Ki Onu Amecha - Part II

00:00 Behemeshech to the earlier installment benegeah to the nigon ki anu amecha, we continue now discussing additional facts benegeah to this nigon. Simchas Tedeh in the year tav shin chaf dalet, late 1963, was on a Friday. The Rebbe would customarily farbreng very briefly on Friday, late afternoon, and then the next farbrengen, which would be a hashlomeh, an extension of the Simchas Tedeh farbrengen, would be Shabbos afternoon, late in the afternoon. There was also another farbrengen at 1.30 pm, which was the Shabbos Mevorchem farbrengen. But the hemshech of the Simchas Tedeh farbrengen would be towards the end of the day before the shkiya, before sunset, the Rebbe would wash for the sudah, and this farbrengen went on for hours, averagely between six and eight hours. In tav shin chaf dalet, Shabbos Breshis, which was the day after Simchas Tedeh, the Rebbe farbrenged for about eight hours, and the farbrengen ended about 2 am. After benching ma'ariv and havdalah, the Rebbe began to distribute keshel brocha. During the distribution of keshel brocha, the Rebbe very much coached, encouraged the singing, and at times participated in the singing. Recently, an audio of the keshel brocha was discovered, where one could hear the Rebbe singing, and when Chasidim realized the Rebbe was singing loud together with the Elam, Chasidim stopped singing. They wanted to hear the Rebbe singing. And when the Rebbe saw that there are people that are shushing others, that they should stop singing, the Rebbe said, Where is the Chacham? Who is the wise guy that is

02:24 screaming shad, that's shushing other people? Who is this wise guy? And the Rebbe began singing loudly the word anu. Very strong, intense, and we can understand the excitement from hearing the voice. And when the Rebbe saw that the Elam is not continuing with the singing, the Rebbe motioned with the hand that nu as habikel, and he stopped distributing the keshel brocha, he sat down, and he made the after brocha, and he left. One of the Chasidim who was present at the time describes that when the Rebbe was singing the nigon while he's standing, he was tipping with his feet on the floor, very intense. In the voice file that we'll hear after this audio, one can hear how the Rebbe began singing loudly, and they shushed everyone. And the Rebbe said then, Who is the Chacham? And right after that, we hear the Rebbe beginning the nigon anu, anu amecha. Over the years, there were a few occasions that the Rebbe instructed they should sing the nigon. One of them was during the farbrengen of Achron Shel Pesach, Tov Shin Chavdalet, 1964. This was that very same year. The Rebbe asked they should sing the ki anu amecha during the farbrengen. Likewise, the next year, Yem Simchas Tedeh Tov Shin Chavdalet, exactly a year after the Rebbe taught the nigon, the Rebbe again asked to sing the nigon ki anu amecha.