The Third Day of Slichos - Part 1

00:01 The to the early installments . We continue now with installment number two, and we'll discuss, the uniqueness of Gimmel , the third day selichos. The Rebbe in a fabringen, Gimmel 1969, said the following, "The inyan of Gimmel was revealed by the previous Rebbe when he was already in the United States," which is in the 1940s. "And as it was published in his Reshimah in Sefer that both Chai Elul and Gimmel were amongst the inyanim that were not revealed till the appropriate time came to reveal them." Gimmel selichos in particular, the previous Rebbe writes in the above Reshimah that on the third day of selichos, the Alter Rebbe would say only for Rebbe. And when the Tzemach Tzedek grew up, the Alter Rebbe would say also for him. Likewise, it was the stated by the Tzemach Tzedek that he would say on this day for the Rebbe Maharash. The Rebbe Maharash would say for the Rebbe Rashab, and the Rebbe Rashab would say for the previous Rebbe. And the previous Rebbe continues in this Reshimah and cites that everyone in his time gave over to the one that they said the ma'amar for, that it should be besod, it should be kept a secret. Likewise, the Rebbe Rashab told his son, the previous Rebbe, that it should be besod till the time comes when he will tell him to reveal it. In a sicha of Gimmel that the Rebbe spoke to Nshei of Bnei Chabad as it was customary by the Rebbe to address Nshei of

02:11 Bnei Chabad in the selichos days as a preparation for Rosh Hashanah. The Rebbe said the following, referring to Gimmel . "For a long time, it wasn't known that the third day of selichos is distinguished from amongst the other selichos days till the previous Rebbe, the Nasi of our generation, related about this, uh, wrote about this, and also instructed to publish it. From this, we understand that now the distinguished day of the third of selichos has a connection, a shaychus to all, every individual." And the Rebbe continues, "In the beginning, the, uh, difference between the third day of selichos and other days when it was just revealed, only very few knew about it." As the Rebbe mentioned in the earlier sicha, to the Alter Rebbe that he would say in the third day of selichos, and also then it wasn't for all, and also not for special selected talmidim. Even more yet, not even for all the children. Only for one and, and chosen child from amongst the children. As it's mentioned that it was basically for the children in each generation, which will become the memaleh makom, the successor. They were chosen to hear the ma'amar from Gimmel . The Rebbe be- begins elaborating about this fact. When we look at it, what took place over here is something that raises a question. Since the Rabbeim wanted that this day, the uniqueness of the day should remain besod, should remain private, to the extent that they have instructed their children that n- they should not

04:58 tell it to anybody, even to the close ones in the family, how is it that the previous Rebbe publicized it, and he even asked to publish it? The Rebbe continues, "In reality, we find this in relationship to many inyanim of Torah. It is simply understood that the neshamas of the later generations are not as great as the neshamas of the earlier generations. When the Beis Hamikdash existed, and even right after the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, there were generations of taluyim, and then amiruyim, and then gehinnom, and then reshayim. And the further the generations move on, the greatness of Yid and Yiddishkeit becomes smaller and smaller. On the other hand, we find that in a later generation, there are additional explanations and answers in inyonim of Chochmas HaTeida. So the cheider here, it's also not understood. Since the inyon of Teida is the most precious and sacred inyon in the world, so it should have already been in its fullest measure by the earlier generations. And as the generations move on and the descent of the generations, the understanding Teida should have been smaller, minimum in comparison to the earlier generations. So the Rebbe explains, it is known the mashal which is brought in Svarim from G'dei LeYisrael, a parable that when you take a midget and you place him on the shoulders of a giant, this little person, this midget seems to look as the giant looks. He's on top of the giant. And this is the explanation when you get to Limud HaTeida

06:57 of these generations. On one hand, we need to know that if we wouldn't have been placed on the shoulders of the previous generations, the giant, we would not have been able to see as far. On the other hand, after we were placed on the shoulders of this giant, it lies on us the responsibility to look and to see further yet than the giant himself sees. And if we don't do it, we do not fulfill the mission and the intention, the purpose of our creation. Therefore, the inyon of Gimel Selichas remained a sod. The Friedrich Rebbe revealed it as it is a chosen special day in which the Alter Rebbe and his successors would say a special maimer, a new revelation in the Seder Sateira on this day. And from this we understand that since the previous Rebbe revealed it here in the United States, it's understood that the instruction to reveal it came from a higher world during the time that the previous Rebbe was here in the United States.