14 of Menachem Av - In 561 the Alter Rebbe setteled in Liadi - אדמו״ר הזקן קבע מושבו בעיר ליאדי יד אב תקס״ו

00:00 We'll do the Yemei Chabad for the 14th day of Menachem Av. We already spoke about this earlier. The Alter Rebbe, Shneur Zalman, he settled in the city of Liadi after his second imprisonment. He settled in the city of Liadi. As it turns out, that that was a turning point for the Alter Rebbe himself in being able to expand the Hasidic philosophy. There was a Nosich, meaning it was like a governor who was in charge of a certain area. That's the way it was broken up at that time in Russia. The central government wanted the Rebbe to remain in Petersburg. That was after he was arrested the second time. And he was freed from the But they wanted him to stay in Petersburg. But this Nosich Lubrimsky, his name was, he met the Alter Rebbe and he was very impressed with the Alter Rebbe. And he said that if the Alter Rebbe was going to move in his territory, he would see to it that they would allow him to move there. And they did. But he was very nice and he built houses for the Rebbe and for the Hasidim. And there was a big expansion at the time of the teaching and of Hasidism. The Alter Rebbe basically was able to learn and instruct and many thousands of Hasidim came to the Alter Rebbe in Liadi. So in a way, it turned out it was to his benefit because they were very upset that he had to leave the city of Leozna where he

01:48 was before. But at the end, it turned out to his benefit because that was a very good place for him and they treated him very well over there. So that happened on the 14th day of Elul. He actually came and settled in Liadi. And so many times, you know, we see in life things that happen to us and they're difficulties for us. But at the end, something, the silver lining, you know, something good comes out of this. In this case, the fact that they didn't let him go back to his city helped him later on expand, you know, the teaching of Hasidism.