0003 - R' Pikarsky Loi Si'hiyeh Alav K'noishe

00:02 Once this was in the middle of the Chof's, Rabbi Pekarsky happened- came to Yeshiva, the Rosh Yeshiva, uh, Rabbi Pekarsky, the Rosh Yeshiva of 770. He used to come every day to 770 around twelve thirty, quarter to one, and he used to stay till two fifteen. On Tuesdays, he used to give a shiur klali from a quarter to one till a quarter after two for an hour and a half. So I remember once, this was in the middle of the Chof's, when he came to 770, I remember when he walked into the door, and he was wearing his coats, and when he walked into the hallway in the front of 770, pung then, the Rebbe was walking out. It must be, I'm not sure, but it must be the Rebbe was going to the oil then. So around twelve thirty, a quarter to one, the Rebbe walked out, and the Rebbe met him in the hall. So I remember the Rebbe turns around to him, and I was standing not far from there, and I heard the Rebbe says to him, "I wanna ask you a shailah. Is there a din of lo yigeish ba'ematana?" Which means like this, if you lend someone money, you're not allowed to nudge him that he should pay you. So the Rebbe asked, "What is the din ba'ematana? If you expect a present from somebody, are you allowed to nudge him? In other words, are you aver on lo yigeish?" The Rebbe meant it as like bederech halotze, bederech

01:11 tzachos. Why? What it really meant to, like, hap what it meant, 'cause the Rebbe had asked Rabbi Pekarsky to write Seforim on the Alter Rebbe's Shulchan Aruch. And I think the way the story goes that the Rebbe asked him to write ten Seforim. And he wrote many, many s- some Seforim. So obviously, the Rebbe was waiting for the next Sefer. So the Rebbe asked him, "I want to ask you a shailah. Are you, is, are you aver on lo yigeish ba'ematana?" Rabbi Pekarsky understood exactly what the Rebbe meant, and he started answering, "Yeah, I'm working on it. That's almost finished," et cetera, et cetera. And then the Rebbe walked out of 770.