0621 - Sitting in the Rebbe's Place for Learning in the Zal Part 3

00:01 The hem chapter the Rebbe explaining why the Bochum are allowed to sit on the place where he davened Mincha Ma'ariv because that was not his mokim kevua. His mokim kevua was on the other side, which is on the corner dreimis mizrochis, which is the southeastern side rather than the northeastern side. So explained why the choice of place to be is on the dreimis mizrochis, which is the southeastern side rather than the northeastern side. And he said, based on the posek in Parashat Lech Lecha, where it says, Avraham was traveling towards Negba, and the Zehir says Negba means Dorim. And it says that Dorim is connected to Chesed, and that's the midah of Avraham. So what it means is that Avraham kept on traveling, going higher and higher in the midah of Chesed, and that's the midah of Dorim. Avraham was the one that established Tefillah Shacharis, and Tefillah Shacharis is the first and foremost Tefillah. And since it's connected to Dorim by Avraham, therefore the choice is, the proper choice is to choose the place of Dorim, the place of south, to be the place kavua of davening. And because it's like that, by Shacharis, Avraham Elav, by Mincha, but also Nimshach after what Shacharis is the main thing. So therefore, those people who chose to daven in a specific place, chose it should be to Dorim side, and better if it's dreimis mizrochis, which means southeastern side. And then the Rebbe says that doesn't mean that the pshat is that everybody should try to

01:26 push the daven in that corner, in the corner of southeastern corner. Because that, to make that a special place of davening is not chafas to everybody. That's only to yechidim, to special people, chashuve people. He didn't say the word chashuve people, to yechidim. And everybody else should daven wherever their place is to daven. And the Rebbe said the contrary. Since you have to daven with menucha hadaas, you have to daven calm, you have to feel calm, and you have to feel comfortable, therefore everyone should daven in their place. And not it should be mishtachvim revachim, like the lotion of the Mishnah. It says in Pirkei Avos that in the Beis Hamikdash, aimed in tzufim mishtachvim revachim, they stood crowded, but they bowed down revachim, there was plenty of place. So that was in the Beis Hamikdash, when they stood tzufim. And then you had mishtachvim revachim, but not in the Beis Hamikdash. A person has to have place, and therefore you should daven wherever it's possible. And even he said in the Beis Hamikdash, it wasn't tzufim, aimed in tzufim, they stood crowded, not because they all crowded in one corner, because all over was crowded. Had they crowded in one corner, Hashem wouldn't make a nes that it should be mishtachvim revachim, that they should be able to bow down with empty place, because you have more place, you could spread out. So even in the Beis Hamikdash, they davened all over. And therefore, everybody should daven in his own place, whatever it is,

02:42 place. This person belongs in Mizrach, this person might belong in Ma'ariv. Like there are differences when it comes to standing around the Bimeh where you lain. So to everyone has to daven their own. No, it's not the inyan to push davka to that corner. It's only made for special people. When they gave the Tefillah, the Rebbe accepts everyone's Tefillah wherever he is, especially if you have the kavannah, like it says, you have your kavannah towards Eretz Yisrael, and if you're in Eretz Yisrael, turn to Yerushalayim, et cetera, like it says, towards the Kodesh HaKadoshim. All the Tefillahs that they didn't go through there. So wherever you are, Rebbe accepts your Tefillah, so you should daven in your place and daven all over the shuls, the place to daven. But this inyan of davening, davka in dreimis mizrochis, in southeastern side, that's something only for special people. And that was the Rebbe said his place kavua. The other place where he davened Mincha Ma'ariv, which is a northeastern side, that was not his mokim kavua. And therefore, he said the Bochrim are allowed to sit there and learn. And not only that, he said that's what he wants because that makes it that there should be more place in shul so you can learn more about Chava Sadah. And that's what he wants. And the Rebbe said, that's his honor, so it is something that he wants. And therefore, there is no shaidah that the Bochrim could sit there. After I heard the sicha, I said

03:54 then I felt much better because a lot of years it was still bothering me that we sof kos sof sat in a place which was the Rebbe davened every day Mincha Ma'ariv, even though we were told by Dan Hol, et cetera, that it doesn't matter, but didn't feel so good with this. After this, it made us feel much better.