0271 - Mipi Kel Three Times - King of Morocco Dies

00:01 I remember a fabrengen in the early choffs where something strange happened. The Rebbe told to sing the Nigun Mipikeil three times. That means after the first sicha, he said to sing the Nigun Mipikeil. After the second sicha, he said again to sing the Nigun Mipikeil, and after the third sicha. It was very strange because why would the Rebbe say to sing the same nigun, especially this nigun? Why davka this nigun, a Sefardishe nigun? So why did he choose this nigun to sing three times? Everyone understood that there must be some himl meises, something going on. Afterwards, a while later, we heard that in Morocco, the king was trying to make some kind of gezera or something. I don't know exactly what. And he had a minor operation, a minor surgery, and he died from that surgery, and his son took over, and he was much better. This is what I remember very vaguely. I don't remember when it was, and I don't remember the details. Whoever I asked, almost nobody remembers such a thing. The only one that said sure he remembers such a fabrengen but also didn't remember the details and just remember it vaguely, but remembered the concept that there was a fabrengen where the Rebbe said three times to sing Mipikeil, and that was Rav Shlomo Zarhi. But everyone else didn't remember. We did a little bit of research, and we found out that Purim, Tov Shin Lamed Alef, Chof Alef, the Rebbe said to sing the Nigun Mipikeil, and that we

01:22 even have on video or on tape. Also, we found out that the Sunday before that, in the-- going back in the news of those days, in the news was that the king of Morocco was having a minor surgery, and he died from that surgery, even though it was a minor surgery. That's the facts we found out. Now, how that fits to what I'm saying, that this was something that happened on the Shabbos in the hanachos we don't have it, I don't know. But I do remember pretty clearly, vaguely the details, but pretty clearly that the Rebbe did this. He said three times to sing Mipikeil, and afterwards we saw that in Morocco, which is a Sefardishe medina where Sefardishe Yidden live, that something like this happened, that the king was gonna do something bad, and he died from minor surgery. The fact that there's a king that died that year from minor surgery is recorded in history of that time, but not more. If somebody knows more details or could figure out maybe some things that I made a mistake and things like that, if you'd notify me, I would be thankful. Thank you.