The Rebbe Rashab - Part 9

00:01 The hemshech in continuation to the earlier installments, and in particular regarding the background, the hemshech tofrish ayin beis terav, the continuance sequence of the discourses which the Rebbe Rashab began delivering in 1912 and continued over the next three and a half years. We continue now with installment number nine. The previous Rebbe relates an additional story on the background of this hemshech. He writes as follows, In one of my father's letters, which he sent to me from Menton in France, a vacation city, where for health reasons my father spent time there, he wrote that he is baruch Hashem pleased. Hashem has fulfilled his will. And his hope, which he expressed while traveling from Lubavitch to Warsaw, and about which I asked him in one of my letters, has already come from the potential status to actuality. The previous Rebbe continues to describe the winter of 1912. When I escorted my father from Lubavitch to Warsaw, he told me that he hopes that while he is in Menton, he will have enough time to think about a new topic in Chassidus. It is unnecessary to say that I had a strong yearning to know what is this new topic in Chassidus on which my father is working. But on the other hand, I thought to myself that sincerely one should not need to want to know things like this. When I visited my father in Menton for Shabbos Parshav Oiro, Rishchei Deshvat, I found him in an uplifted and very positive mood and satisfaction. I felt that

02:14 this came as a result of the Avde in Chassidus, which brought about for him a great delight. The previous Rebbe quotes what his father told him on this occasion. And it is as follows. Over the course of years, I toiled myself and dedicated my character traits to comprehend the Avde of Chassidus. A Chassidic delight surrounded me. I do not take credit for this. This is a gift. The Rebbe Rashab continues, It is known to all how disgusting it is to exaggerate. And after all this, I say in an obvious manner for all that when Hashem merits a person to delve into a topic of Chassidus with great depth, one senses the air of Gan Eden. The physical brain and the human intellect of one who exerts himself in the study of Chassidus, one then understands a godly concept. Everyone who toils into the philosophy and Avde of Chassidus can reach very high and great standards. The previous Rebbe concludes that a half a year after this meeting, on Shruas 1912, my father began delivering this hemshech, the series of discourses, and continued until Shabbos Parsis Vo'iro tofrish ayin vov, late 1915. We will, im yirtzeh Hashem, continue in the next installment.