Shlichus

00:00 The Chabad, the Kinus Hashluchim, will mention some responses that the Rebbe wrote to individuals in regards to Shlichas. To a person that wrote to the Rebbe that after quoting the letter, I will get married, I will be able to conduct my life only if I am zecher, and v'halavai, I will be zecher that the Rebbe should choose me as a shliach. And I am begging, v'negir to this inyan in every expression of request. In response to that, the Rebbe wrote on the words, referring to the words, after I'll get married. So the Rebbe writes, kimuvan, understandably, beshateva mitzlachas in a good and auspicious hour. And the Rebbe adds, v'yirtzu v'yisratzu shneim baze. They will want and they will both discuss it. So then the Rebbe points to the words in the original letter, I should merit that the Rebbe should choose me as a shliach. And the Rebbe adds, yishalchem b'shlichos. The Rebbe will send them on shlichos. A second response to a younger man that wrote to the Rebbe that over the course of two years, he was not successful to find an appropriate place for shlichos to accomplish what he needs to accomplish there. So the Rebbe responded, ki becher harbe yeser malpi horigilus. He is choosing more than usual way of choosing as it is done by the rest of the shluchim sheyichya. V'yisya et bohem. He should consult with them. V'yaseh kishar hashluchim basirius odim. He should follow as the other shluchim are doing. And the Rebbe writes in parentheses basirius

02:23 odim in tens of cities. A signature of the Rebbe at the conclusion of a letter. It seems like it is mamish in Tovshin Yud, at least before Yud Shvat, Tovshin Yud Alef. The Rebbe concludes, hamachol kol teyv, is wishing him all the best. Ulimalei shlichose. The Rebbe writes to fulfill his shlichos asher nosan l'chelkei kved kedushes medi v'chome yad mur hakan. That the fridike Rebbe gave him this shir. V'hi, and this is, lehovi er hachsidis, to bring the light of hachsidis lehachevel asher nimtza bei ato, in the area where he finds himself now. Ulikashenam, and to connect them bilona dechaya, with the tree of life. Ade yipkun min galusa bimheit avyamenu. Till they will go out from the galus very soon. And the Rebbe signs his name, Simas Yad Kotze. In another response, the Rebbe writes, hari hushliach melech malchi hamlochim hakodesh baruch hu. Lehofitz yahadus teyru mitzves besech bonov v'nei Yisroel sheyichyu. Umahu nayla v'kodesh uschus yeser mezeh v'imale hashlichos v'yatsliach. In English, the Rebbe says he is a shliach, the Rebbe underlines the word shliach, from the Ebeshtar, to spread Yiddishkeit teyru mitzves amongst his children, Hashem's children, the Bnei Yisroel sheyichyu. What more and holier and meritful is there than this? And the Rebbe ends this sentence with a question mark and exclamation. And the Rebbe concludes, v'imale hashlichos v'yatsliach. He should fulfill the shlichos and be successful. The hemshech to the earlier installment relating to shlichos, we continue now with installment number two, discussing additional responses from the Rebbe to shluchim.

04:54 Number one, to a shliach who wrote to the Rebbe that after 25 years of work for the Rebbe, he evaluates his work as oy va'voy, which means oy and woe. The Rebbe responds, translated here from Hebrew to English, as follows. According to his opinion, which is actually his yetzeh hores voice, does he hold that those who aren't in avede saklal in public service have ever reached somewhere or attained something? The lashon in Yiddish is epes de grecht. It is only that there is no one who will scream bitterly on their behalf, oy va'voy, oy and woe. The Rebbe continues, number two, a second point in the response. According to Teyde, the reward is already existing. One, in the world to come. Two, in this world. And three, in both worlds. The Rebbe begins concluding, maybe he can explain to me what is he lacking in one of the above, and in particular in comparison to all. And the more he will specify, it is praised. And the Rebbe concludes the final line, simply my intention is regarding the reward and not what is dependent on him. Another occasion, the Rebbe writes to a close friend of a certain Shliach who was having difficulty in a Shlicha's location, asking that he strengthen and encourage him. The Rebbe responds, again translated from Hebrew to English, "I will repeat again that according to my opinion, he needs to encourage him, explaining that it is not his task to make many Chesbonus calculations. He should approach the work, BePeil

07:09 Mamesh, actively, and not feel embarrassed from flak or ridicule from inside and from outside, and not to let his spirit fall if at the beginning he encounters stumbling blocks and concealments, darkness. He needs to know that he needs to do, and he was given Techas, the strength for this, and he has with him the Meshaleach who dispatched him, the Rebbe, my father-in-law. And therefore, he will do again and again, repeat doing it, and if he's not successful the first time and even the third time, he should continue to the fourth, and surely the success will come. And only in this manner the success will come." The Rebbe concludes the letter with a blessing that he relay good news. The third Shliach wrote to the Rebbe that he felt a weakness in his work as a result of the rigid relationship that the Menahal, the director of the Beis Chabad, had with him. The Rebbe responds, translated here from Hebrew to English. Around the words "weakness in his work", the Rebbe wrote a question mark and two exclamation marks. And the Rebbe continues, "He needs to do it because it is a commandment of our Rabbeim D'Nase'im, and it is a matter of Pikuach Nefesh Mamesh, life-saving matter. And if there is someone who does not understand, does he need to be influenced from this?" Im Yirtzeh Hashem, tomorrow we'll continue with additional, uh, Inyonim BeNige'ah to Shlichas. The Hemshich to the earlier installments relating to Shluchim and Shlichas, we continue now with installment number three,

09:16 discussing various Sichas of the Rebbe regarding Shluchim and Shlichas. In the Farbrengen of Yud Beis Tammuz Taf Shin Chof Alef, nineteen sixty-one, the Rebbe elaborated on the functions of a Shliach. To make another Jew an observant Mitzvahs, make a kosher shul with a Mechitza and Bima, another kosher mikvah, passing by and seeing what's needed to leave Tefillin or Tzitzit or a Siddur. The inner intention is to make from the smaller cities, bigger cities, and countries a settlement for Yidden. The Rebbe referred then to many Shluchim in the United States to say L'Chaim. The Rebbe mentioned the following s- names of cities: Baltimore, Worcester, Milwaukee, New Haven, Seattle, Springfield, Providence, Montreal, Toronto, and Paris. The Rebbe benched them by saying that we have with us those who have accepted the Shlichas of my father-in-law, the Rebbe, and who have already conquered Yazir U'Bnei Se'ah, referring to the city Yazir and the outskirts. And now we need to accomplish it should be in a manner of U'Faratzta. They should all say L'Chaim together and Yihi Ratzon that it should be BeSimcha Tzetze'u U'VeShalom Tivolun. You will go out with joy and be led forth in peace, as all the de-details which are mentioned in the prophecy of Yeshaya which continue after the words of Ki BeSimcha Tzetze'u. In another note, Rabbi Leibel Raskin, Alav HaShalom, Shliach in Morocco for forty-four years, would quite often have the zechus to visit the Rebbetzin Chana, the Rebbe's mother. On Erev Rosh Hashanah Taf Shin Chof Heh, late 1964, it was

11:30 days before the Rebbetzin's passing. When Rabbi Raskin entered her home, she said, "I cannot refer to you any longer with the title you as a friend, as an equal, since you are a Shliach." The Hemshich to the earlier installments relating to Shlichas, we continue now with installment number four, discussing a Sicha of the Rebbe regarding Shluchim and Shlichas and Giluyim that followed after the Sicha. During the Farbrengen on the 12th of Tammuz Taf Shin Chof Gimel, 1963 The Rebbe concluded a sicha, yehi ratzon, the people should learn from them and do likewise. Follow to leave New York and spread Yiddishkeit, Torah, and Chassidus everywhere. There should be an increase in the number of shluchim de Rabbonim, referring to shluchim of the Nasi HaDor, my father-in-law, the Rebbe, to travel in every part of the world. The function of shluchim are similar to the Sanhedrin, the judges in the Beis Hamikdash, etc., as it is mentioned that they would gird metal chains on their hips to make it easier for them to go to far distances and would wander in Jewish cities and teach Torah or mitzvahs. About the Sanhedrin, it is said that they stand lefnei Hashem, before Hashem, and about them it is said to Moshe Rabbeinu, Esfar li shivim ish, gather for me seventy people, exclusively selecting the words Esfar li, the word li, and as our sages state that wherever it says li, it is eternal, and their avedah is eternity. It is an avedah that is derived from Hashem, about who

13:40 it is said, Ani Hashem, leishon isi, I didn't change, eternal. And this eternity accomplishes and nullifies all the limitations and restrictions in the manner of Ufaratzta yomav akedmav etzafainav anegba, that you will strengthen and extend in all directions here within lower than ten trochim. After the sicha, the Rebbe continued with a smile, although I am not traveling anywhere and remain in the Daladamas, but in their merit I will say l'chaim with them. The Rebbe then asked, where are the shluchim? Amongst them the Rebbe mentioned Rab Yerachmiel Moshe Feller, and then the Rebbe continued, where are the other shluchim? Nissim Hayward, Rab Meir Avtzin. The Rebbe then said, since we are discussing the concept of Ufaratzta, therefore the cup of mashke for this l'chaim does not go into account. It is higher than cheshbon, than calculation. Therefore one can grab higher than limitations and no one will complain. But only this costs and not to smuggle additional ones. The Rebbe then asked, where are the shluchim of Merkaz? To one person the Rebbe said, are you spreading the wellsprings in Milwaukee? Nu. The Rebbe says, it seems like everyone has to be called out by his name. The Rebbe again asked, where are the shluchim of Merkaz? These are the shluchim that would travel for a few weeks outside of New York, visiting different communities and connecting with individual Yidden in their respective communities. This was a tradition that began in the late 1940s by the previous Rebbe and the Rebbe encouraged it very much and

15:51 Yud Beis Tammuz was the fabrengen during which the Rebbe referred to them as an inyan of that this is a tzeitz cham loshon before they leave. This was usually the Talmidi HaYeshiva, the Bacharim in 770. The Rebbe then began singing the Nigun Kiv Hasimcha and after that he asked to sing Avinu Malkeinu. The Rebbe then mentioned the name Baruch ben Leo Nachshon. The Rebbe announced who will take upon himself a shlichus to spread Chassidus in 770 and will say l'chaim on this account. The Rebbe added an additional name for this function. Then the Rebbe asked in English if Professor Chanuk is here and the Rebbe instructed him to say l'chaim for himself and for Klal Yisrael. The Rebbe continued in English asking regarding the Hillel director, Rab Mishulam Zalman Hakehen, if he is not sleeping yet. The Rebbe instructed Hirsch Gimpel to say l'chaim and told him in English shlichus to spread Yiddishkeit. In conclusion, the Rebbe inquired about someone if he is already in Detroit. Where is he? He left already into meditation. Wake him up. When he turned to the Rebbe, the Rebbe told him when you will return from Detroit after the meditation you should say twice l'chaim.