1310 - Elul 10 – Chabad history

00:00 Due today, the Yemei Chabad and the, this is for the 10th day of Elul, Yud Elul. And this was in the year Taf Reis Nun Beis. So this goes back 111 years ago, okay? 111 years ago. This day is, took place the wedding of the daughter of the Rebbe Maharash, Rebbetsin, her name was Chaya Mushka. She got married, Chaya Mushka, and she got married to a person named the Rebbe Moshe, the Moshe Horenstein. The Rebbe Maharash, that's the fourth Lubavitcher Rebbe, his name was Rebbe Shmuel. He had three children. He had two sons and one daughter. The Rebbe Rashab, Rebbe Shalom Dov Ber became the Rebbe, the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe, followed him. His other son, Rashab's brother, the older brother actually, who was the Razor, Rebbe Zalman Aram, he did not become the Rebbe. It's the Rebbe Rashab that became the Rebbe, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, the fifth Lubavitcher Rebbe. But they also had this sister of theirs, Chaya Mushka. And the Rebbe Maharash died at a fairly, passed away on a fairly young age, on a young age. So she was a young kid, a young girl, this Chaya Mushka, when her father passed away. And therefore, it was the two brothers that took care of her, both the Rebbe Rashab and the other brother, the Razor, that took care and made sure that everything was in place and did the marriage and helped her get married. The Rebbe Rashab actually signed and invited people for the invitation on the wedding, for the wedding of

02:27 his sister. And over there in the invitation, he writes about the great news that his sister is getting married to this Rebbe Moshe, who was Moshe Horenstein, who was the son of a distinguished and he was a very prominent rabbi, Zalman Shol Horenstein. Originally, the marriage was set for the 14th day of Sivan in the city of Lubavitch. And he's inviting them, the Rebbe Rashab is inviting them. However, it turned out the wedding took place on Friday, on the eve of the portion of Tetzet. That was the 10th day of Elul. And the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe describes this event, this wedding that took place. So the wedding, the chuppah was on Friday. That took place on Friday. But Saturday night, the Motzi Shabbos Kodesh, Motzi Shabbos, after Havdalah, and this was approximately about 9 o'clock, the mechotanim, the various guests and the family of the chosn and many Hasidim came to the Rebbe Rashab. This is the previous Rebbe to my father, to the Rebbe Rashab. And they were sort of coming to a visit to drink tea. They would call it like a tea event. And it was a real joyful time after the wedding. So the tea, the warm water as they call it, turned out to be very warming. And it was a joyous and it was a real happy lavamalka. And it came to about 11 o'clock. The whole room was turned into a full with people and great joy. And it was like about after 12 midnight in which the

04:50 Rebbe, the Rebbe Rashab, that's the father of the previous Rebbe who's writing this, began to give a discourse, a Hasidic discourse in this honor of this wedding. So I guess this was a very special wedding and perhaps also because her father wasn't there to see her at her marriage. Maybe that's added to the sort of significance and the need to take care of her, you know, by her brothers and certainly by the Rebbe Rashab. So again, so the wedding of Chaya Mushka, the daughter of the Rebbe Maharash, the sister of the Rebbe Rashab to her husband, Moshe Horenstein, took place on the 10th day of the month of Elul.