0152 - Standing Up for the Rebbe When He would come to 770

00:01 A tzirah, a sight that's engraved in the feelings and the hearts of many who are bochrim 770 in the chof, probably in the lamed, is the sight when the Rebbe would come from his house while the bochrim were learning. Monday and Thursday, the Rebbe would come like around 10 o'clock because he came for Kriya. But the other days, like Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, he would come around 1130, 12, 1231. I mean, those hours he would come. The door from the zal upstairs was open to the hallway. So when the Rebbe would come, you were able to see him walk into 770, walk into the hallway. Many of the years, my seat was right there by the door, so I was able to see right away. And the tzirah was whenever the Rebbe came, everybody stood up. It was a special feeling that you were able to give kavod to the Rebbe when he came from outside. Everybody would stand up. And there was a special feeling that was left so much so that up to this day, if we're ever sitting in shul and some reason they're making a minyan for Kriya or something like that, and they take out the Sefer Torah and everyone stands up, you're in the middle of a shiur, let's say, and then the Sefer Torah is walking by, you stand up. Every time this happened, without fail, what brings back to my mind on the spot is standing up every time the Rebbe walked in. This whole idea that

01:15 the whole zal stood up, waited till the Rebbe got into his room, and then everyone would sit down, that is part of our life. And therefore, every time a Sefer Torah walks by and you stand up, that reminds us of the time when you stood up when the Rebbe came into 770. There was a special feeling that you had then.