0202 - Hanhagos of the Rebbe by Davening Part 4

00:01 Behemsha to the voice notes that I made a while ago concerning the Rebbe Sanhogas during davening, and I said those things just came to my mind then. So a few more small things came to my mind which I'm mentioning now. And number one, when the Rebbe would clap with his hands on his chest when he said Ashamnu or whatever it was, he did it while his body was bent forward. He would bend forward and say Ashamnu and clap Ashamnu, Bagadnu, all these till he would come to Titonu. Then in by Sarnu, he would still stay bent, clap with his hand Sarnu, keep his hand on his chest till the end, till Vanachnu Hirshonu, and then he would clap again. And he would do this every time that he would clap with his hand on his chest. The Moshel, when it came to Chatonu, Poshonu in Shemenesre, by Slachlonu also when he would clap on his chest, he would bend forward and clap. Or in Kipper when he would say Alchet, the whole time while he was saying Alchet, he was bent while he was clapping. That's number one. Number two, I mentioned that the Rebbe would, in those years when he davened for Dalmad, he would daven most of the davening out loud. But I want to mention that when it came to a line which was in Aramish, then the Rebbe would say it quietly. For instance, when it came before Boruch Shomar, the Shem Yichud Kuchubrichu B'richu B'schinte, which is Aramish, he would

01:16 say that quietly. Till then he would say loud, after that he would say loud, the Shem Yichud he would say it quietly. When it came to the end of Oz Yoshir, where Yeshaya Shem Yimlech Leilam Voet twice, and then you say Hashem Alchus L'choim L'olam L'olam Maya, which is a posek in Aramish. So till then he would say loud, after that Kivosu Sfari was loud, the posek Hashem Alchus L'choim L'olam L'olam Maya, he would say quiet. Comes to Avolit Siyan. By Avolit Siyan we say certain psukim in Aramish, like Makablim Deinim Dein, and also Vantal Tani Rucha, and Hashem Alchus L'choim. He would say the other ones loud, but when it came to the Aramish ones, he would say it quietly. Another thing, people know that before the Nesees they say the Rebbe would count when he would say the 11 Samamonim by Peter Mattaires, he would say Hatzori, Vatsipena, Machalbuna, he would count with his fingers. So I was watching Chovei, most of the times the Rebbe didn't do it. There were a few times that I noticed that the Rebbe did count with his fingers, which means he would say it and his hands was on the side of his body, and you could see while his hand is hanging down the side of his body, he would count with his fingers. Hatzori, one finger, Hatzipena, the next one, he would count with his fingers. But it was done very seldom, not too often. Another thing, Shabbos by Minche, when after Kriya they

02:31 say Kadesh, then middle of Kadesh they put the Sifet Teirah back. So the Rebbe would not go back for Shemenesre, go back and then come forward by Shemenesre till after the Oren Kadesh was closed and the Parechas was closed. Only then did the Rebbe go back. Another thing, on Rosh Chadesh, the Rebbe would not start Shemenesre till he heard the patch on the table, the clap on the table that Gabai would give to remind everybody to say Alvi Yove. I even remember once, or more than once, a few times, that the Rebbe turned around. He didn't hear the clap. They forgot for whatever reason they didn't do the clap. So the Rebbe turned around and looked and waited for the clap, and only after the clap, that's when the Rebbe started Shemenesre. Another thing, when the Rebbe said Nefilas Hapa'im by Minche, which you do with your left hand, and his hand was over the Siddur, the Rebbe would not put his hand on the Siddur. It was in the air. His hand was in the air covering his face, but he did not put his hand down on the Siddur while he was saying the L'dovid Alecha Hashem Nafshi Eso. Another thing, when the Rebbe got in Aliyah upstairs, he would walk over to the Bima when he was called up to the Aliyah. He would look straight across the door. There's a door there right across the Bima, not mamash across, a little bit diagonal. Next to the Amid, there is a door

03:55 to the hallway. And that door, right across that door, across the hallway, was a bathroom. And the Rebbe would always look to see that this door is closed. And they would make sure to close the door, and the Rebbe would, I wouldn't say always, maybe sometimes not, but most of the time I saw before he had Aliyah, before he made the Brocha, he would look towards the door to see that that door is closed. I believe it is because that door was towards the door of the bathroom. And another thing, that's something that everyone saw, that when he would walk into shul and would pass the Parechas, he would touch the Parechas. But he would not kiss his hand afterwards, and the same thing on the way out. And the same thing he did when he gave the Mezuzah also. When he passed by a door with a Mezuzah, he would put his hand on the Mezuzah, but he would not touch his hand, kiss his hand, but he would only touch it. And actually that's what it says in Tishrei Arizal, that when you pass a Mezuzah, you should put your hand on the Mezuzah.