The Farbrengen: Erev Rosh Chodesh Menachem AV 5735

00:01 Erev Cheshedes Menachem of Tafshin Lamed Heh, that is 43 years ago. We already heard before the Rebbe went to the Eyal that there will be a fabrengen, and we also heard the time around 8 o'clock. 8 o'clock will be Mincha. Chol Efun, the Rebbe came back from the Eyal about 10 after 8, and Mincha followed, and about 8.25 the Rebbe came in to the fabrengen. Generally, a fabrengen after an Eyal usually began with a maimer. And the Rebbe motioned to sing the nigun before the maimer. Rabbi Yael would begin the nigun. In the middle of the nigun, the Rebbe motioned that they should sing it quicker. And Rabbi Yael saw that the Rebbe wants to speak through the nigun, so maybe he stopped in the middle. He stopped singing. The Rebbe smiled to him, motioned that they should finish the nigun, and the Rebbe began the maimer. And about 10 to 9, the Rebbe completed the maimer, and the Rebbe drank out the wine that was Niskos, so before the nine days. And that's even the beginning of the fabrengen. The fabrengen was not a long one. It's very obvious. There's only one sicha, which took almost an hour. And the beginning of the sicha, the Rebbe speaks about the chetef of fabrengen in such a time, three weeks l'chulu. And the Rebbe says that there is a locha b'neger to someone, that his parnassa, his livelihood is from playing music. The mele it's a inyan of being mesameach. So the Rebbe says the same

01:57 thing also. His inyan is that this is also his inyan. So the mele there is a chetef, even in achreinim b'neger to this inyan. So I'll post the audio clip. In about 40 seconds, the Rebbe begins the fabrengen right after the maimer.