To Live Chassidus

00:00 Ah, ah, ah, ah. Reb Jacobson—Jacobson was [unclear] of the Frierdiker Rebbe. Jacobson was here in America, and he brought—brought the Rebbe to America. He was in Vienna with the Frierdiker Rebbe. [unclear] He had a strong connection to Chassidus. And the Frierdiker Rebbe once said: “One must study Chassidus for three hours a day. But someone who finds it hard to study Chassidus for three hours a day must study for six hours.” That is what the Frierdiker Rebbe says [unclear]: “Someone who finds it hard to study Chassidus for three hours a day must study for six hours.” In other words, you have to be drawn into studying Chassidus, because Chassidus draws you in until you cannot tear yourself away from it. Nevertheless, because the higher intent is to study nigleh as well, he closed the Chassidus book. And after some time [unclear], after some time he would study Chassidus. And he said: When you have such a geshmak in studying Chassidus that you cannot tear yourself away from the Gemara—or close the book [unclear]—you close the Chassidus book and settle into a regular schedule of studying Gemara. And so you study Gemara for a few weeks. And when you develop a geshmak in studying Gemara, to the point that you cannot open the Chassidus book, or close the Gemara.

00:00 Speaker 1 Well, [unclear] Gemara. What is it? [unclear] Chassidus.

00:10 Speaker 2 You’re talking about Dovid.

00:11 Speaker 1 Dovid? I’m saying [unclear]. What does Dovid have to do with it? Ah, Chassidus and Dovid. What does Chassidus mean, Dovid? Chassidus—[unclear] touches the soul. Touches the soul. A person should think about his own perfection. [unclear]. Studying Gemara, [unclear] a word in Chassidus. [unclear] a word. You think about what you learn. You think about what you learn. [unclear]. Simply, on your own, you think and contemplate. [unclear] through davening at length [unclear] what you learned. Because you have to think [unclear] about Hashem. [unclear] with davening, [unclear] so that G-dliness will be here [unclear]. Every one of us learns Chassidus and goes to the mikveh, comes back—can’t we think about one word? [unclear] one word. [unclear] Before going to sleep, while asleep, [unclear] sleep, think again about one word. [unclear] one word. There are dreams, too. [unclear] a blacksmith, and for a blacksmith [unclear] the work is hard. Once he told him that—

02:39 Speaker 1 He dreamed that [unclear] the blacksmith said to him, “Oh, you dreamed.” [unclear] that he dreams he is learning Chassidus. [unclear]. When you learn Chassidus, that’s only preparation, an introduction. [unclear]. What does [unclear] mean? Three worlds, [unclear]. Three worlds. What do you do with the [unclear]? Tiri, ya ya ya, hey ya ya ya ya.

03:44 Speaker 2 Ya ya ya.

03:45 Speaker 1 Do you understand? [unclear] comes to the Rebbe. The Rebbe [unclear] arrives, and they sing “Tiri ya ya ya.” [unclear]. Everyone is thinking about some problem, this and that. The Rebbe comes to [unclear], tiri, tiri ya ya ya ya. [unclear] ya ya ya ya.

04:16 Speaker 2 Tiri ya ya ya ya.