כינוס שלוחי הרבי בקליפורניה תשס"ח

00:05 דובר 1 California tonight is still burning.

00:07 דובר 2 Over a dozen wildfires are still burning out of control tonight.

00:10 דובר 1 Running Springs got hit hard.

00:12 דובר 3 And now the latest on the devastating Slide fire. That fire doubled in size today to 8,500 acres. More than 100 homes have been lost near Running Springs.

00:23 דובר 4 We are here in Chabad of Running Springs. This is a 70-acre campus where we have 17 buildings. Wednesday was a very difficult day. I was surrounded with flames just right near the kitchen, opposite our swimming pool. A wall of flames.

00:42 דובר 5 They opened up the pool for the helicopter operation, which was a big, big help.

00:48 דובר 4 I took my hose to the fire hydrant and I just cranked it open and ran with that hose to the pool.

00:53 דובר 6 By allowing the aircraft to come and dip out of the pool, they were able to drop several thousand gallons of water each minute. That amount of water that fast makes all the difference in the world.

01:05 דובר 5 We got here and it was like they were on double espresso caffeine. They were bending over backwards to help the firefighters that were coming in here to do the job.

01:12 דובר 4 The first thing I asked them, "Do you guys want any drinks? You wanna eat something, drink something?"

01:15 דובר 6 How about the fresh salami sandwich? I'm not real familiar with the kosher cooking, but I'll tell you, the salami sandwich I had, the kosher salami, the kosher pickles, awesome.

01:26 דובר 4 They said a bunch of guys are sleeping on the floor, on the asphalt, in the rigs. Rabbi Krinsky got very emotional and he says, "I have 300 beds here, and human beings who are trying to save people's lives are sleeping on asphalt?"

01:39 דובר 5 They went above and beyond the call by opening up the dormitories to the firefighters. You get a nice warm bed, nice shower. It was like coming home. We can't thank them enough.

01:56 דובר 4 We're making fresh-brewed coffee for the firefighters who are supposed to leave pretty soon. We want you to have a good, a good start in the morning, like we say.

02:04 דובר 6 You guys are a never-ending source of hospitality, a river of hospitality.

02:12 דובר 4 Shalom. Have a good day. Thank you. Thank you again.

02:16 דובר 6 It was the coming together of two cultures. I have never been so accepted so readily and had such kindness showed to myself and the other people.

02:26 דובר 4 We're living in a modern world. We don't realize the power, what the individual person has. One strike of a match can destroy, God forbid, so many thousands of homes. If one individual can destroy, we have the same power, each individual, to build. Just do something kindness that travels a long way.