Shmini Atzeres & Simchas Torah 5712 - Part 2

00:01 The hemseh, in continuation to the earlier installments, where we discussed the events which took place by the Rebbe on Shemini Atzeres and Simchas Torah, Teshri Nisans, late 1951. We continue now discussing the events of Lil Simchas Torah, the evening of Simchas Torah, which is before the day of Simchas Torah, and its hemseh, what took place by the Rebbe during that evening into the morning. Hakafes was conducted upstairs in shul, and the Hakafes took longer than the earlier evening. The earlier evening, everything finished by nine thirty, which means the Hakafes finished and the dancing of Sidom continued till one thirty AM. But this evening, the Hakafes by the Rebbe was longer. The money for, um, selling the psukim of Atah Arei Sa was sponsored for the benefit of the Yeshiva Temchetimim Lubavitch. Psukim were sold for the erech ten times high, that's a hundred and eighty dollars. And these psukim were given to the Rebbe, that the Rebbe should choose who to give it to. The first pasuk of Atah Arei Sa was bought for the Rebbe, and the Rebbe was honored with the pasuk. Likewise, the Rebbe was honored with the last pasuk of Atah Arei Sa that was bought in his honor, and the same took place during the second and the third Atah Arei Sa. Amongst the psukim and honors, the Rashag, the Rebbe's older brother-in-law, was honored with reciting a pasuk. The first and last Hakafa was the Rebbe's Hakafa, that the Rebbe received the Sefer Torah and danced with the Sefer

02:17 Torah. And as the earlier evening, the Rebbe danced in his place near his tender, which was already broken from earlier. The Hakafes continued till one AM, and after that, the Elam continued dancing for a long time. They also danced in the street. There were many people there from other circles, and as it was customary, the people that came from other circles were schlepped into the dancing. And memeila, it became a very big circle, and the dancing to the extent that the cars in the street were not able to drive through. About one forty-five AM, after the Rebbe concluded the Sudde upstairs in the previous Rebbe's apartment, which was customary for the Rebbe in the first twenty years of his nasius to partake in the Suddes, the Yom Tov Suddes on the second floor of seven-seventy, which was the apartment of the previous Rebbe. When the Rebbe concluded, the Rebbe came down and went in amongst Chassidim dancing. And then the Rebbe said, "If so," which means the Rebbe is implying that since there's an Elam seriously dancing, so we'll make Hakafes again and Atah Arei Sa. And everyone who was not honored with reciting a pasuk and a Hakafa, receiving a Sefer Torah, will be honored now. Rab Nachum Shkolar got up on a, on a platform and announced the names that the Rebbe told him he should announce to honor them with a pasuk from Atah Arei Sa. Again, they said three times the psukim of Atah Arei Sa, and they also honored the

04:17 Rebbe with the first and last pasuk. To many people who were honored to say a pasuk, the Rebbe pointed out to them that they are not saying the pasuk with joy, with simcha. And to others, the Rebbe even advised they should repeat the pasuk three times, loud and with joy. The pasuk Le'eisen L'floys, that the Aibishter does wonders, the Rebbe instructed a specific Yid should say it. And the Rebbe asked him, "Do you believe that tonight you will have a Yeshua in what you need?" The person was crying, so the Rebbe said, "Say again, Le'eisen L'floys, stronger and with joy." And the Rebbe asked him again loudly, "Do you believe that tonight there will be wonders, big wonders?" That's how the Rebbe uh, uh, advised him to say the pasuk a few more times, till the Rebbe said, as he was talking to himself, "Beseder", he does believe. When they reached the pasuk, "Vahiben Seha", the Rebbe advised that the Bacharim Talmidim should be honored with this pasuk. And after they said it, the Rebbe instructed they should say it again, and this time they should say it stronger and with more Lebedekite. And after they said it again, the Rebbe said, "It's still not that." The Rebbe asked they should say it a third time. And after the third time, the Rebbe said, "It's still not that legamri." But since they said it already three times, three times is a chazakah. It's significant and- Implying that we're gonna go further. During the second round

06:14 of the Atah Resa, the Rebbe again advised that the Bacharim should be honored with the Pasik of Vahiben Seah. And this time they already knew from the earlier time that the Rebbe wants it should be with a Leviticite, so they said it with a Slavos. So the Rebbe said, "Now it's already underway." Likewise, in the third round of the Psukim Atah Resa, the Rebbe again instructed that the Bacharim should be honored with the Pasik Vahiben Seah. When they reached Malchuscha, the last verse in the third time of Atah Resa, the Rebbe advised that everyone who was not honored yet with a Pasik should say together this Pasik Malchuscha. During Hakafes, the Rebbe went the first Hakafa, and every while the Rebbe would go over to greet the Sefer Teydes that were coming around the Bima. The Rebbe was holding a small Sefer Teyda and was dancing. The Rebbe danced generally throughout all the Hakafes, although he was standing in one place, but he also would make a circle around the Bima, and when the Rebbe danced, the Rebbe looked at everybody. And by the dancing, his face was red, and it was obvious that there is a great exertion on his legs. The Rebbe advised many people to join the dancing. The Rebbe placed his hand, Yad Rav Hagdeshen, on their shoulder to bring him into the dance. Those who were not Chassidim, the Rebbe embraced them with one hand and danced. The Rebbe advised that everyone should hold the Sefer Teyda at least for

08:28 one Hakafa. The sixth Hakafa, they repeated many times in order that everybody should be included, and it took a long time in order that everyone should have a chance to hold a Sefer Teyda. Amongst the people who participated was someone that came from out of town. The Rebbe asked him if he had Hakafa, and if he already said Atah Resa. He said no. The Rebbe advised him to say Pasik by Pasik of the whole Atah Resa. When he came to the Pasik Vahiben Seah Oren, the Rebbe instructed him that he should repeat the Pasik several times, or come upon him actually many times. In the seventh Hakafa, the Rebbe held Rabbi Yitzchak Golden was dancing near him, and by the conclusion of the Hakafa, the Rebbe excused himself for one of the Balabatim that he schlepped him into the dancing. So the person told the Rebbe, "Adarabe, it is an honor for me to dance with the Rebbe in one circle." So the Rebbe answered, "In the Rikudim, in dancing, we need to dance with the Aibishter." At the conclusion of the Hakafas, which was 4 a.m., the Rebbe got up on a chair and the Rebbe says, "Ezol zain a seder." There should be a seder. Everybody should say l'chaim. The Rebbe asked to bring maske and he distributed l'chaim to everyone. Imirt Hashem, in the next installment, we will continue with Simchas Teyda Tafshin Yud Beis.