0031 - Keeping Seder Hayeshivah

00:01 The Kviyus of Rosh Chodesh in the year Tov Shin Chof Ches, which is nineteen sixty-seven, it was that it was Thursday and Friday, and then was Shabbos. The Shabbos before that was Parshas Vaye-- Tzvim Vayeilech, Shabbos Navorchim. It was Chof Heilel, Shabbos Sichas, Tov Shin Chof Zayin. The Rebbe said something very interesting. The Rebbe quoted what it says that Samach Tzedek brings in the name of the Ba-- in time-- something that happened time of the Baal Shem Tov. He said that sometimes we don't even listen to the Satan at all. The Satan comes to be Mekatrik, to prosecute, but we don't listen to him. And he says there, there was a Maisa, like the Maisa that was Bimei HaBaal Shem Tov Z"L, in time of the Baal Shem Tov, Sherotu Habezras Shalom Meila Lesatan Hamekatrik Lechaiv, that the Bezras Shalom Meila chased out the Satan that was Mekatrik. Veleirotzu Lishmeiya, and they didn't wanna hear any Kitrugim. So since Baal Shem Tov write-- that Samach Tzedek writes it, so this is something that's printed, and printed means it lasts forever. But Meila, this is something forever. So therefore, this ch-- the Satan is chased out, and we don't even need a Bezrat because a Bezrat is only there when you have two sides, but the Satan is not there, and therefore, it only a good year. And the Rebbe, I think, said that that year was, like, a very good year for the Yidden. And then the Rebbe continued after the Berakh Ahreineh. So he

01:18 said, "Since this is the Shabbos before Rosh Hashanah, the Shabbos Sichas, and Shabbos is a day of Simcha, we should be Mamshil the Simcha to the whole week. And therefore, every night between the, the Shabbos and Rosh Hashanah should be a Farbrengen." And the Rebbe said it should be a Farbrengen starting from Motza'i Shabbos from Mama Malca. Then it should be a Farbrengen Sunday night, Monday night, and Tuesday night. So these are four, which is connected, I think he said, connected to four Elamus, and this should be a Farbrengen every night you should Farbreng. And that's actually what happened. Every night that year was a big Farbrengen. The Bochurim were all involved Farbrengen. The Farbrengen w-lasted throughout the whole night. And it was Taka Gishmeke Farbrengens. The Bochurim were Farbrengening, and it was very big uplifting time of these Farbrengens. But obviously, since they Farbreng the Bochurim a whole night, these nights, the next day to Seder was pretty schwah. The Bochurim didn't come to Seder because they sat up a whole night. So Shabbos after that, which is Shabbos Shuva because Rosh Hashanah was Thursday, so Shabbos Shuva was right at the Hemshat Rosh Hashanah. So Shabbos Shuva, the Rebbe said, spoke about this Inyan, and the Rebbe said that the Gemara says the first question that a person will be asked when he comes L'Maalah will be that what was it B'Negia, uh, learning. And the Gemara says... So the Rebbe said that theref-- uh, uh, not the first was Sa'at Ha'Emunah, and

02:41 then he says the question is going to be also did you learn? So he says, B'Negia D'Yeshiva Bochurim, that means that when it comes this time, they have to make sure to learn, which means they have to make sure to keep the Sidre HaYeshiva. No matter what they do, even though it's gonna be Aseres Yemei Teshuva now, they have to keep the Sidre HaYeshiva, which this was Behemshich to what happened before Rosh Hashanah, that the Bochurim Farbrenged all night and they didn't really keep the Seder. And the Rebbe said that what it means is that even though this is a special time, nevertheless, S'dorim you have to keep. Ah, you ta'ina it's a time of B'Motzei B'Yes Odav. It's a time of day which are close to us with the Chadrei, the Rebbe says, so certainly you have to keep the Sidri HaYeshiva. The Farreim Chapan, but the Rebbe said you can't Chaparein things which you have to do everything, but a Seder, it has to be according to the Sidra Yeshiva. I, a person Kata'in, a Bochur Kata'in, it says in Kisvei Ari Z"L you should learn more Kabbalah during this Aseres Yemei Teshuva, which means not Nigla. So even though Kabbalah he doesn't know because, you know, Yeshiva didn't teach Kabbalah, but at least he shouldn't learn Nigla. So the Rebbe says it's not like that, that it means that you have to keep the Sidri HaYeshiva. The other things that you could do, Farbreng or other things, is only outside of this

03:45 Dora of the Yeshiva. But during this Dora of the Yeshiva, you have to far-- you have to do it according to the Sdorim of the Yeshiva. In other words, this is, and this is Negia, the Rebbe said, say to the Bochurim, say to the Hanhala that they also have to keep the Sdorim HaYeshiva because they're also really Talmidim. They're Talmidim of the Aibishter. So the Rebbe said that the Sdorim are very important. And I have to say, the Rebbe did not say it, speak this some, uh, with a very strict tone. Sometimes the Rebbe would speak and criticize a talk, and they're doing something would be very strict. Could t-see it's a strict tone. This was spoken very softly. He spoke the Inyan very clear, but he spoke it with a tone that was a tone, a loving tone. And then after this Sicha, the Rebbe continued, and he said, even though really we should speak to Russia now, the Rebbe continued that there are especially what I said before goes to those Bochurim that came from Eretz Yisroel, that their whole Hetter of going out from Eretz Yisroel is to learn. So Meila they about to have to keep the Sidri HaYeshiva. And then the Rebbe said, and if I remember correctly, he said this with a smile. He said that some people ta'ina that the reason they didn't come to Seder is because they overslept. They're Anus. It's forced. They, they didn't mean to do it. So the Rebbe said, the Halacha is

04:52 Tchilosi B'Pshia. The Seif B'Anus has a din of a Pshia Adif B'Anus. Tchilosi B'Pshia means if something starts off with being negligent, your fault, but it ends up that the reason it happened was B'Anus, by force, in Halacha it has a din of a Pshia. That means it is your fault. It's not called an Anus. So here too, the reason you're Anus to wake up late in the morning is because it's your fault you went to sleep late. Well, but Meila, the Rebbe said that's not an excuse. And then the Rebbe said, since we are under Hanhala, so you have to follow the Hanhala, and the Friediker Rebbe said, a Yeshiva Bochur is under the Hanhala, especially a Yeshiva that Bochur of Temimim. So the Rebbe said, "You know what? Go over to the Hanhala and try to explain to them the importance of Farbrengen at night." And the Meila, if you explain to them, and the Rebbe used the Lashon, and again, I think he said this with a smile, that you could explain to them, Ki Yad Hashem Ateiv Alecha, with your best ex-- ability that you're able to explain things and try to convince the Hanhala that it's important to Farbreng, and Meila you don't have to come to Seder or to some Sdorim, or the Rebbe didn't tie Chutz. So the Rebbe said if you explain, they agree with it, fine, but you're always under Hanhala. So what happened after this, this Sicha, so there was still continued Farbrengens, Farbrengens at

06:02 night, but that week of Aseres Yemei Teshuva, the zal was full. Bochurim Farbrenged a lot at night, maybe all night. I can't say all night. A lot of night, different Bochurim. The zal was full a whole week after this. That they took the lesson that the Rebbe said that you have to Farbreng, and he said this, Farbreng, but you gotta speak to Hanhala to get Rishus. But L'peal Mamash, what turned out was the Bochurim Farbrenged with great Gishmek. The whole week was a real str-strong Farbrengens amongst the Bochurim, and the Seder was very strong, and the Bochurim learned very well that week.