Bais Iyar: The Rebbe Maharash - Part 5

00:01 This evening's broadcast we're dedicating l'zchus in honor of Miriam Bas Yevad L'chaim Tevim Baruchim Rab Efraim Ze'ev Shmoeli, who was nifter on the eighth day of Iyar one year ago. She was a very active person on many levels in the community. We should already merit to visualize the fulfillment of the prophecy, That those who are dwelling in the dust will awaken and rejoice and she amongst them. The hamshach of the earlier installments about Beis Iyar, the birthday of the Rebbe Marash, we continue now with installment number five, relating additional stories which the Rebbe related over the years about the Rebbe Marash. In a sicha of Yud Beis Tammuz Tov Shin Yud Dalet, 1954, the Rebbe related the following story. There was a person that fell through with a certain aveida, a certain transgression, and he wanted to receive a tikkun, compensate to correct this issue. The person went into the Rebbe Marash for yechidus in order to request this tikkun. But since the person was embarrassed to say that he himself fell through with this issue, so instead he decided to tell the Rebbe Marash that a good friend of his who trusts him very much fell through with this aveida. And since he's embarrassed to come himself, he requested from him, from this person, that he instead should ask the Rebbe Marash what he should do about it, how we can correct it and rectify it. Rebbe Marash answered, why did he need to send you? If he is embarrassed, he could have come

02:21 himself and state that somebody sent him. On another occasion during a fabregen in Chedes Tishrei, Shabbos Parsha Hazinu, Tov Shin Choveiz, late 1961, the Rebbe related that the previous Rebbe, when he spoke about his grandfather, the Rebbe Marash, said that there wasn't a person like him who suffered so much, literally, as it was happening in his last years in this world. And despite this, it didn't happen even once that a Yid, when he came in to the Rebbe Marash for yechidus, that the Rebbe Marash should not greet him with a gracious smile. And not a smile which is artificial, but a true, sincere smile. In a fabregen of Tov Shin Yud, 1950, this is the year that the previous Rebbe was in Stalin, the Rebbe told the following story. There was a contractor, the Meshech, over the course of years, lived himself in Petersburg because of problems that he had in Sholom Bayis, marital issues. One of the days, the relatives of his family convinced him that he should return to his home. On the way to his home, he traveled to Lubavitch and he went in to the Rebbe Marash for yechidus. And he asked for a bracha for his returning back home. And by the way, he told the Rebbe Marash that a general in Petersburg suggested him, when he geared to his business, a specific project. And therefore, he's planning that after he returns home and everything will settle down at home, he will then travel to Petersburg and he will complete

04:45 the deal, will finalize it. Rebbe Marash said that instead, travel to Petersburg immediately and close the deal. And after that, you will return to your home. The contractor was puzzled by the words of Rebbe Marash. How is it that he is returning back home after so many years that he was not at home? The Rebbe Marash should instruct him that he should actually go back to where he came from only to close a business deal. What's the reason for such a rush? After the Rebbe repeated his words a second time, the kablan, the contractor said to the Rebbe, I will do what the Rebbe instructs me, but maybe could the Rebbe tell me the reason for this? The Rebbe answered him, if you would know the reason, you would be a Rebbe yourself. When the contractor came back to Petersburg, he met the general who was planning to leave his house, going for a trip outside the country for a long time period. And as soon as he came to this general, they both, the contractor and the general went into the house and they completed the deal. After a short time, the contractor became very rich from this business deal and he understood the reason why the Rebbe pressured him that he should immediately attend to this business deal. Because if he would have come, even a few moments later, he would have lost the whole deal because the general was leaving the country for a long time period. So the Rebbe, when he

06:51 told the story, asked the following. L'cheireh, at first glance, it's not understood. What bothered the Rebbe Marash that he refrained from telling the person the reason why he is pressuring the person that the person should immediately return to Petersburg? So the Rebbe explains that even in matters that are understood in a logical manner, a person has to fulfill the words of the Rebbe Mitzad Bital. Commitment. And this is the true shleimos of a person. And therefore the Rebbe Marash did not tell him the logical reason what the Rebbe Marash was seeing, what was taking place that this general is going to be leaving town soon because he wanted the contractor should fulfill his words Mitzad Bital. And finally, in conclusion, a fabringen of Shabbos Breshis Tosha Chavdalah, late 1963. The Rebbe Marash davened Mincha Nizum and at that time, Rab Monya Manzan, the Hasid who was considered a distinguished person in his time, was present. While the Rebbe Marash is davening Mincha, all the thoughts that Rab Monya thought in his lifetime started to come to his mind in yanim of such caliber that he had no shayas to hit in those years. Memories, thoughts from many years earlier. And surely it wasn't appropriate to think about it in the house of the Rebbe Marash. And from feeling such a disgust of this experience, he started to scream, like it's ugly, I don't want to think about it, it's disgusting. And after that, he found out that the Rebbe Marash then said the Pasik at

08:58 that time, Zechar Av Tuvcha. Zechar Av Tuvcha means zikorn memory. And this had an impact on the memory of people who were there then in the house. And the Mele, this brought a flashback of all the thoughts that the person thought Meshech of all his life. And the Rebbe, our Rebbe, concluded the story that this is the inyan that Beshas, a person davens in the four ames of a tzaddik, which means in the four cubic feet of the tzaddik. When the tzaddik davens, even if a person does not understand how, it is the pchina that the tzaddik is standing right in front of him.