0625 - Lightning and Thunder While the Rebbe Read Haftorah

00:01 I would like to mention that sometimes there are little things, but they stick in your mind, and it stays there for a long time. And when things similar to that happen, it always brings that memory back. So I want to mention a small thing that I remember once. It was a Tainus Sibur in the Chofs, the early Chofs, and the Rebbe had Maftir, and he said the Haftarah. So I remember that time, this was still upstairs, the Rebbe had Aliyah, the Mincha was upstairs in shul. And I remember I was standing right in front of the Bima listening to the Rebbe's Haftarah. So when the Rebbe came to the words in the Haftarah, which means like the rain and the snow comes from Shamayim, the moment the Rebbe said that, there was a strong lightning and then a strong thunder. I remember standing in front of the Rebbe, right by the Oren Kadesh, which is in front of the Bima, and you were able to see the windows that were on the other side of the shul, the mid-side of the shul. So the lightning was so strong, it made an impression. And it happened exactly when the Rebbe said the words And from then on, many times, if I get Maftir and I say the Haftarah and I come to these words, what comes to my mind is that feeling that when Shas the Rebbe said these words, there was a strong thunder and lightning, which fits a little bit to the words, even

01:27 though it's not exactly the meaning of the words, but it fits a little bit to the words that But it's something that made an impression that many times when I come to these words, what comes back to my mind is that time when the Rebbe said the Haftarah, and when he said these words, there was the strong lightning and thunder.