0336 - The Rebbe's Care with Hasogas Gevul Part 1

00:00 We all know how careful the Rebbe was concerning Din of Hasagas Gvul. Saye between two people, a person shouldn't take away business from somebody else. Also concerning meisdes. And this was Saye meisdes Chabad, that one meiset Chabad should not be Masig Gvul, should not take away something that was Sheiches to another meiset Chabad, or meisdes Chabad Legat other meisdes. That Chabad should not open a meiset if it will be Hasagas Gvul, it will be taking away from another meiset. So I want to mention two examples concerning Miami, which I was involved, where we saw how careful the Rebbe was with Din of Hasagas Gvul. When the idea came up of opening a Yeshiva Gedola in Miami, obviously I wasn't here, I was still living in New York, learning in Kollel. But when it came up by the Shluchim that were here then in Miami, and they spoke to the Rebbe about it, the Rebbe agreed, and he even said he's going to send Bochrim Shluchim. But he said, on condition that there is no other Yeshiva in Miami, no other Yeshiva Gedola in Miami. And the Rebbe even added, not only there is no other Yeshiva Gedola, there is nobody else who is at this moment thinking of opening a Yeshiva Gedola. Others meaning not Lubavitch. That if there are others who are thinking and planning to open a Yeshiva Gedola, the Rebbe didn't want to open a Yeshiva Gedola. And at that time in Miami, the Yiddishkeit here in Miami was not so strong,

01:24 and therefore B'Pashtas, there wasn't enough for two Yeshivas. So if somebody else has a Yeshiva Gedola, or is planning to open a Yeshiva Gedola, the Rebbe said that Lubavitch shouldn't open a Yeshiva Gedola. And this is a Chidush because concerning learning Torah, B'Nigeia, T'neikei Shul B'Srabon, there's a Din that there is no Hasagas Gvul. You could open one Cheider next to another Cheider. Nevertheless, the Rebbe was very careful because practically speaking, since it wasn't so developed, Yiddishkeit here, B'Meile, there would be not enough to support two. The Rebbe was very careful, and he said very clearly that he's only Maskim if there is no other Yeshiva Gedola here, and there is nobody who's planning to open a Yeshiva Gedola. And when they told him that there is nobody that's planning, there is nobody that's talking about it, and there isn't one, so the Rebbe Maskim that he will send Shluchim and we should open a Yeshiva Gedola. And that's when the Rebbe opened the Yeshiva Gedola and sent the Shluchim. Unfortunately, right after that, other people who did not care opened another Yeshiva Gedola, opened the Yeshiva for Bochrim afterwards. But the Rebbe's approach was that if there is another Yeshiva Gedola or others who are planning, we should not open a Yeshiva Gedola. And then there was another instance where I was involved, also something similar to this, and that will be on the next voice note.