Shluchim, not Askanim Tziburim

00:02 The bochurim, the students of Tomchei Temimim, spend the whole day learning in the yeshiva in Lubavitch, following the study schedule. [unclear] And when the fellows sit and learn according to the schedule. Why? [unclear] But it has turned into an occupation. A picture—what, what sort of picture, what did he do—but that isn’t the [unclear]. [unclear] What a student’s day used to be. And then what [unclear], sometimes you need to hear a maamar, sometimes you need a passage of Gemara. [unclear] Really, where do we get the strength? Avodah, davening, learning. Well, out of necessity, the Rebbe sends a shliach to go speak with Jews and spread Yiddishkeit. But where does that come from? From the Rebbe’s strength. They aren’t communal activists; they’re the Rebbe’s shluchim. And a shliach has the strength of the one who sends him. Above all, you need to be firmly connected to that strength. [unclear] From time to time [unclear] Chassidus, you need to learn a maamar. [unclear] That isn’t enough.