Rabbi Yoel Kahan A"H - Part X

00:01 The continuation to the earlier installments regarding an overview of Rabbi Yochan's life, we now continue with installment number 10, where we will discuss additional stories about the Rebbe, which Rabbi Yael shared with his students, the Bachadim, or with Chassidim in general. As an introduction to the following story, Rabbi Yael made the following point. That from the first moment of the Rebbe's leadership, Neseos, the general approach around the Rebbe was an approach of uplifting, positivity. This expressed itself in many things. The Rebbe's approach for everything was that one needs to elevate to a higher level, uplift himself from everything around him, instead of digging into and dealing with negative issues and the details of these issues. When one uplifts himself, simultaneously the negative issues fade away. And Rabbi Yael mentions the following story. In the first years of the Rebbe's Neseos, the Rebbe would walk home from 770. Rabbi Chadikov, who was the Rebbe's chief secretary, would escort the Rebbe to the house. And if it was a night of Yechidus, where the Rebbe accepted people for private audience, the Rebbe would continue till he concluded all the Yechidias, and Rabbi Chadikov would wait in his office, and then he would escort the Rebbe. One time, Rabbi Yael relates, Rabbi Chadikov called him and told him the following. That the previous evening, when he escorted the Rebbe, the Rebbe told him about a conversation that he had with one of the Yidden that went into Yechidus this earlier evening. And the Rebbe added that it would

02:06 be worthwhile to record the conversation in writing, and he will edit it. Which implied that the Rebbe wants that the response that he gave to this individual Yidden Yechidus should be publicized, since this is a directive that many could benefit from. And therefore, Rabbi Chadikov called Rabbi Yael in order that he should give over to him what the contents of the Yechidus was, and then Rabbi Yael should write it, and then it should be sent into the Rebbe, that the Rebbe should edit it. And this is what Rabbi Yael wrote. The Yid was by the Rebbe, and he complained that every good thing that he's doing, he feels that he's doing it with personal interests. He's not doing it just for the sake of the good thing, but he has personal interests what he will benefit from it. So the Rebbe responded to him with a parable. When a Yid goes into a business which can bring him a profit of a million dollars, and in addition to this profit, he will also have a profit from the side which is worth 10 cents. It is a definite fact that what occupies the mind of the person, and this is the priority in the mind of the person, is the profit of the million dollars, but the 10 cents has no significance to him. The Rebbe says likewise in Avetis Hashem when one serves Hashem. When a Yid does a mitzvah, he connects with Hashem. The word mitzvah means tzav sav chibur, which means attachment.

04:09 Every mitzvah brings a Yid to Hashem. And when a Yid thinks about it, the meaning of what it means becoming attached as a limited creation with Hashem, who is the creator, who is infinite, then all other things that are from the side, all other foolish inyanim don't have any significance to him. In the same sense that when a person can gain a million dollars, then the 10 cents has no significance and it means nothing. Likewise, when a person thinks about the connection that he has with the infinite, then all the other empty things that are in world have no significance. In another story that Rabbi Yael related, this was in Tovshin Chof Tes, 1969, Rabbi Yael mentions that in the fabringens of the Rebbe, in addition to words of teida, words of inspiration and uplifting, there were also spiritual inyanim happening that Chassidim at the time and even later had no idea what the Rebbe is accomplishing now in the higher spheres. There is a pisgam of the Altar Rebbe which says that when Yidden sit together by Chassidishe fabringen with brotherly love, this can accomplish in the heaven more yet than Malach Machol could accomplish, than the angel Machol. Halachas kama vekama, especially when we're speaking about tzaddikim, that a tzaddik decrees and Hashem fulfills. And therefore, this is also what took place at the farbrengens of the Rebbe as it was by the rabbeim of the earlier generations. So Yael refers to a story that happened Parsha Besalach Tovshech Hoftez, 1969. The Rebbe

06:25 explained many inyonim in the Rasha of the Parsha. And towards the end of the farbrengen, the Rebbe said that he didn't explain and answer all the questions, but he will discuss it, Be'ezras Hashem, in the upcoming farbrengens. And then the Rebbe continued and said something which did not seem to connect to the earlier topic. And he said it in a very special tone and with his rakshas, a certain emotion. The Rebbe said the following, that in Parsha Besalach it says of Neis Israel Yetzim BeYod Rama, that the Yidden left Egypt in uplifted hand, which means that Yidden don't fear their enemies. And this is also the inyon of Prozis Teishev Yerushalayim, that there is no need to have a wall around the city, but V'ishaftem L'vetach Ba'artzechem, you will be able to live in a very secure way in your land. And then the Rebbe began singing the nigun and the words Prozis Teishev Yerushalayim. And the Rebbe then stood up to dance and encouraged very much the singing, the great joy. After that, before the Rebbe walked out from the farbrengen, the Rebbe again began singing this nigun. And again, before Mayiriv, the Rebbe began singing the nigun for a third time. Everybody understood, stood, that there is something very special here. A day or two after the farbrengen, it was publicized that four planes, four military planes from Syria were trying to infiltrate Eretz Yisrael and to hurt the citizens. And Be'ezras Hashem, with the help of Hashem, Chayelei Tzahal, the IDF, the

08:28 Israeli Defense Force, were matzliach, they were successful in downing them before they had a chance to do any damage. Hasaimim Beteyf.