0550 - Regarding Grabbing Shirayim Part 1

00:01 Bechalal, the Rebbe didn't like the idea that people would grab shirayim. Used to be that when the Rebbe would finish the farbrengen and leave the farbrengen, people would run up to the stage and grab from the cake that was left over in the plate that they put in front of the Rebbe. They also used to do that when the Rebbe would eat the suda upstairs in those years where the Rebbe still would eat Yontif Dike meals in the Friedrich Rebbe's apartment. So the waiters, when they would take off the plates and they would take off the Rebbe's plate, they would take the shirayim, they would give it to other people also. But that was done private. No one really saw them grabbing. But by the farbrengens, you were able to see that people would just run and grab the shirayim, say grab the Rebbe's, the mezainas that was left over from the Rebbe took a little bit of it. And people would give it out to other people also, et cetera, et cetera. And Rebbe didn't like it. And Rebbe spoke about it quite a few times. He spoke about it in the Yuds, which that I don't remember. But what I remember, he spoke about it in Shabbos Parshas Vayelech, which was Shabbos Tuv, Tov Shin, Chov Beis. And then he spoke about it again in another farbrengen that same time, Shabbos Parshas Hazinu, which was Yud Gimel Tishrei, Tov Shin, Chov Beis also Behemshech. So I'm going to repeat what the Rebbe said

01:13 in these farbrengens. In the farbrengen of Shabbos Vayelech, Tov Shin, Chov Beis, the Rebbe said that there are people who are waiting and counting the minutes when we'll finish the sichas and the maimorim, which means finish the farbrengen so they should be able to grab a piece of mezainas or grab the water. And they should also be able to give it out to others. And they do it in a way that everybody could see that he is the one that was matzliach to grab a kazayis or two kazayisim or even a kakayisves and even a chelek ari. And he is the one that gives it out to others. But mainly he'll fall into the category of what the posek says, tov ayin hu yevarech. That person who has a good eye, which means which gives things to others, he is blessed. So fall into that category. And this happens the whole year. Certainly now in these days when a lot of people came here from different places. So then if a person grabs, shomei heil b'chol hamedina. So then people will know about it in all countries because everyone will know some other places that the person who came from there and there in his place, they'll know that he grabbed the shirayim and he's the one that gave it out. So the Rebbe says, I want everyone to know that the seder of grabbing shirayim was not a seder in Lubavitch. It's not something that's done in Chabad. The Friedrich Rebbe said Rebbe the

02:23 Shver did sometimes do it, give out. But that was only sometimes. And mainly, it kind of became later on, the kriyas, certain things got set up. But it's all started that from time to time he used to do it. But the main purpose was bitnai that they should add in learning Torah and in add in davening. And then the Rebbe said, what's it negeia to me? So he says, if I would be sitting in my room all alone, then meila. So you do things which is not really what Chabad is. But I'm here. I'm standing here. I'm sitting here. And I have to see all this. So therefore, the Rebbe said, it's my obligation that to tell people that without the tnai that comes along with it, that you have to add in limud haTorah and avei dezat fillah, this is against the ratzon of the Friedrich Rebbe. This is what the Rebbe said by the farbrengen of Shabbos Parshas Vayelech Tov Shin Chov Beis. Then he continued this same minyan in the farbrengen of Shabbos Parshas Hazinu Tov Shin Chov Beis. And that will be in the next voice note.