Pesach 5714 (Part I)

00:01 Good me'it. As we find ourselves in Chalumei Pesach, we'll discuss the Pesach of Tov Shin Yud Dalet, nineteen fifty-four. That year was the same calendar setting like this year, Erev Pesach was on Shabbos. And the first and second day Pesach was Sunday and Monday. In a diary written from that year, it mentions in regards to Yud Gimmel Nisan. Yud Gimmel Nisan is the Yemei Halulah, the yahrtzeit of the Temach Tzedek, and it was as this year, Thursday night onto Friday. And the Rebbe asked Rav Shmuel Levitan, one of the older Hasidim, the distinguished Hasidim, that he should also recite the Kaddish DeRabonon, which is the Kaddish that is the last Kaddish of the davening. And over the years, Rav Shmuel Levitan would daven for the Yomot, for Beis Nisan, the Yemei Halulah of the Rebbe Rashab, Yud Gimmel Tisrei, the Yemei Halulah of the Rebbe Mahrash. After that, the Rebbe instructed that there should be a farbrengen after Bedikas Chometz. That evening was Bedikas Chometz since Erev Pesach was on Shabbos. Bedikas Chometz was Thursday night. And the Rebbe continued, "U'me'aleh vet zain a freileche farbrengen," it will be a joyous farbrengen. And the Rebbe clarified, "I mean after Bedikas Chometz, takeh im peh mamash." In other words, in the actual practice, it should be after Bedikas Chometz, not before, because there are others that they may be lenient for themselves and may farbreng and then go to Bedikas Chometz. But rather, the way it should be is that there should be Bedikas Chometz first

02:27 in a physical sense and in a spiritual sense, which means also evaluating oneself and enhancing oneself. "U'me'aleh," the Rebbe says, "vet zain a freileche farbrengen. U'me'aleh then it will be a joyous farbrengen. Halevai ef ale farbrengen ishen gezogt gevarn." The Rebbe wishes that this should be a model for all other farbrengens. And the Rebbe then contributed fifteen dollars for the farbrengen. Going on now to the first night of Pesach. This year, Tov Shin Yud Dalet nineteen fifty-four, was an exceptional event that took place after the Seder when the Rebbe was coming down from the second floor where the Rebbe made the Seder. The second floor was the apartment of the previous Rebbe and the Rebbe's tzemach dinah. And for the next twenty years, from nineteen fifty-one and on, the Rebbe would make the Seder upstairs in this apartment, as he did over the ten years from nineteen forty to nineteen fifty when the Friediker Rebbe was physically there. After the Seder, Hasidim were singing the Nigun Ki Eliyahu when the Rebbe was returning the wine, pouring back the wine from the kos of Eliyahu to the badol. And it's customary to sing the Nigun Ki Eliyahu, which is one of the ten nigunim which were composed by the Alter Rebbe. The Rebbe then said that this nigun is a segulah, is a sp- an auspicious nigun for the revelation of Eliyahu HaNavi. And what pertains to us is that the revelation of Eliyahu HaNavi is the introduction and the preparation for the true and ultimate

04:50 geulah through Mashiach. And therefore, they should continue singing the nigun in a joyous manner and draw down Mashiach l'maata very quickly in our days, l'maata ma'aseh retzachim, in this physical world down here. They continued singing, singing the Nigun Ki Eliyahu till the Rebbe reached the hallway, uh, uh, staircase lower near his room. The Rebbe then asked to sing the Mi Chamocha Al Tonu, and while standing at the entrance to his room, leaning on the doorpost, the Rebbe said that the previous Rebbe s- once said in one of his talks that the ray, the revelation of all the Yomim Tovim, all the Yomim Tovim that take place through the year shine every day, but Chag HaPesach is on a steady basis. So the Rebbe says from this we understand that although all the Yomim Tovim Are shining every day of the year. But since Chag HaPesach is mentioned as it is shtendig steady on a constant basis, from this we understand that Chag HaPesach has a unique quality in comparison to all the Yomim Tovim. And the Rebbe explains that when we say every day, that could be every day once a day, but not throughout the day. It could be only for a short time. But when we say it's on a constant basis, that means the entire day in every moment of the day. And this is the chidush of Chag HaPesach, that it is in every rega, every moment of the day. And the Rebbe explains, the Yomim Tovim are referred to holidays,

06:54 meyadim for joy. Joy comes through a certain revelation that is drawn down. And this revelation brings joy, which means that it permeates the person. This spiritual revelation enters into the inner part of the person, into his understanding. And the melech b'shasi understands something, it inspires him with joy. This in itself tells us that the revelation is with a certain limitation, depending on each one's understanding, on each one's comprehension. And then the Rebbe continues, but then there is something that's even higher yet, something that is connected with the essence of the neshama. Chelek elokam mimaal mamash, part of Hashem, higher than understanding, higher even than the level of understanding in kedusha. And the Rebbe says this neshama is found in each one, in the body of each Yid. And the Rebbe pointed with his hand on many people who were standing around him and said, in the goof of this person and in the goof of this person and in the bodies of many assembled here that I cannot point on each one individually, in each one of these bodies there is a neshama which is part of Hashem. And even if there is something that is done not in the correct manner, there is a neshama in each one nevertheless. And in order to correct something inappropriate, there's the inyan of teshuva, which is the inyan of repentance. And the Rebbe continues that we find also b'negiat hamitzvahs that when a person does a mitzvah, he connects with Hashem in an internal manner. On the

09:13 other hand, if he does something the opposite of doing a mitzvah, so then he's separated from Hashem and he's missing this eternity that he would receive through doing a mitzvah. And the melech, therefore, he needs the inyan of teshuva, repentance. The Rebbe gets back to the inyan of Chag HaPesach and the Rebbe says that all the Yomim Tovim are connected with a drawing down which is a limitation. But the amshacha, the amshacha of Pesach, the drawdown revelation of Pesach is something that is higher than the chain of creation. And this comes down, the Rebbe says, in blessings, in children, health and livelihood and everything in a very broad sense manner. The Rebbe says we don't take into consideration anything, not the opinion of doctors that say in regards to certain couples that according to nature they can't have children and not even in spiritual limitations of the chain of creation. But everything comes down in a very successful way, beginning with children that are born and they're named after the previous Rebbe and those that can't give that name, they name their child after the Tzemach Tzedek. And the Rebbe says this is the inyan of Chag HaPesach going out of all the limitations in a spiritual sense and in a physical sense. And this we will see in an obvious manner in the arrival of Mashiach l'mata m'aserat rochim very soon. The Rebbe then asked they should continue singing the Nigun Mitzrayim and Keili Yata and they should dance. And the Rebbe also danced

11:12 with the crowd together. Im yirtzeh Hashem in the next installment, we will discuss it in detail.