The Rebbe Rashab: Hemshech 5672 - Part 3

00:01 The hemshech in continuation to the earlier installments in regards to the Hemshech Ayin Beis, referring to the Mayim Arim of the Rebbe Rashab, which he began delivering on Shavuos of the year Ayin Beis, 1912. Mayim Arim that were said, a specific sequence, continuance, which continued over three and a half years. We continue now with installment number 10. We'll discuss different occasions where the consideration for publishing this Hemshech arose. In an introduction to a kuntres, a booklet which was published in 1943 by Kahas, the Rebbe then writes, that it should be the will of Hashem that we should be able to find quickly the means necessary to publishing the series of Mayim Arim of the Rebbe Rashab, the basics of Teres Achsidis, and they are known as the Hemshech of Yom Tefseret Shoshana Taf Resham Achvav, which is a Hemshech of 61 Mayim Arim delivered in 1906, and the Hemshech of Beshoshay Ikdimu of Terav Ayin Beis, which is a total of 144 Mayim Arim. Three years later, the Rebbe writes a letter to Rab Yankiv Landau, who was the Rav in Bnei Brak. He was a Hasid of the Rebbe Rashab and was zecher to be around the Rebbe Rashab. The Rebbe writes the following, The Rebbe continues, I have discussed it several times with Anash, with Hasidim locally, but what is the use, what is the benefit in speaking about it when the publishing entails an expense of at least $10,000? And who's going to sponsor this money? In a letter in 1949, the

02:26 Rebbe writes in the third volume of his Igress Kadesh, that benagiat of the Hemshech Ayin Beis, I have already written and notified some of Anash, some of the Hasidim, that I do have the permission to publish it, which seems like this was the consent of the previous Rebbe, but we still need the means ahead of time, at least part of them, because this is not a sefer that will be sold mainstream. In other words, not everybody is going to appreciate such a sefer. It's a deep sefer Yechsidis. And as far as it is known to me, no one did anything about it since I started to speak about it till now, and this is already a matter of four to five years. During the Suda, the second day Pesach, Tov Shin Chavhei, 1965, the Rashag of Shmari Yegorari, who was the Rebbe's older brother-in-law, related at the Suda that Rav Chaim Lieberman, who was the previous Rebbe's secretary, Maskir, spoke with him, with the Rashag, this past Purim, which is Purim Tov Shin Chavhei, and expressed a feeling of bitterness about the fact that although Mayim Ari Yechsidis, discourses of Yechsidis of all the Rabbeim are being published, nevertheless the Mayim Arim of the Rebbe Rashab were not published yet. And in particular, the Hemshech known as Beshoshay Ikdimu, the Hemshech Ayin Beis. And he continued that it seems like the Rebbe is doubtful if he should publish this Hemshech, and according to Rav Chaim, if Hasidim would request from the Rebbe to publish it,

04:41 the Rebbe would respond in an affirmative way. When the Rebbe heard this, the Rebbe said, we see Vepael, we see it in an actual practical sense, that the previous Rebbe published Mayim Arim of all the Rabbeim besides Mayim Arim of his father, which the Rebbe is implying that there is a reason why the Mayim Arim of the Rebbe Rashab were not printed immediately when the Mayim Arim of the other Rabbeim were published. So the Rashag continued and said, it seems like it was a side reason, benagiat to the previous Rebbe. And he continued relating a story that happened when he was a bachar. The Mayim Bacharusi Bishnas Ezras, that's 1917, I merited to escort the Rebbe Rashab on his trip from Rostov to Moscow. Rebbe Rashab then, in Elo of the year Tov Reshai in Zion, participated in conferences of Rabbonim and communal Askonim. And the Rashag continues that the Rebbe Rashab Was in a very uplifted mood, and he then spoke about the Seder of his Maymurim discourses that till Tafri Samach Vav was one era, that's till 1906, and from 1906 till Ayin Beis 1912 began a new era. And Rebbe Rashab concluded that all this does not come to the Seder which began in the Hemsek Ayin Beis, which is in the year 1912. Which means that whatever was said earlier is on one standard, but the Hemsek of Ayin Beis is in a completely different standard. And the Rebbe Rashab told the Rashag that the Rashag should ask his uncle, who

06:56 was a gvir, Rab Shmuel Gurari, and also his uncle, Rab Nosson Gurari, that they should take upon themselves to fund the expenses that are entailed in the publishing of the Hemsek Ayin Beis. Interesting to note also that Rab Yankel Landau writes that he heard from the Rebbe Rashab, I'll say it first in Yiddish and then translate it in English. Ich volt zehr well ad der beshor sheikdimu ayin beis zola ruis. Es zol zich gefinnen ver es zolas kopiren. Ve'omer ezeh betzar. I would very much want that the Hemsek of Beshor Sheikdimu Ayin Beis should be published. There should be someone who is willing to mimeograph it. And he said it with an expression of tzar, pain, agony. And the Rashab continues that because of a certain reason, a side reason, it did not come into practical sense. Also a letter that was written by one of the Guraris, the Rebbe Rashab wanted very much that they should be written and they should study in it, but there were tzibas, reasons why it was not fulfilled. When the Rebbe heard all this, the Rebbe thought for a while, and then the Rebbe said, Are you with the full seriousness considering to publish the Hemsek Ayin Beis? And the Rashag answered, Sure. What is there to wait for? Less than a year later, during the Suda of the first day Sukkot Tav Shin Chavav, late 1965, the Rashag continued requesting for the publishing of the Hemsek Ayin Beis. And one of the people present at the Suda,

08:54 Rab Shmerel Gurari, Rab Shmaryo Gurari, who was a neder from Eitz Yisroel, he would come every year to the Rebbe. He said that in Eitz Yisroel there are sponsors for this project. The Rebbe, with a smile, responded, Is it according to my hasogas, my understanding, or your understanding? Rab Shmerel answered, According to the Rebbe's hasogas, according to the Rebbe's perspective. The Rashag turned to Rab Shmerel Gurari and he said, You're hearing the sum, the total sum that the Rebbe mentioned here, $30,000. Don't try to run away. The Rebbe answered with a smile, It's Yom Tov, but maybe he cannot run away. We will, im yirtzeh Hashem, continue in the next installment.