0624 - The Different Sides the Rebbe Spit During Aleinu

00:01 One of the differences that we saw between the Rebbe davening in his set place, as he called him, Mokim Kevua, which is Dreemis Mizrochi, southeastern corner, versus when he davened in Sfeinis Mizrochis, which was a northeastern corner. That when he davened in the northeastern corner, which was the not Mokim Kevua, as he said, the one that was next to the door by the lobby of 770. When he would daven there, when it came to Oleinu, and he would spit in Oleinu, he would turn his face towards the wall, the wall that's between the Vesmedresh and Maskirus, where the clock is. He would turn his face toward the wall and put his hand over his mouth, and he would spit by Oleinu. If he davened on the other side, which is the southeastern side, Dreemis Mizrochis, when he would come to Oleinu and he would spit, he would turn his face the other way. Turn his face toward the door that's between the shul and the Cheider Sheini. Now, the reason is not so clear. Could be because he wanted to turn away from Doron Kadesh. So when he davened in the northeastern side, then turning away from Doron Kadesh was towards the side of the clock. If he, when he davened the other side, on the Dreemis Mizroch, the southeastern side, so there, his turning away from Doron Kadesh was towards the other way, towards the door to the Cheider Sheini. Maybe that's the reason why he did it, that he didn't want to spit

01:30 on the side of the Doron Kadesh, or maybe it is because of the people. When he stood by the northeastern side, the people were on the side where Doron Kadesh was. So he turned away so the people shouldn't sit and spit in front of the people. And when he stood on the other side, he turned away because the people were on the other side. So he turned away his face towards the door because the people were on his side, on the other side by Doron Kadesh, and that's why he turned away. But the fact was, the way I remember, that when he stood in the northeastern side, he would spit turning towards the wall with the clock. And when he stood on the other side, he would spit turning his face towards the door between the Cheider Sheini and the shul.