0305 - Giving the Rebbe the Key to Kiryat Gat and a Shtender

00:00 In the fabregen of Chof Tes Elul Tov Shin Chof Beis, which is the night of Erev Rosh Hashanah of Tov Shin Chof Gimel, two interesting things happened. They brought to the Rebbe then the key to the city of Kiryat Gat. It was Rebbe Yankiv Palace who lived in Kiryat Gat. So the mayor of Kiryat Gat sent with him a key of the city to give to the Rebbe. Also, a group of people that came from Eretz Yisrael who were connected to Beis Sefer Lemlocha brought a shtender for the Rebbe. The talmidim in the Beis Sefer Lemlocha in Kvar Chabad worked very hard meshech zman before Rosh Hashanah and they made a shtender for the Rebbe, a replica of the shtender that we had in 770 that the Rebbe used. And they made it as a present for the Rebbe. And then they brought it to New York by plane and they gave it to the Rebbe and they brought it to the Rebbe by the fabregen. The shmua was, and I don't know if this is true, the rumor was that they asked the Rebbe how or when they should give it to the Rebbe and the Rebbe said they should do it by the fabregen of Erev Rosh Hashanah. And I think the same thing with the key. But I'm not sure that's what the rumor was then. But lapel, that's what happened. By the fabregen, they gave the Rebbe, Rebbe Yankiv Palace, managed to stroll from Kiryat Gat, gave the Rebbe the key

01:16 that the mayor sent to the city of Kiryat Gat and others who were connected to Beis Sefer Lemlocha gave the Rebbe the shtender by the fabregen. They brought it into the fabregen. And the Rebbe by the fabregen spoke about both of the things. He spoke about the inyan of the key to a city of Eretz Yisrael and he spoke about the inyan of shtender. When he gave the city, the key to the city, the Rebbe explained a key is to open a door that's in a wall. And here we're talking about open a door that's in a wall of a city in Eretz Yisrael. A city in Eretz Yisrael definitely represents the concept like it says in Pasuk, ir halecheinu, a city which has a lakus in it. And a city that has a lakus in it has to have a wall around it because it has to protect the city from outside influences which are against the lakus. So there is a wall. But nevertheless, there is a door in the wall where you could open it to go in and go out. And the key is the one that opens it so you should be able to go in and out. And the Rebbe explained what does that mean. That means that even though you're in the city of ir halecheinu, from time to time you gotta go out of the city, open the door, go out and be mekarav other Yidden. And not only be mekarav them the way they're outside, mekarav

02:24 them so much that now they could use the door the other way to come back in. That they should also, the people who are far, should also be able to come in. And the Rebbe uses as a moshel also to derid us on the shoma lemata. The shoma comes down here. It has to be surrounded by a wall to make sure that you're not influenced by the outside. But nevertheless, there is a wall, a door in the wall and there is a key to it that you could open it and go out to be mekarav other Yidden and bring them back inside that they should also be connected to a lakus. And since that's what the Eibishter wants, so einim avakshi aluf hakeich, for sure everyone has the keich. And the gay, the shtender, the Rebbe connected this to the inyan, the story that's known that once the Alt Rebbe asked his son, the Mitvah Rebbe, after Rosh Hashanah, with what did you daven Rosh Hashanah? So he said he davened with the his boneness in the inyan of a whole keimah lefanecha tish tachaveh. The whole keimah bows to Hashem. And Chassidus it says it means the keimah the ak. That means that ak represents ganz seder ishtal shalis. And the ganz seder ishtal shalis is bottle to the Eibishter. And then when the he asked the Alt Rebbe with what did you daven, he answered mit nishtender. Simple pshat means he davened with a shtender be gashmius. But it has a lot of

03:34 meaning and the Rebbe explained that that means that the shtender represents a very low madregi. Because on one hand the shtender is made of wood. Wood is sameach, it's something that grew. But after you make it into a shtender, it's cut off already and it's not that sameach, it's a daymem. Daymem is the lowest of all four categories in the world. Now this which was sameach and went lower to daymem is even worse. Nevertheless, if you use the shtender to help you daven, that means that you're using even something so very low to help you daven. Now what does it represent? The Rebbe explained it represents inyan of kabbalah seil. When you're mizbeinen in the inyan of ak, how ak is bottle to Hashem, that's a seichel dike thing. So you're limited to how much the seichel you have. But the shtender shows you that even without seichel, there is an inyan of beetle to Hashem like the beetle of a daymem. And that's what the Alt Rebbe said to him, that he davened with a shtender, which means that he was mizbeinen, that the whole seder ishtalches is bottle. But besides that, that he reached a level of kabbalah seil which is higher than any his boneness that you have in seichel. And that helped him in the tefillah of Rosh Hashanah, that brought up the tefillah of Rosh Hashanah to such a high madregi. That means you come to a point where you completely bottle to the Eibishter. And when you daven with

04:47 this beetle, then you pay all that Eibishter gives you everything. And that's the inyan of the shtender. And that's how the Rebbe explained the inyan of the shtender. And after the Rebbe left the fabregen, the shtender was taken up to the Rebbe's room. I guess the Rebbe said they should bring it up to the Rebbe's room. And it stayed in his room for many, many months. And the Maskirim said, as I remember, that the Rebbe used it for those months. And after many months, the Rebbe sent it out and it went out into the shul and became one of the shtenders that the Rebbe used for davening.