0211 - Index to Lekutei Sichos

00:00 The Rebbe was very much for Sforim having mifteches, which means an index. So it's easy to find. If you wanna look for a certain Inyan, it's easier to find. And the Rebbe wanted very much that there should be mifteches for Likutey Sichos. Especially for Likutey Sichos, there are so many Inyanim that are durgevorfen throughout the Sforim that are not really on the Parshah, but so many side things that it's very hard to find. So the Rebbe really wanted there should be mifteches. And one of the times when there was a mifteach being prepared for print on some of the Likutey Sichos, the Rebbe inquired, "What's holding with it about printing that Sefer mifteches?" And the answer the Rebbe got was that it's almost finished, and they're doing the finishing touches, and soon it'll come out. So the Rebbe answered, "Kol hakovor pirusho she'achshav bevaday lei." Anything that's, any ho- that you hold back printing it means that now for sure not. In other words, he's saying, "When it'll come out, I don't know, but one thing is for sure, you're telling me that now it won't come out." And the Rebbe meant to be sarcastic, saying that you're saying it's almost ready. You can't wait. You gotta give it out as soon as possible. I also remember that when it came to Yud Aleph Nisan, 5712, Maskiros gave out in the name of the Rebbe that, you know, the yeshivas and kehilloin would give out different kuntresim and keitzim for Yud Aleph Nisan, and the

01:23 Seidah would be, you would send it into the Rebbe. But this time, the Rebbe gave over that anybody who wants to give any of these things to the Rebbe should bring it during the farbrengen of Yud Aleph Nisan. So everybody, yeshiva or any k- any kehillah, any place that had these keitzim, these Sforim, s- a line was formed on the Rebbe's bimah, middle of the farbrengen, was giving over. And I watched. I was standing in line toward the first keitz, Shaarei Yeshiva Gedolah from our yeshiva, and I watched what was happening. Everyone, he walked over. The Rebbe took the Sefer, opened it up to the cover, looked at the cover, put it down, and I think he shook his head. And then the next one walked over. The next one walked over. When it came to my turn to walk over, I also did the same thing. We had the keitz bound, even though it was a soft cover Sefer, but we had it bound specially for the Rebbe. And I walked over, and I gave it to the Rebbe. The Rebbe opened it up to the cover like he did all, but then the Rebbe's eye caught something that was written on the cover. 'Cause on the cover, it described what the Kuntres Shaarei Yeshiva Gedolah is. It's chidushai Torah from the talmidim of Yeshiva Gedolah of Miami. And then it said there, "Venites of ve mifteach Hashas le-Sefer Likutey Sichos Chalakim Yud Yud Aleph," that at the end we have also an index

02:33 to the Ma'amarei Chazal of Shas that are brought down in Likutey Sichos Haleikuyt through Yud Aleph. So the Rebbe's eye caught those two lines, and to me it looked that Rebbe showed a certain satisfaction. And he opened it to the back to see the mifteach, and he closed it, and he shook his head to me, and I walked away. So we saw from there that the Rebbe was very happy that we added a mifteach, even if it was only mifteach Hashas. It wasn't mifteach Inyanim, but it was a certain mifteach Likutey Sichos which makes the learning of Likutey Sichos easier.