Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka - 22nd of Shvat (Part I)

00:00 The of the Rebbetsin, we will discuss a few short which were delivered in the week and also days before the of the Rebbetsin and an anecdote which took place on Tav Shin Mem Ches. The first event took place on Tav Shin Mem Ches, late 1987. But first, we will refer back to Tav Shin Yud, late 1949, some thirty-eight years earlier. A then benched the previous Rebbe good wishes for the new year. The previous Rebbe responded that this is a time that focus needs to be on the public, not on the individual. As we know that Tav Shin Yud was the previous Rebbe's last year in this world. Later during the year on Yud Shevat, the previous Rebbe was . Rabbi Klopman, a sefer in Crown Heights, and some of his children had a close relationship with the Rebbetsin. On this day, they benched the Rebbetsin with best wishes for the new year. The Rebbetsin responded with this exact same response as mentioned earlier that the previous Rebbe said, "This is a time that focus needs to be on the public, not on an individual." During the year when one of the Klopman daughters bid farewell to the Rebbetsin, the Rebbetsin gave her a hug which was unusual. After Shevat, the family understood the Rebbetsin's comment on and the girl understood that the hug was her last visit to the Rebbetsin. A second , it was after the twenty-second of Shevat when realized the impression of the Rebbetsin. The Rebbe no longer the middle of the

02:13 week, be it Yud Tes Kislev or Yud Shevat or Yud BeTammuz. The remained only on Shabbos and Yom Tov, and later on also a on certain occasions during the week. The Shabbos changed in style and also were becoming shorter. It was Pesach Tav Shin Mem Ches, 1988, Rabbi Yolis from Philadelphia would customarily visit the Rebbe on and Pesach. On the eighteenth of Nisan, Pesach, Rabbi Yolis asked the Rebbe to continue with the regular schedule as he did prior to Shevat. The Rebbe responded that people who came to console him forgot that this is an entire , an entire discussion in the Talmud, in about the loss of the first wife. One of the things which the Gemara mentions that is lost is the lack of advice. When we look back in the of the fifteenth of Shevat, the last weekday that we had by the Rebbe to date, the Rebbe states, as it was translated by in English, "With this power, the previous Rebbe's life teaching and guiding his followers, we may also find in his teachings answers and advice in all areas of divine service as they are illuminated in . This rule will apply to questions in divine service and custom, there being no reason to ask since the answers may all be found. Likewise, in matters of healing and health, since the directs the doctor to heal and the individual to be healthy, as explained in the laws of the Rambam and as well as in the , therefore there is no

04:18 need to ask questions. Similarly, questions of business or may be answered by seeking advice of knowledgeable friends. In all these areas, there should be no reason to seek directives or answers, for in the teachings of the previous Rebbe, one may find all the answers." Which basically the Rebbe is speaking here about finding all the advice already in the from the previous years or seeking the advice of experts. A third , during the on the evening of the twenty-first of Shevat, there were several groups who merited to enter into by the Rebbe, a group of and , a group of bar mitzvahs, and the general bulk group of who were here as guests. In the last to the general for all , the guests, the Rebbe concluded with the words and the word is bolded in the printed which seemed to be loud. Rebbe seemed to conclude the on a loud note. This was the last closing word the Rebbe said in public to the large group of guests before the of the Rebbetsin.