The Rebbe Maharsh escorting the Tzemach Tzedek after his Histalkus

00:03 The Rebbe Maharash had a chasid. His name was Rebbe Yerucham. This chasid, Rebbe Yerucham, was known to be a big oved who davened very much bareichos. One time, Rebbe Yerucham davened ma'ariv bareichos, and when he finished, he was very tired, so he laid down on a bench in the shul to rest a little bit. That's the shul that was right next door to the apartment of the Rebbe Maharash. After a while, Rebbe Yerucham woke up from his sleep, and he saw that the Rebbe Maharash is standing inside of his midrash, next to the bimah, by himself. His two heilike hands are on the bimah, and his face and eyes were very shiny. Since Rebbe Yerucham was very close to the Rebbe Maharash, the Rebbe Maharash very much liked him, was mechab of him. So when the Rebbe saw Yerucham, he told him, Yeruchamke, come here. So when Rebbe Yerucham came close to the Rebbe Maharash, he told him, do you know what I'm doing now? I am escorting my father, the Tzemach Tzedek. This was already after the hishtalkos of the Tzemach Tzedek. And then the Rebbe Maharash told Rebbe Yerucham, do you want to know where he is? He's standing over there next to the wall. Do you want to know how do I know how to escort? Let me tell you. When I was a little kid, says the Rebbe Maharash, I had a seder to learn with my father every day at a certain set time. So one day, when I came

01:33 at that set time to learn with my father, the door was locked. So I thought, what could possibly be the reason? This is the set time for me to come and learn. So I thought maybe there is a guest, but if there would be a guest, then my father will send me a message not to come. So I decided to look through the keyhole. And I saw that there were two people in there talking to my father. And since, even though this was already after the hishtalkos of the Alter Rebbe and the Mittler Rebbe, but since I, from people's description, I knew what the Alter Rebbe and the Mittler Rebbe's faces looked like. So I saw that they were the guests. So I kept looking through the keyhole. And then suddenly my father came over to the door and he said to me, Shmulke, kumerain, come inside. So I entered. And then my father introduced me to the Alter Rebbe and to the Mittler Rebbe. And he told them, this is my Shmul. So the Alter Rebbe turned to my father and he said, tell your Shmul that he should say chsidus. So I answered, says the Rebbe Maharash, tell this Yid that he should say chsidus and I will repeat it. So the Alter Rebbe got up from his place and he started to say chsidus. Then the Rebbe Maharash continued and he said, you know, Rebbe Rucham, I was not a boy who was afraid of things. So I walked over to this

02:57 Yid that looked to me like the Alter Rebbe and I grabbed him in his body and I chazered the maimer to the Alter Rebbe word for word. Do you want, Rebbe Rucham, that I should chazer the maimer to you? And then before chazering the maimer to Rebbe Rucham, the Rebbe Maharash said, and since I saw how my father escorted the Alter Rebbe and the Mittler Rebbe, that's how I know how to escort. And then the Rebbe Maharash started to say the maimer. But then some chsidim that were outside of the bes medrash noticed that the Rebbe sang a maimer, so they came. So then the Rebbe Maharash stopped in the middle and he said, Rebbe Rucham, we can't continue. We have to stop over here. The next day, the sons of the Rebbe Maharash, the Razo and the Rebbe Rashab came to me, says Rebbe Rucham, and they asked what happened yesterday between our father and you. So I answered them, you guys know already, so why are you asking? So they answered me, it's true that we know, but we wanted to know how much did our father reveal to you? Because whatever our father revealed to you is not considered a secret anymore. I'm just going to end off that from now on, the podcast would focus mostly on stories, nigunim here and there. However, if you would like more nigunim to be produced and professionally and recorded with music like I've been doing lately, feel free to click on the Buy Me

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