900) The Shul to be open in the evenings - Part 1

00:01 As we find ourselves after the 15th of Av, about which the Talmud mentions in the tractate of Taanis that this is the season in the year when the nights become longer, and therefore, there should be an increase in the study of Torah in the evenings. We will therefore discuss now the topic of shuls to be open in the evening. The Rebbe spoke about it several times, as we'll mention further. The first time the Rebbe made mention of it was 1976, Shabbos Bamidbar. The Rebbe then quoted from the previous Rebbe that he wanted the shuls should be open twenty-four hours a day. During a of Yud Aleph Nisan, the 11th of Nisan, the Rebbe's in the year 1978, the Rebbe spoke about it in great length. We'll mention first the points the Rebbe made, and then we'll read from the sicha as it is, it is translated from Sichot in English. The shul should be open many hours in quantity and quality, and then . The Rebbe referred to a call from Agudas Harabonim, which is an organization that includes rabbis from the United States and from Canada, and they came out with a call that shuls should be open in the evening time, and . And the Rebbe says they don't need our rabbinic ordinations, and therefore, people should make sure that the shuls are open a longer time in the winter and in the summer, and there should also be an increase in the quality, and this will also have an impact on as

02:20 they are in . We'll now read from a translation of part of the sicha from Yud Aleph Nisan . The Rebbe said as follows, "From the above, we gain insight of the suggestion that hours during which shuls and houses of study are open should be extended. One of the principal objectives this would achieve is that it should enable people who otherwise would not be able to, to study Torah at night. The law on reference to the learning of Torah is quite clear. Even someone who is in the category of having little knowledge of the Torah must study at least one portion of Torah during the day and at least one portion at night," which this is mentioned in the tractate of and the Rebbe continues, "This is the bare minimum, and it can only be catered to if the shuls are open. Through the strengthening of the voice of Yankef, the prayer and Torah studies of Am Yisrael, so the aggressive hands of the enemies are weakened. Through the increase of prayer and study in the shuls, we can experience the aforementioned even during the Galus. We saw that in the Galus of Mitzrayim, in the exile of Egypt, long before we were actually released, the shackles of servitude were broken from upon us, so it will be for us in the coming days." We'll im yirtzeh Hashem continue in the next installment.