0289 - Elder Chassidim Discuss Rebbe's Health (2)

00:00 I usually repeat in these broadcasts only things that I witnessed or I was there, something that happened to me, to my parents, also things that I heard from the person himself who it happened to. But now I'm gonna tell over something that the general thing we saw, but the details is just something that was floating around in seven seventy at that time. And that is concerning a Yechidas that took place on Thursday night, the Dalad or the Sheini, Tov Shenichov Zayin, which is nineteen sixty-seven. When we saw, this is what we saw, that a group of elder Chassidim went into the Rebbe to Yechidas. This was Reb Nisim Talushkin, Reb Shmuel Levitan, Reb Berl Rifkin, Reb Zalman Duchman, Reb Yisroel Jacobson. Possibly, I don't remember, maybe it was Rabbi Kazinovsky also, I don't remember. And we saw them go into Yechidas, that we saw. But obviously, what's spoken about was something that only they knew. But later on, we heard the background and we heard what happened, and maybe some of the details are not so, but this is the way it was floating around in seven seventy. That the Rebbetsin had said to one of the elder Chassidim that the Rebbe lately is not taking care of his health. I guess she said he's not eating and drinking enough, not taking care of himself, not sleeping enough. So they asked, she asked that someone speak to the Rebbe, the elder Chassidim to speak to the Rebbe, when they gave the Rebbe should watch his

01:17 health. So they came to Rabbi Chadakov and they told Rabbi Chadakov that this group wants to go and speak to the Rebbe. The way the story goes that they didn't tell Rabbi Chadakov what it's about. Rabbi Chadakov said he's going to speak to the Rebbe as the Rebbe. He asked the Rebbe and the Rebbe agreed, not knowing what they want. Now, to go in and speak to the Rebbe, giving the Rebbe, so to speak, advice how he should behave is something that's a big risk, because by the Rebbe we know you can't give the Rebbe advice. So they took a risk, but they thought they'll try. They went into Yechidas that night. That's what was going around the same assembly that happened. They didn't know how the Rebbe was gonna receive them. The Rebbe didn't know what they want. They went in and the Rebbe looked at them, smiled at them, I think that's what they said. And the Rebbe asked them, "Nu, what do they want?" So the main speaker was Reb Nissan Talushkin. I think he was the oldest. I think it was even older than Reb Shmuel, I'm not sure, but I think he was the one that spoke. And he started explaining to the Rebbe how the world needs the Rebbe, we all need the Rebbe. And bemeile, they're bringing together the Rebbe should watch his health, take care of his health. And the Rebbe said to them, "So what do you mean? What do you want me to do?" So

02:20 they said, "Well, the Rebbe far brings a lot, and far bringing is a very big strain, especially on Shabbos." So the Rebbe said, "Okay, it'll do it less maybe." L'peile he didn't, l'peile then he far bring the lot, far bring long hours, et cetera, et cetera. But he said, "Okay, that you could do." Then they said that the Rebbe goes very often to the ill and that's very hard, especially when it's cold. So the Rebbe said to them that he doesn't go so often. He goes Erev Rosh Chodesh, that's when you're supposed to go. Then it says in Mishnah Chassidim you should go Tes Vov, and then mol a mol he goes more. But it's not so much, he said. And be negei what you say it's cold, he said, "No, it's not so cold." And he says, "See Reb Zalman," he's pointed to Reb Zalman Duchman, "also goes very often to the ill. Ask him, he says it's not so cold. And then it's not so hard you could go to the ill." And then he says, "But bechalal that I should minimize in going to the ill is not possible because I have to carry this whole burden on myself." I mean, the Rebbe's, uh, uh, it's my responsibility, I can't not. And he said, "You said yourself before that you need a Rebbe, I also need a Rebbe." In other words, the Rebbe was saying that by him going to the ill, that's how he has the Rebbe. So he said that

03:24 to minimize in going to the ill, that's not gonna happen because he needs a Rebbe and this is what, what, how he gets the Rebbe. And be negei what you say that I don't eat or drink enough, so he says, "It's not so. I eat as well as everyone else." He says, "Lately there taka happens certain things," I guess the Rebbe wasn't feeling so well, "so when I realized that I started taking more careful, I was more careful about it." Then they also said that the Rebbe takes Yechidas, it takes a long time, a lot of time, takes away kayach from the Rebbe. So the Rebbe said, "True, in that union of Yechidas I stopped, used to be three times a week, now I only take Yechidas, take people two times a week, so it's much easier." And he gave an example. The Moshiach tonight, twenty-nine people are supposed to enter Yechidas tonight, and I will make it brief. So he said, "Yes, taka, that taka something that's becoming less." But bechalal the Rebbe received them nicely, not the way they were afraid that maybe the Rebbe is going to be upset, why are you mixing into my business telling me what to do? He received them, and this is the way the story was that the Rebbe said to them. So again, the fact that they went in, we also, we know what was said then and the background behind it is something only that we heard that was floating around seven seventy at

04:33 that time.