know exactly what the Rebbe shlita experienced over Shabbos, how the minyan was held, and all the details. In any

08:38 event, right now we are all invited, as one, to dance and rejoice with the greatest joy. We are assured that when we go with the greatest joy and give Hakadosh Boruch Hu credit—take it on credit from Him, and begin to dance and rejoice on account—we can be certain that very soon there will be the most wonderful, greatest joy: the joy of the Geulah and the joy of the Rebbe shlita’s health. So we are already beginning to dance and rejoice. Surely this will bring about a situation in which we will not need to talk about it; rather, in actual fact, the Rebbe shlita will be healthy physically and spiritually. There will be no need for all kinds of reports about improvements and further details. It will be plain and physical, in the literal sense: the Rebbe will be physically healthy, plain and simple. Again, everyone is invited at eight-thirty to the Beis Nachum Yitzchak shul in the Shikunim, to rejoice with the Hertz brothers and the orchestra, with the greatest joy—a joy that will bring the Geulah down into this world very soon indeed. At... yes. And again, at quarter to two we hope to be back here with details of what happened over Shabbos. We hope that at quarter to two we will have details from Shabbos. In any event, as we announced earlier based on the report from Goldgorner[?], we already have something to rely on: there has been some improvement in the Rebbe shlita’s condition. We hope we will not have to talk about improvements or anything further, but simply, in actual physical reality, about the Rebbe shlita’s health in the plain, physical sense. Today there is no time for anything else. We must not speak idle words today. We must not talk about anything else. Today, for all of us, every second is devoted to doing what the Rebbe shlita wants for the sake of the Rebbe shlita’s health. Tonight there will be a great celebration at the Beis Nachum Yitzchak shul in the Shikunim. And at quarter to two—one-thirty, quarter to two—when Shabbos ends in New York, we hope, with Hashem’s help, to hear

12:00 details of what happened with the Rebbe shlita over Shabbos. And here we conclude. That’s all for Moshiach Now.

00:03 Speaker 1 This is Dr. Resnick speaking to you from 770 Eastern Parkway about the Rebbe’s medical condition. I am pleased to provide an update on the Rebbe’s condition and to inform you that, in all the ways he was affected by his recent stroke, he is improving. I’d like to give you some specifics, since there has been so much speculation and so many different reports based on what others may have been guessing. The Rebbe’s stroke, as you know, affected the right side of his body and affected his ability to walk and to use his arms productively. This has been a good week. He is increasingly able to stand on his own and is beginning the initial stages of walking on his own. We have reason to hope that his walking ability will improve further this week. In addition, his ability to use his right arm is also improving. It is normal for recovery in the arm to be slightly slower than in the leg. Both are improving, and we hope to see further improvement this week. The Rebbe’s mental state remains excellent. He is alert and fully understands what is happening. Of course, as one would expect, it is often frustrating when one’s mind is far ahead of one’s body. He is aware of everything going on around him and is himself pushing to

02:08 Speaker 1 recover as rapidly as possible. Doctors are always encouraged when a patient wants to do things even faster than his doctors expect, and that is the case with the Rebbe at present. We are also encouraged to see that no other aspects of his general health are impeding his recovery from the stroke. I believe that, in the long term, the excellent nursing care and intensive physical therapy he is receiving will be the chief factors in his recovery. The medical aspects of his case are no longer a day-to-day emergency concern. Accordingly, all the doctors you may have seen, or may know of, who have been seeing the Rebbe over the last week or two will no longer be needed on the same day-in, day-out basis as they have been until now. This, again, is a good sign. The patient’s condition is stable and does not require the kind of minute-to-minute attention that was initially thought necessary. I think these medical updates should be provided weekly to keep you informed of his condition, and I think that, week by week, we will continue to see the kind of progress we have seen until now. The day-to-day speculation that often gets reported is less useful and less indicative of his overall course than the reports we will provide—myself, Dr. Resnick, and other members of the medical staff. Thank you for your attention,

04:12 Speaker 1 and we hope that this week will be a good week for all of us. A gutte voch. A gutte voch. On Friday, Erev Shabbos Parshas Shoftim, [unclear] a general pan for the Rebbe’s health was submitted. Tonight, Motzaei Shabbos, we had the opportunity to read the entire pan concerning the Rebbe’s health, and the Rebbe nodded his head at every line. After the entire pan had been read, the Rebbe said, approximately, that the blessings should be fulfilled and that there should be an easy recovery. A gutte voch. Do we? We have it now?

05:02 Speaker 2 Yeah, yeah.

05:03 Speaker 1 And further, Boruch Hashem, as we receive good news, we know that the Rebbe asked that we be joyful and glad for sixty days. And the Rebbe also wrote during these months that all these matters should be nullified in sixty against the joy of sixty days. So all the Jews, in every shul, should come together for a dance, and all of this should be accompanied, Boruch Hashem, by an easy and complete recovery for the Rebbe, with the joy of the Temimim. I will also convey, Boruch Hashem, that tomorrow after seven there will be a public recitation of Tehillim in the shul, and everyone should come—men, women and children; no one should be missing. Everyone should be there tomorrow after seven, and then, Boruch Hashem, [unclear] at nine in the evening. And all together, all the Jews throughout the world, should [unclear], “the salvation of Hashem, your G-d,” as Dovid Hamelech [unclear]. First and foremost, may the Rebbe be healthy, and may we carry on with the matters of Shabbos, healthy and joyful.

06:24 Speaker 2 Mentally and intellectually, to advance even faster than the body is capable of.

06:35 Speaker 3 Yes, yes, yes.

06:35 Speaker 2 And that is what we see with the Rebbe. We are very encouraged that this week there has been even more progress in all these areas. That is, the Rebbe has begun to make progress with his arm as well, but even more with his leg.

06:53 Speaker 3 Mm-hmm.

06:53 Speaker 2 That’s it, I think. I think that’s the whole...

07:05 Speaker 3 Yes. At the end there was an announcement from Reb Leibel Groner that on Friday, Anash themselves wrote a pan—a general pan concerning the Rebbe’s health. The first opportunity the Rebbe had to read it was on Motzaei Shabbos, and the Rebbe nodded his head at every line of the pan. At the end, the Rebbe said—

07:30 Speaker 2 The Rebbe nodded his head at every line?

07:32 Speaker 3 That’s what he said. And at the end, the Rebbe said that the blessings should be fulfilled, or words to that effect—that there should be a speedy recovery.

07:43 Speaker 2 Yes, yes.

07:45 Speaker 3 That’s all for now, then. When there’s anything more, we’ll let you know, with Hashem’s help.

07:52 Speaker 2 May it be His will.

07:53 Speaker 3 Just a little. That’s all from Moshe Yechezkel.