0251 - Pilpul and Maamar Before Bar Mitzvah

00:00 My bar mitzvah is in the summer. So that would be Stamos. Before my bar mitzvah, my father took me to the Rebbe, and we went into Yechidas. So in Yechidas, the Rebbe asked me if I'm saying a Maimer. I said yes. Then the Rebbe asked me if I'm saying a Pilpul. I said yes. And the Rebbe asked me if I could say a little bit of the Pilpul. And at that time, I just started learning. It was a month before my bar mitzvah, so I just started learning the Pilpul. So I started saying the beginning, which I learned already. I started saying, and the Mitz-- the, the Pilpul was in the Sugia of Mitzvas Zrichas Kavona or Mitzvas Ein Zrichas Kavona. And I'm saying a piece just for a minute or two. And then the Rebbe asks me, "And what is the Halacha? Is the Halacha Mitzvas Zrichas Kavona or Mitzvas Ein Zrichas Kavona?" So I said to the Rebbe that I just started learning the Pilpul, so what I said was just the beginning. And I didn't get to the end yet. I don't know what the Halacha is. So the Rebbe left it. But then my father asked the Rebbe, "Since I'm gonna say a Maimer and a Pilpul, which one should I say first? Should I say the Maimer first or the Pilpul first?" And the Rebbe said, "You should say the Maimer first." That's exactly what we did, and I said the Maimer first.