The Sefer Torah to greet Moshiach Tzidkenu - part II

00:00 Behamishach in continuation to the earlier installment regarding the initiative of the previous Rebbe to write a Sefat Eida with which to greet Moshiach, we now continue with installment number two. The writing of the Sefat Eida was on a special parchment, skin of schutes uchsedes. The previous Rebbe wanted that this should be processed in Eretz Yisroel, and he turned with this request in a telegram to Moreinu HaRab Slima Yehuda Leib Eliyahu Azerov in Eretz Yisroel, and the date is the second of Chesuv. The previous Rebbe writes as follows, I wrote a telegram to my Yedid, ben Geir, to obtaining parchment, which was from Eretz schutes uchsedes, which were processed lishma, the size should be six tvachim, for the purpose of writing Be'ezrat Hashem HaSefat Eida, with which we will greet Moshiach be'koriv mamesh. Om nom, ba'gimel kislev, there was a change. The previous Rebbe writes that the receiving, obtaining the parchment for the Sefat Eida will be very expensive, so therefore I feel it should be done here in the United States. And indeed, the parchment was obtained in the United States, despite the difficulties in obtaining parchment at that time, since most of the Eretz were taken by the government for the war needs. This was during World War II. And after they began writing, the previous Rebbe writes on the sixth of Iyar, Tov Shin Beis 1942, to the Hasid Abel Elnochim Sklar, that with this I want to give you the authority to interest yourself about receiving and obtaining the Eretz in order

02:19 to process the parchment for the Sefat Eida that we're writing, Im Yirtza Hashem, that they should be enhanced, mishchutes uchsedes, and that somebody should be supervising it very accurately. And the Eibister should help that we should be able to greet Pnei Moshiach Tzedekenu b'meheira v'yameinu b'chesed u'v'rachamim, which means very soon with chesed, goodness and mercy. All the expenses, ben Geir, to obtaining the parchment and the payment for the scribe, HaRab HaChasid HaRab Shmarye Factor, was all on the Chezm HaProt, the personal account of the previous Rebbe. And the Nedavas, when people contributed for the Sefat Eida, the previous Rebbe handed it over to the Kupa, to the fund of Mekers Linyon Echinoch and the Kupa Machar Yisroel, which were two organizations under the auspices of the previous Rebbe. They began writing the Sefat Eida, but to conclude it took many years. At some point, it seemed like it stopped, and it's unknown why. And in the year Tov Shin Lamed, 1970, during the Fabregen of Shabbos Parshat Vo'eira, a week before Yutzvat, which is the day of the passing of the previous Rebbe, and it was the 20th anniversary of Yutzvat, the passing of the previous Rebbe in 1950, and this was in 1970. So the Rebbe announced at the Fabregen that we're going to be concluding, completing the Sefat Eida of Moshiach in the coming days. And the Rebbe said as follows, that for understandable reasons, we wanted that the siyum, the conclusion, the completing of the Sefat Eida that the previous Rebbe began

04:30 writing should be on the occasion of the conclusion of the 20 years since his passing, which is in 1970. And the Rebbe quotes from the Jerusalem Talmud regards to Shimshon, that the Talmud tells us that Shimshon's name is the name of Hashem, as it says, And as Hashem is compared to Shemesh without the mugging, so in one verse it says that Shimshon judged the Jewish nation 40 years. In another place it says 20 years. From this we derive that even 20 years after his passing, they've plished him. The Philistines feared him as he would have been then alive. And therefore the Rebbe continues, the siyum, the conclusion of the Sefat Eida will be after noontime of Friday, which is the closest possible time to Yutzvat, since Yutzvat that year was on Shabbos. So therefore this will be Friday, early afternoon. And this is when it actually took place. It was Friday, Erev Shabbos K'dosh Parshat Boi. Yutzvat in the afternoon, Tov Shelamed. This is, in other words, Erev Shabbos of Yutzvat, Shabbos Yutzvat. The Sefat Eida was completed with a great celebration. We will, Im Yirtza Hashem, continue in the next installment.