Tidbits from Reb Meilach a"h · Episode 67 · 6 Iyar 5786 · 4:47
Let me tell you what the Rebbe wants from Bochurim
Machine translation into English of the automatic Hebrew transcript.
00:00 I’m telling you, fellows. [unclear] the Rebbe. I know what the Rebbe said. The Rebbe wanted the bochurim to be immersed in Nigleh and Chassidus. That was the Rebbe’s wish, his true wish. But there’s no need to confuse the issue [unclear]. The Rebbe wanted bochurim to be immersed in learning all day. I’m telling you, fellows: every one of us understands the Rebbe differently. Why? Because then they do [unclear]. I understand [unclear], but I understand the Rebbe. I’m telling you: the Rebbe wanted the bochurim to be immersed in learning and eager to learn Chassidus and Nigleh. He wanted them to live with their learning and spread it in other yeshivos. And in those other yeshivos, when they saw the vitality the bochurim had, [unclear] and show them the learning. That gave the Rebbe nachas. That’s what the Rebbe [unclear]; everyone says what the Rebbe wanted. Like that, the Rebbe [unclear] what the Rebbe wanted. I know one thing: the Rebbe wanted the bochurim and chassidim to learn Nigleh and Chassidus all their lives. Ah, that is the Rebbe’s connection with the bochurim. And other matters involving children, [unclear]. And...
02:09 This one’s a chossid, that one has a question, and he thinks about the matter, [unclear]. Nothing. I’m telling you, fellows: if you want to have a connection with the Rebbe, you have to [unclear]. A bochur needs to be immersed in learning, immersed in Chassidus and Nigleh. [unclear], but it’s true. Maybe that’s right. But as I understood it when I was a bochur, [unclear]. But the Rebbe gave and gave and gave, at every farbrengen, more and more and more. And those who confuse the issue and take it in another direction—they don’t know. The Rebbe spoke, and they don’t know what the Rebbe wanted. They don’t live with the Rebbe. [unclear]. And may they have a good year. But what the Rebbe wanted—that I know. [unclear]. The Rebbe wanted the bochurim to be immersed in Nigleh, to learn Chassidus, and through that to spread Yiddishkeit. That’s something new. And that’s what I’m saying. Yes, yes, yes. [unclear] I was at a farbrengen, and the Rebbe spoke and spoke and spoke, [unclear] Purim, and spoke about a Jew. [unclear] to the Rebbe and demanded such a thing. And the Rebbe said, “[unclear].” No, [unclear] the Rebbe. In the end, the Rebbe [unclear]
04:12 [unclear] the matter. He spoke and spoke and spoke. The Rebbe [unclear]. [unclear] the niggun. The niggun is a continuation of what the Rebbe spoke about. That is [unclear]. [unclear] to the Rebbe.