Kislev 11 in Chabad History

00:00 Of the, uh, for the 11th day of Kislev in . Uh, this corresponds to the, um, November thirtieth in nineteen twenty-eight. Uh, on that Shabbos, um, on the, um, uh, was the, uh, ufruf. Ufruf means was the Shabbos that the Rebbe got his aliyah in honor of the upcoming marriage to the Rebbetzin, to the daughter of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, to Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka. And, uh, this was on the Parsha of Shabbos in Parshas Vayeitzei. It was the portion of Vayeitzei. And, um, the Rebbe got then aliyah, his aliyah in the minyan that was made by the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, by his future father-in-law. And after the Rebbe got the aliyah, there was a big gathering, a get-together in which the previous Rebbe, uh, uh, spoke and was very, uh, very joyful. He was very happy. And in middle of the, uh, farbrengen he gave a discourse which began with the words, and, um, which is always the celebration of the Rebbes always seemingly always ended up or always, uh, were part, part of the celebration was to give over a Hasidic ma'amar, to give over a discourse, a teaching in the, uh, Hasidic, uh, philosophy. Um, and as mentioned, the Rebbe was at this time, uh, the Rebbe was in the city of Riga. That's where he was. After the previous Rebbe left Russia, they moved to Latvia and to Riga together with the-- Rebbe was-- came out from Russia together with his-- together with the family. And, uh, the Rebbe's parents, however, they

02:04 were left in Russia. They couldn't go, the restrictions and other, other problems, so they couldn't really come and participate. They didn't come to the wedding either. They couldn't be at the wedding. And we'll see when we'll read, you know, about the Rebbe's wedding. But, um, in this Shabbos, um, the-- before Shabbos, the Rebbe received a letter from his father. His father did write him a letter in honor of his ufruf, an upcoming marriage. And the Rebbe writes to him that, um, "You'll probably be called up to the Torah before your marriage in the Shabbos Vayeitzei, which is that Shabbos." So he says, after the aliyah, they're gonna make a blessing, a Mi Sheberach. So he says, the Rebbe instructs him they should say, "Ba'avor." You know, you make a special blessing. So usually you gave-- you give to charity. You make a special donation. So the Rebbe says, "You should mention our names, your mother's name and your father's name, my name and your mother's name, and son of their parent's name." You know, like you usually announce, say the person's name. "Have given charity, uh, for, for you, for your success, and they instructed to bless you and, uh, amen." So, um, so basically they were saying that they're gonna give special charity in honor of his marriage. And they, uh, ask him, the father asks him that he should, after Shabbos, send them a telegram. That's how they used to communicate before the internet. He says , uh, the treif internet, you know,

03:43 as some call it. Uh, and they, um, that's what they used to use a, um, telegram. That's how they used to-- people used to communicate, you know, when they wanna give a message quickly. You send a telegram about your, uh, aliyah of the Torah. And also write in a letter later on, just write all the details of everything that took place. Now-