We Can’t Settle For Less

00:01 But the point is this: this is Tomchei Temimim; this is the work a young man has to do. In Kuntres Hatefillah, it is written in the Rebbe Rashab’s own words. And later, in Kuntres Eitz Hachayim, it states clearly what the purpose of the Tomchei Temimim yeshiva is. Now another question comes up. The reality was what it was: the Rebbe Rashab was the Rebbe in Lubavitch, but there were other grandsons of the Tzemach Tzedek as well. Right? There was the Rebbe of Kapust; he too was a grandson of the Tzemach Tzedek, a chossid, and another Rebbe. [unclear] But the chassidim of Kapust, and the chassidim of the Rebbe Maharash and the Rebbe Rashab—[unclear]. The question was about a young man who came there: to him, the Alter Rebbe was a Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek was a Rebbe, and he was also a chossid of the Rebbe. [unclear] It appears in Kuntres Eitz Hachayim, which I... But the Rebbe, before coming back to reconsider it, said: [unclear] I have a personal stake in the matter. What does that fellow say? “What? Why does the Rebbe demand so much of his students?” After all, the Tzemach Tzedek demanded all this of his students. [unclear] One cannot say, G-d forbid, that this does not come from earlier times. It is a complete teaching, an eternal teaching. But that very Kuntres Hatefillah, which the Rebbe

01:57 Rashab wrote—a complete teaching—the Rebbe says it is an example, [unclear]. But [unclear], someone who knows more must not deceive himself in his avodah. But here we know: what is expected of a Tomim? [unclear] Previously, the kingship had its effect, and surely things cannot go on like that. It cannot be otherwise. What can be done here? A young man in Tomchei Temimim should learn Chassidus and be [unclear], and look in all seven directions. That is Tomchei Temimim. A young man who studies Kuntres Eitz Hachayim—the Rebbe Rashab says there what the purpose is, what Tomchei Temimim is. And so too the young men, the younger ones [unclear], all the young Temimim, [unclear] study; the Rebbe studies with them, the Rebbe says [unclear], and the Rebbe is [unclear] Kuntres Eitz Hachayim. Every Rebbe appears in that kuntres. And that is Tomchei Temimim. But again, every young man, even the very youngest—what he does is something tremendous. In... in times...