0487 - Farbrengen of Simchas Torah 5730 Part 1 - Tzitzis Worn on the Outside

00:00 In the Farbrengen of Yom Simchas Torah, Tov Shin Lamed, the Rebbe spoke many inyonim which are very fundamental and many practical inyonim. For instance, that's the Farbrengen where the Rebbe explained why we don't sleep in the Sukkah al pinikla, al pichsidis. That was mogin and printed in Likutey Sichos, Chelek Chof Tes, Chag HaSukos. That's the Farbrengen the Rebbe explained al pinikla and al pichsidis why Chabad doesn't have no Sukkah. But then I want to mention a few other things that the Rebbe spoke about in that Farbrengen. In beginning of the Farbrengen, the Rebbe mentioned what the Friediker Rebbe said in a Farbrengen of Simchas Torah, Tov Shin Hei, twenty-five years before this Farbrengen, which is Tov Shin Lamed. And the Friediker Rebbe said like this, "I know that amongst you there are people who are laughing at me." He meant to say laughing at the fact that the Friediker Rebbe said that he wants to make America a Makom Torah, et cetera, et cetera. So he said, "I know there are some people amongst you who are laughing at me. How is it possible that here in America, someone is walking in the street, you should be able to recognize on him that he's a Yid, he's a Ben Torah. And even those who are not laughing begolo," he said, "but in their heart, they're laughing at me and wondering how that's possible. But I hope," he said, "Tzemach Yisrael, that in short, very shortly, we'll be able to recognize in the street that a

01:09 Ben Torah is walking, and now they're gonna-- then they're gonna laugh b'simcha, out of joy." And the Rebbe said, la'pel, we see that this became a kiyum. We see there are people walking the street with covered heads with yarmulkes. And the main thing is that they go with tzitzis out was before me'ever yam, across the ocean. In the old country, this didn't happen. And we're talking about Yidden that are Yerei Shamayim, true Yerei Shamayim. But because they lived amongst Goyim, this didn't happen. And now even the kid walks with his tzitzis out, and that's what the pshitat is. And this meaning is getting more and more, that more people are doing this. And the Rebbe connected that this is one of the nimusim, of the customs in America. In America, they care a lot about publicity. Din of tzitzis is publicity. It's publici- to publicize that you have the seal of your master upon you, of the Aibishter upon you. So it fits to following what we do in America. And the Rebbe connected it to the fact that it says, "Al hales lakarta, al hales lanusi," if you come to a place, you have to follow the custom of the place. Now, it doesn't mean to, chas v'shalom, follow the things which are not good. It only means to follow the customs that are good. So this is one of the customs in America which is good, that it's good they are following, that they're publicizing their Yiddishkeit in the street, and they're wearing

02:21 the tzitzis out. And the Rebbe mentioned that this was not done in the old country. There were even some gedole Torah that did not... Because they lived amongst Goyim, they did not do it. And in America here, it's different. And the Rebbe connected this to the fact that the Friediker Rebbe said America is nit anders. And the Rebbe explained that when you say America is nit anders, America is not different, you're obviously saying that there's a possibility to think it is different. So since there is a possibility to think, so we do have to say that in some way it is, America is different. Especially the Rebbe said, "Sheker ein li raglayim." If it's completely false, it's completely a lie, it will never exist. And since there is such a thing that people think that America is different, obviously, there is some truth to it. So we do have to take certain things in consideration that America is different, and we have to follow America. So the Rebbe said, here we see that you have to know that America is different in good things, that anything that's good that's in America, we have to follow that. So this is one of the inyonim that, uh, people wear the tzitzis out is something that we should fo-- what we follow, and that falls on the category that America is different because this is something good. And I just wanna mention that b'neged that tzitzis, whether it should be out or not, there's a long ariches hasicha

03:37 in Chelek Lamed Gimel Likutey Sichos, Parashas Korach. There, the Rebbe talks about that some people have a meaning not to wear the tzitzis out, and that's based on Kabbalah, based on the Arizal, 'cause it says the Arizal, he wore the tzitzis in, and there are some people who follow that. Basically, the shailah is, do you have to wear your talis katan over your bigodim, over your clothes or under your clothes? So there are different minhogim. There's a difference between al pinikla and al pi Kabbalah. Al pi Kabbalah, it seems you should wear it under the clothing. But it seems that the Arizal didn't only wear the talis katan under the clothing, he also wear the tzitzis in. So the Rebbe explains ariches, al pichsidis, al pi Kabbalah, al pinikla, the whole-- the both sides, and it comes out that the great people who are similar to the Arizal are able to wear it in, but most people who are not like that should wear the tzitzis out. So we see the Rebbe there gives credit a lot to wearing the tzitzis out. He did say that some people, and amongst Chabad, some people wear the tzitzis in, but that's only for some people, for most people not. They say that the Rebbe's father wore his tzitzis inside, did not wear the tzitzis out. And I think they say that the Rebbe also did that. But so the Rebbe says in the Sicha, b'neged, those that wear it in because it's something special the Arizal did

04:47 for himself, and some people who are in that level are able to do it. Most people wear the tzitzis out, and it fits to this Sicha where the Rebbe said Simchas Torah, Tov Shin Lamed, the ma'ala of wearing the tzitzis out, and that's one of the ma'alas in America that they do, which fits in the category that in this inyan, America is anders, America is different.