0045 - R' Lipman Schapiro Lekach

00:01 My father, , would come every year to the Rebbe for Simchat Torah. A few times a year, but one of the times for Simchat Torah. And those orchim that would come for Simchat Torah would receive lekach from the Rebbe on Es haneraba because they didn't get a nervin kipper. So those that didn't get nervin kipper would get Es haneraba. So once my father was standing there, and he came his turn, the Rebbe gave him lekach, and then he asked for different people, different people from Cleveland. So they asked, he asked for Mr. Voltman and Mr. Offenberger. They asked for different people. And as the Rebbe was giving it to him, he w-- the Rebbe noticed that he was trying to make sure to remember which one is for which person. So the Rebbe says to him, "Doesn't matter. The malachim will figure out wh- who is for who." That's one thing. And another time that the day after Simchat Torah, there was supposed to be a very big meeting in Cleveland where he lived, which had to do with the Schachtim. Father was a shochet, and on that meeting depended whether he will get a better position, which means he will make a better living, and it was very important to be there. So he didn't know what to do 'cause he had to be there early in the morning, and the way they used to travel from Cleveland to New York and from New York to Cleveland back was through Greyhound bus, and

01:11 it was a 12-hour ride. So if he goes after the farbrengen, he won't be there the next morning. So he was thinking to leave as soon as Shabbos was-- Yom Tov was over. But from the farbrengen, so he didn't know what to do, but his, his parnassa was totally in it. So by lekach, he asked the Rebbe, told the Rebbe this , and he said, "Rebbe, should he leave?" So the Rebbe said to him, . So obviously, he stayed with the farbrengen. And the next morning, he heard that the meeting was postponed, and turned out that he, without going, being there that time and the way the meeting was later, that everything worked out for the best for him. It's all based on the word that the Rebbe said, .