Yom Holedes Commemoration - Part IV

00:01 The hemsech to the early installment, when you get to the heroes, the directives that the Rebbe gave to individuals, how to commemorate the yom eledeth, the birthday. We continue now with additional heroes that the Rebbe gave in regards to aliyah letedah, receiving an aliyah on the Shabbos before the yom eledeth, and what does one do in a leap year, and what does one do if the birth date is not found in that year, as we'll mention further. Aliyah letedah to one whose yom eledeth was the day after Yom Kippur, the Rebbe advised him that since it will be difficult for him to receive an aliyah Yom Kippur, as it is obviously seen in the shuls that there's a selected group of people that receive aliyahs on Yom Kippur, so it would be appropriate that a per- he should try to receive hagbah and glilah, which means they should at least honor him with picking up the Sefer Torah, which is customarily done after the reading of the Torah, and glilah, in order that he should fulfill the minhag of receiving an aliyah Yom Kippur. On another occasion, someone that his yom eledeth is on Yom Kippur itself, and since he finds himself in a shul where Hasidim and, uh, older, distinguished people receive aliyahs, so he should ask the gabbai if he can at least receive glilah, which is to close the Sefer Torah. And if someone whose yom eledeth falls out on the first day Shavuos, the Rebbe instructed him that he should receive

02:14 an aliyah the Shabbos before Shavuos. There were some instances that the Rebbe advised to Hasidim, and this was a one-time occasion, that the Hasid should receive an aliyah before the birthday of one of his daughters. And once the Rebbe also instructed this Hasid that he should learn on the day of the yom eledeth of his son a verse of the new chapter of Tehillim which his son is beginning to say that year. This was a one-time instance one year that the Rebbe advised this to a Hasid. We also heard it from additional Hasidim that the Rebbe also advised them to commemorate the yom eledeth of their child by receiving an aliyah the Shabbos before. תשל"ג, 1973 was a leap year, which means there are two Adars. The question comes up, what does one do in regards to commemorating yom eledeth? Should he commemorate the first Adar, or he should commemorate in the second Adar? So the Rebbe advised that he should commemorate in both. And although according to Halakha, we need to be machria which one to choose, but since this is a inyan of minhag, a person could fulfill that the yom eledeth should be commemorated in both Adars. What does one do if his birth date is not arriving that year? For example, somebody was born on the thirtieth of Kislev, and that year there's only twenty-nine days of Kislev. Should he commemorate the twenty-ninth of Kislev, or he should commemorate the first day of Teves, which is the new incoming month? The

04:39 Rebbe advised that he should commemorate both days. What does one do? He's traveling to Australia, and that date falls out. He is losing a day because Australia is ahead. So the Rebbe advised that as long as he did not land in the second place in his destination, it is still considered like he finds himself as an extension to the original location. And the day changes only when he lands on the ground. למטה מסרת רוחן. What does one do who is a ger, a convert? What does he do in regards to yom eledeth? What does he do in regards to the chapter Tehillim? So the Rebbe says that since גר שנזגר כקטן שנולד דומי, a ger is like born from anew, therefore he begins כפיטל א', chapter one from Tehillim, and that is how he continues through the years. The Rebbe was once asked by someone that it is not known to them the date of their yom eledeth. What should they do? What should they choose? The Rebbe says they should choose one of the auspicious days for the Jewish nation, like a Yom Tov, et cetera. Now in, in regards to filling in something that a person missed. A person once went into yechidas, and the Rebbe told him that since he did not give tzedakah, charity on the day of his yom eledeth, he should give it on the next day. To another person who did not receive an aliyah on the Shabbos before the yom eledeth, he should receive an aliyah on

06:47 the following Shabbos. One person who went into yechidas and the Rebbe asked him if he received an aliyah on the Shabbos before the yom eledeth, he told the Rebbe that he had an aliyah on the day of the yom eledeth because the day of the yom eledeth was either on a Monday or a Thursday when the Torah is read. The Rebbe says nevertheless, there also needs to be an aliyah on the Shabbos before the yom eledeth. Therefore, to compensate, he should also receive an aliyah on the following Shabbos, in addition to the aliyah that he received on the day of his yom eledeth.