#17 R' Hilel Paritcher #2

00:05 Reb Hillul Paritcher, part two. One time, the Tzemach Tzedek promised Reb Hillul when he was in Lubavitch in the winter months that, uh, he will be able to see the levana for kiddush levana. So when, uh, some people went into him to let him know that he could see the levana and he could do kiddush levana, Reb Hillul went outside and he saw the levana, but it wasn't completely clear. So he told the people around, "Since the Rebbe promised that there will be a levana, so it will for sure be a clear, nice levana." So he didn't do kiddush levana and went back in. And after a while passed and the levana was seen brightly and, and nice and clear, and that's when Reb Hillul came out and it was mekadesh levanah. At another time, Reb Hillul came out of the Rebbe's room, the Tzemach Tzedek's room, very happy. And he said, "I'm happy for two things. Number one, that the Rebbe just promised me that there will be a levana this month," meaning we'll be able to see the levana and do kiddush levana. "And the second reason I'm happy is because I saw that the Rebbe is healthy. Even though he can't walk by foot these days, the reason is not because he's sick. Rather it is because he's soaked in ahavat ha'rinuim. If he will not be soaked in ahavat ha'rinuim, then he will be able to walk, but his health is okay." Another time, Reb Hillul came to Lubavitch in the

01:38 middle of the week, and it wasn't the time for saying Chassidus, for saying a ma'amar. And as it is known, the room of the Tzemach Tzedek was not closed. However, nobody dared to just walk into the Rebbe's room without permission. However, Reb Hillul did go in and he found the Rebbe, the Tzemach Tzedek sitting and writing. So the Rebbe asked him, "What do you want?" So Reb Hillul answered with one word, "Chassidus." And the Tzemach Tzedek refused. But Reb Hillul stayed standing by his place in the Rebbe's room. The Tzemach Tzedek continued to write for a little while, and Reb Hillul couldn't, uh, tolerate standing by... on his feet for so long. Then the Rebbe picked up his head again and he asked him, "Why, why are you standing?" So Reb Hillul answered, "Rebbe, Chassidus." And again, the Tzemach Tzedek refused. Then Reb Hillul went to his inn where he was staying, and he became sick with a very high fever. So they let the Rebbetzin, Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka know. She went into her husband's room and she started to, to ta'anit to her husband, the Rebbe, "Reb Hillul is sick. Does it cost you so much in the store to say Chassidus? Is it something that costs you so much? Do you have to, uh, tear it off from a big piece of meat, from a big piece of flesh?" In other words, is that so hard for you to say Chassidus? And the words of the Rebbetzin, uh, did their job, accomplished, and

03:09 the Tzemach Tzedek agreed to say Chassidus. But, uh, Reb Hillul couldn't come with his own koiches anymore to the Chassidus, so they had to actually bring him in a wagon to the Rebbe. And on the way back after the ma'amar back to... on the way back to the inn, he was already able to walk by foot. He felt much better. However, he still needed two people to support him from two sides. And on the way, Reb Hillul said, "Believe me, if the Rebbe w- would have not said the ma'amar, I would not be able to survive the night and stay alive." This story was, uh, said by Reb Greinam, Reb Shmuel Greinam. And when he finished saying the story, he said, "And when Reb Hillul says, 'Believe me,' you can believe him." And it meaning it wasn't e- exaggeration. He... Tachi wouldn't have survived the next night if the Tzemach Tzedek wouldn't have said the ma'amar. We'll finish off with another mavust nigun from Reb Hillul, sung by Rav Pinchos the