13 of Shvat - The Rebbetzin Shterno Soro

00:01 Speaker 1 Behemsach to the earlier installment benegea to Yigim Elshvat, the yortzeit of the Rebetzen Sternesora and her petira in the year Tov Shimbeis, 1942. We continue now discussing additional details benegea to this day. The previous Rebbe in Eibeshime wrote as follows, that in Shabbos Kedeshe Bishalach, on the 13th of Shvat, Tov Shimbeis, before Shacharis, the Rebetzen Sternesora said the following, Heint is Shabbos Shira, badarf men gor anders davnen. Today is Shabbos Shira, we need to daven in a very special way. In the middle of davening, when she was up to Nishmas Kol Chai, the Rebetzen was nifter. She returned her neshama to Hashem while the siddur was in her hands. Umenuchaso koved and her resting place is in the Beis Hachaim of Agudas Chassidi Chabad in the city New York. An interesting story that is told, what took place on Monday, the day of the Levaya, after the Fridi Karebbe arrived back from Chicago. The story is told by Rab Shlim Aron Kazanovsky, one of the distinguished Chassidim and pillars of Chassidi Chabad over the years. And he was also in charge of buying, purchasing a new Beis Hachaim, a new cemetery. And the Rebetzen Sternesora was the first one who was laid to rest in this Beis Hachaim. Rab Shlim Aron Kazanovsky tells the following. The previous Rebbe asked if he can go in to the room of his mother before the Levaya for a few moments. Everybody went out of the room. Fridi Karebbe was there for a few moments. A while later, the

02:10 Speaker 1 Rebbe, our Rebbe, approached Rab Shlim Aron and said to him that since you were the one that accomplished in the purchasing of the Beis Hachaim, the previous Rebbe wants to give him a shlichos. And that is an envelope that the Rebbe gave him. It was a green envelope, like in a Russian style. And there was a note inside. And he told Rab Shlim Aron not to open it. And since the Rebetzen Sternesora asked that after 120, they should give her this note. And the Mele is asking Rab Shlim Aron Kazanovsky to hand her the note. Rab Shlim Aron waited till everybody walked out of the room. He then opened up the urn and placed it in the right hand of the Rebetzen. And he saw the hand was from a living person. Usually everything squeezes together. And here it was from a living person. He says, I don't want to say I am imagining. But he said, when I placed the envelope in her hand and tightening the fingers, I felt that she was herself squeezing it together, grasping the envelope. I then closed the urn and I left. After the Levaya, the previous Rebbe said, I'll say it first in Yiddish. Amen vold wissen vos is geshtalen in dem tsetl, vod mengantfa hir gor alander derecheretz. If people would know what is the contents of this note, they would have for her a very unique respect. Now we go on to a sicha of the Rebbe Beshalach Tov Shinlamme Beis 1972. It was on

04:29 Speaker 1 the 13th of Shvat. So the Rebbe says that befrat here is Yud Gimel Shvat. It has a very close connection to Yud Shvat. Because we see from the hemshech hamaymer, from the series of the discourse of Bos Iligani that the previous Rebbe has released for the day of his hilula. He designated that the maymer haYesheves Begalim, which should be learned, studied on the 13th of Shvat, is published together with the first section of the hemshech Bos Iligani. Which means it was published in one booklet. To the extent that one cannot understand the maymer Bos Iligani unless he also learns the maymer haYesheves Begalim, which is the second half of the maymer. From this we see how the two ingyonim are connected to each other. In addition, Yud Gimel Shvat is the yom hahilula of the Rebetzin, the mother of the previous Rebbe. Our sages tell us, Ish mazrast chilo yeled ezachar. That there is a very close connection between the mother and the son. Vemeile, in addition to her own qualities, that she was the Rebetzin of the Rebbe Rashab, she also had her own yiches, her own ancestry from whom she was a descendant. So in addition to that, Ish Mazra Stchila Yeled a Zachar, that when it begins from the Isha, from the, the, the womb of then Yeled a Zachar, then a boy is born. But melee, we understand the connection with the Ba'al HaLula, with the previous Rebbe, to the extent that he connected the two Inyonim through Teda. As mentioned

06:22 Speaker 1 earlier, that he placed the Ma'amar of HaYesheves Biganim together with the Ma'amar of Yutzvat with Basse Legani, and they have a connection between each other, as mentioned earlier. Conclude with Sicha of the Rebbe, Shabbos, Yed Gimos Shvat, Tov Shin Nun Beis, nineteen ninety-two. The Rebbe speaking about the Istalkos of Tzadikim at the end and the completion of their Aveda. There is a pasuk, there is a verse in Shir HaShirim. "Dei di yorad leganei lilket shishanim." That my beloved has descended to his garden to collect roses, shishanim. This speaks about selecting Tzadikim in this world and elevating them to the higher world, which is the Inyan of Istalkos. So the Rebbe writes in a footnote that the word shishanim has a connection with the Rebbetsin Rivke, whose yortzeit is on Yutzvat. As the Midrash tells us that Rivke, one of our mat-matriarchs, is compared to a rose amongst thorns. So that's the Inyan of Shishana. And then the Rebbe adds that also the word Shishana, the letters of Shishana, shin, shin, nun, he, are found in the name of the Rebbetsin Sternesora. I am also including the recording of Rav Shloma Aharon Kazanovsky as he relates this story.

08:03 Speaker 2 So you guys know the Rebbe. The Rebbe told me something. From Git Meir. Um, um, in hand, the envelope. The envelope, it was a Russian envelope. A green envelope, a Russian. And it was from the Zeit and Zot Meir. So, the older Rebbetsin, as you know, was already gone. Her son said, "So after Meir, yes, when Shona Zalmantos gave me in hand." Git Meir said, "The Rebbe, may his merit be upon us, gave me his merit. Because I was busy with him, with the books, with everything. So you should also give me in hand." May his merit be upon us. And nobody should know about this. So, in my prayer, I went very, very carefully. I, uh, I went very carefully. And when I gave the letter in the morning, it was in the right hand. I took the hand and put it in the, the, the- Envelope. The envelope with the, where it was written. And the Rebbe said, "You should definitely not look what's in it." I didn't even think about it. I put it in hand. I don't know if it was, uh, maybe it was fantasy work, but I felt that the hand is a very alive hand. It was kind of stiff. It was very alive. I prayed Mechile and I took and put the hand in and I took it and moved my fingers. I don't know, but I felt that the fingers were only on the right hand. It was, uh, uh- A feeling. It's a feeling. Later,

10:25 Speaker 2 after the levaya, the Rebbe, may his merit be upon us, said, "If I had known what was written there, I would have had for you a completely different reference." That's what brings us the fingers. "I would have had a completely different reference."