The Rebbe Rashab - Part 12

00:00 The hemshech in continuation to the earlier installments in regards to the Rebbe Rashab, and in particular, the nigeh to his Hemshech Ayin Beis, which is a series of Ma'amarim discourses that he delivered over a period of three and a half years. We continue now with installment number 12, referring back to the earlier installment where we discussed the Rebbe Sicha on 20 Kislev 5737, late 1976, where the Rebbe the first time presented this inyan to Chassidim, elaborating about this Hemshech and considering to publish it. And as we see further that the Rebbe did not want to take the responsibility on his own, and therefore he wants Chassidim to participate in it. The Rebbe continues after he discussed from when he has a copy of this Hemshech and what brought him to make a copy of it. The Rebbe continued in the Sicha that then he began thinking, how is it that all different Ma'amarim are being published and hemshechem are being published, which are sequences, series of Ma'amarim, and davka, this Hemshech is not published. And this is a Hemshech that the Rebbe Rashab put in a lot of energy and it's a gikohten in this Hemshech, and there are gdeles ve'neflos, great inyanim and neflos wonders in comparison to the neflos, the wonders that are in the Hemshech of Samach Vav, which was delivered in the year 1906, and other hemshechem. The Rebbe continues, if I can see to it that it should be published, money we're not short of by Chassidim. And if I'm

02:26 not gonna publish it, I am taking the responsibility of doing exactly the opposite of the theme of spreading the wellsprings of Chassidus to the outside. On the other hand, there are many reasons which I have that I fear to do this. Then I came up with a certain idea. What do I need to carry this responsibility myself? I will throw it in amongst Chassidim, and I will say very clearly that money it will not cost them. Bother will not cost them. And they also will not be forced that to learn this Hemshech from beginning till the end. I just wanna make sure that I have the responsibility also for, from Chassidim on something that we're gonna publish and then s-circulate it. This is the whole entire Hemshech from the year Taf Resh Ayin Beis, therefore with the chelek that was not published, um, and was not actually said, and the heis sofus. And the Rebbe continues, in order that their responsibility should be expressed also in gashmiyus, in a physical manner, symbolically. So although I just mentioned that I will not ask for any money by anyone, to be exempt completely without anything is impossible. And therefore, we need that they should carry the responsibility on it also in a physical manner. And therefore, we're suggesting that everyone who wants to take the responsibility and participate in this project to publish the Hemshech, despite all various svados and hasbainas and calculations, which some of them have a place in kedusha. Vaharaya that this Hemshech could

04:50 have already been published many years ago, and it was held up. So this in itself is a sign that there is some kind of an explanation in kedusha why it was not published till now. So in order to know and to be sure that the opinion of the public is that now the time came to publish it, we need proof not only in a verbal manner, but also that a person should participate mimomeinay, from his money. Even if it's one pruta that he can, uh, uh, buy, he can, uh, save chayai nafshe, the life of a soul, as the Alter Rebbe says b'nigeh to tzedakah in chapter Peh Teklaf Medzayin in Tanya. Surely, one will ask that everyone who agrees to carry the responsibility will give one dollar. And those who wish so can give also for their wives a dollar and a dollar for all the members of the household, even for a child that's one day old. Because since the child has already studied the whole Torah when he was in the womb of his mother, so b'meila he also learned The . But in between came the malach, and he slapped him on his mouth. And then later when he comes out into the world, when he's born, and a dollar is given for him as a participation, this is already a beginning that should remind him and that he should begin remembering what he learned in the womb of his mother. As the Gemara tells us that this was in a

06:40 state that a candle was lit on his head when he was taught the whole Torah. As the Talmud tells us in . And in summation, the Rebbe begins concluding that all those who want to carry the responsibility should give not more or not less than one dollar for every individual. Likewise for everyone from the family. And those that are in other countries should give a monetary, uh, uh, shekel, a , a a coin which means a, um, monetary, uh, coin which is the value of an American dollar. And according to the number of dollars or pounds which will come in, we will know how many people are participating in this responsibility. And surely it will be a mispar, a big number, not only in quality, but also in qual-- in quantity. And then later then we can already begin the publishing. The Rebbe continued that that this should be done in a very quick manner and the the resolution in its own right should already hasten the since this is a resolution for spreading the wellsprings of chassidus. The Rebbe continues and reiterates that it is not important here the names of the individual people, but basically the number of dollars that come in and from the number of dollars we know how many people are participating and supporting this . The Rebbe continued that likewise those who are living outside of New York in various countries, since there is an office of Merkos or Machne Israel in their local area, so they can bring

08:47 the money into their office. And just to mention the number of dollars which are included in the envelope or the number of coins which have the values of dollars, and no need to mention the names. And the Rebbe the Rebbe said, uh, that, uh, as soon as they will hand in the dollars and the Rebbe himself put in the first dollar into the envelope, mentioned his personal name. So the Rebbe continued and said that already this and this person mentioning his name already began, uh, preparing and hoping and being assured that there will be many of, of the Yidden who will take upon themselves the of this . And the Rebbe continues in the next that although usually there is sponsors and their names are mentioned in the in the that they have, the Rebbe says, but here as an exception to this there will be no no dedications. And we also ask the proofreaders and the printers and everyone who will be involved in this that their names should not be published in this and their merit, their the Aibishter knows about it. And it is only the name of the Rebbe Rashab which will appear in the sefer together with the name of the previous Rebbe and nothing more. And those that want to participate in the, the greater participation in addition to a dollar they can buy the sefer once it is published and circulate it in, in either for free or selling it, and that'll be their participation in this sefer.

11:12 And the Rebbe continues that I am asking, requesting by the printers and the proofreaders and everyone who is involved in preparing it that they shouldn't be upset that their name will not be published there, and they will get all the brochos from the Aibishter in, in, in, in... They will get their brochos from the Aibishter, and they won't be missing anything, only the publicity. But since this is a special matter, and since there is suspicions and cons-concerns about the publishing of the sefer, therefore the simplest way is that no one is cited as a participator in this . The Rebbe requested that the three volumes of the should be published in the projected dates. One is Yud Shvat, the second volume should be Purim, and the third one Beis Nissan, which is the of the Rebbe Rashab.