0268 - The Rebbe Asks the Crowd - Uktzin

00:01 By the fabrengen, sometimes the Rebbe would stop for a moment and ask something of the crowd. Mainly it was when he would ask Kasha San Rasha. So sometimes he would ask, "What number Kasha are we holding?" This happened really especially in one fabrengen when the Rebbe spoke about the Rasha that talks about the Chav Dalet Matnos Kehuna, the twenty-four presence of the Kohen Gets. So the Rebbe spoke of that Rasha in two fabrengens, Parshas Koach Tovshin Chav Zayin and Parshas Chukas Tovshin Chav Zayin. And between the two, there were twenty-four Kashas. The first one, I think there were fifteen Kashas. And then later the Rebbe in the second fabrengen added more. And every time we say, "No, now this is the sixteenth Kasha. This is the seventeenth Kasha." And in the middle, he stopped and asked somebody, I think it was Zalman Yafi, because sometimes he would ask him which number Kasha we're holding. And he asked him, "No, which Kasha are we holding now?" And it was the question, did he get it right or not? And the Rebbe went up all the way to twenty-four Kashas. But in the middle, he asked, "Where are we holding?" And he would point and say, "No, what Kasha are we holding?" So I remember that once the Rebbe was talking, and it seemed that the Rebbe is going to ask something. He spoke about Mesichta Uksin. Uksin is the last Mesichta in Shas. It's the end of Seder Tades, and it's the last Mesichta in Shas.

01:25 So the Rebbe spoke about Uksin, and he said that people too, not too many people learn Mesichta Uksin. And he said there are some people that don't even know what the word Uksin means. And he looked around, and it actually looked as if he's going to point to somebody and say, "No, do you know what the word Uksin means?" And a lot of people actually put their head down. They were afraid the Rebbe would point. It looked that way as if the Rebbe was going to point. But barely he didn't. He continued. But it was Behemshachtu. It seemed that the Rebbe was looking at the people as if to say, you know, people don't know. So let's see if you know. But barely the Rebbe didn't ask anybody. But I just want to say the feeling people got is that sometimes the Rebbe would stop and ask, where are we holding or something like that. They thought maybe he would ask what Uksin is by a certain specific person. But just to be Mashlim De'inya, what is Mesichta Uksin? What does the word Uksin mean? Uksin means those little pieces that connect a fruit to the tree, like you have in the Esrig. You have on top, you have the Pitum. On the other side, you have the Ukets. So Uksin is that part of the fruit. And this talks about Dinim of Tumeh Vetareh. We know that fruit could become Tumeh. It's called Tumas Eichlin. And when you touch any part of the fruit,

02:39 the whole fruit becomes Tumeh, not only the place you touched. So there is a discussion when you have this Ukets by the fruit, is it really considered one with the Pereh, with the fruit? And therefore, if you touch the fruit, the whole fruit becomes Tumeh, including the Ukets? Or is it considered like a separate entity? And therefore, if you touch the fruit, the Ukets will not become Tumeh. Or if you touch the Ukets, the fruit will not become Tumeh. Or will it become, in which case, in some cases yes, some cases not. And the beginning of the Mesichta Uksin, the first Pereh, talks about these Yoniym. That's why it's called Uksin. That's the meaning of the word Uksin. But the Rebbe said that many people don't even know what the word means. And like I said, the people got a certain feeling that the Rebbe is looking and he might ask somebody. But barely the Rebbe did not.