The Rebbe: His Focus on the Individual - Part 2

00:01 The hemsech to an earlier installment in the series of Gimel Tammuz, the negiah to the Rebbe's focus on each individual as each one is a world for themselves. We continue now with additional short stories which were related by Rabbi Klein, the Rebbe's maskir, in regarding to the undivided and exclusive attention and focus on each individual separately. There was a woman that came by dollars as the Rebbe would distribute dollars on Sundays from Yud Aleph Nisan Tov Shim Em Vov, that is 1986, through the 26th of the first Adar Tov Shim Nun Beis, 1992. This lady came by dollars and she asked a bracha for children. The Rebbe answered her bekariv. Soon, she insisted and asked, when is bekariv? The Rebbe immediately answered her, it needs to take nine months. And after nine months, she gave birth to a boy. Rabbi Klein continues with an additional story. He had a friend who learned with him together in their childhood in the Yeshiva Eitz Chaim in Yerushalayim. And his daughter didn't give birth already for 11 months from the chasana. And he requested from Rabbi Klein that Rabbi Klein should set up for him a yechidas, a private audience with the Rebbe. Rabbi Klein relates that I gave over to this friend that the Rebbe does not accept people anymore for yechidas. This was already in the 1980s. But he can come for dollars and request a bracha. Having no other choice, he accepted his suggestion and he came on Sunday and he asked a bracha for

02:11 his daughter that she should have children. And the Rebbe asked, why only one child? The Rebbe gave him three dollars. Nine months later, his daughter gave birth to a triplet. And after that, gave birth to a twin. By dollar, by dollars, there were people that figured before they approached the Rebbe, what should they ask? Because if everyone would stop and think what they should ask from the Rebbe while they are on line, the line would never end. And there were many cases that the Rebbe would call the person back after the Rebbe gave him a dollar to give him an additional dollar and said, this is for your father or this is for your mother. There were people which the Rebbe did not know them. They never met the Rebbe. They were amazed how the Rebbe knew what this person had in his mind to ask. To ask also for his father or for his mother. There was a woman who came to the Rebbe asking for a shidduch for her daughter. The Rebbe asked, what is this woman doing? What is the mother doing? And she told the Rebbe that she has a grocery store and she works all week, including Shabbos. The Rebbe told her, if you will close the store on Shabbos, I promise you your daughter will find a shidduch bekariv. But she was not able to agree. She did not consent to that. And she told the Rebbe that first the Rebbe should accomplish that her daughter should find a

04:11 shidduch and then she'll close the store. And she started to argue with the Rebbe that her father went to many Rebbes from Poland and not once did they make conditions in giving their blessings. She went on a yechidas and she did not consent to fulfill this condition. Bepael, in that time period, this was in Newark, there were many proys, much unrest. And one of the stores which was put on fire was the store of this woman. And the melech, she wasn't able to work the whole week, including Shabbos. Within three weeks after that, her daughter became a kala with a talmid of the yeshivas, Rabbi Yitzchak Elchanan. We conclude this installment with a powerful story which took place seemingly in the 1980s. It was a Sunday, Yutes Oder Sheni, and a Yid from Boro Park was waiting right near the Rebbe's house that when the Rebbe comes out from his house going to 770, he will be able to speak with the Rebbe and discuss a certain serious matter that he had on his mind. When the Rebbe came out of the house, the Rebbe spoke with him 10 minutes. The Rebbe gave him guidance and advice in detail. This person later came to 770 and seemingly a bocher realized that he was speaking with the Rebbe. This person was speaking with the Rebbe 10 minutes. He felt he was taking the Rebbe's time. And he threatened that person. He threatened him for taking the Rebbe's time. That person, in a very earnest way, wrote

06:21 to the Rebbe about the threat of this bocher and he received the following response. The contents of the response goes as follows. Number one, what is this bocher doing at that time at the house when according to Seder Yeshiva he's supposed to be with the minyan in 770? Number two, it is known the vort of the Bashemte that a neshamah comes down in this physical world for 70, 80 years and it is to do a favor a Yid. So how could this bocher get involved in this matter? How does he know that this is not the favor for what my neshamah came down in this physical world? Implying to help this Yid. We will im yirtze Hashem continue in the next installment.