Rosh Hashana 5713 (1952-53)

00:00 The in reference to the earlier installment where we discussed what took place by the Rebbe on Rosh Hashanah, Tov, Shin, Yud, Gimel, late nineteen fifty-two. Based on diaries which were written by certain . One of them is Rab Yeal Kan. Second Rab Elia Gross. And third one, Baruch Ham, Yerushalayim BeYisrael. We continue now with what took place Tashlich Tov, Shin, Yud, Gimel. After Mincha, the Rebbe instructed through his secretary that since it will be difficult for the older people to walk quickly, this was walking to the park, botanical gardens, therefore, they should leave earlier in order to they should be able to keep up with the pace. The Rebbe went to Tashlich very quickly, walked briskly, and it seemed like it was on a quick pace because the Rebbe wanted that the sudde, the fabrengen which will take place that day, which was the second day Rosh Hashanah. And since the first day Rosh Hashanah was Shabbos, so therefore Tashlich was postponed for the second day. So coming from Tashlich, they rushed for the sudde, for the fabrengen of Rosh Hashanah, and it seemed from the Rebbe that the Rebbe wanted that it should be c-concluded before sunset. And therefore, the Rebbe walked unusually quickly to the Tashlich and then coming back immediately, a short while later, entering the shul for the fabrengen. The Tashlich was a very beautiful scene. How the Rebbe is walking in the lead and the Hasidim following him. And there were different voices heard from the sides of the street,

02:27 how people are pointing out people who were not Lubavitch Hasidim, as at th-that time, thousands of Hasidim of different circles lived in Crown Heights. There were many shtieblach representing various Hasidim, and they all were in Crown Heights, and they all went to Tashlich. And the male, they would point, they would say, "Here is the Rebbe. Here is the Rebbe Lubavitch." Over the course of the walk to Tashlich, they sang Nigunim. And when they concluded with the Tashlich, the Rebbe advised that they should dance near the water for about ten minutes, which means that the dance continued for ten minutes. When they returned back to seven seventy, everybody rushed for Netilat Yadayim to participate in the Rebbe's fabrengen. In the beginning of the fabrengen, the Rebbe said that since the general inyan of a sudde, making a sudde fabrengen towards the end of Rosh Hashanah is something new, which began last year, a year earlier, Tov, Shin, Yud, Beis. So the Rebbe said, therefore, we can also add another chidush, something additional which is new, that everybody should say L'Chaim, and they can ask for broches. And by including themselves with the klal, all yidden together, those who are here and those who find themselves throughout in the world could accomplish it. This was a chidush because by the previous Rebbe, they would not say L'Chaim Rosh Hashanah. The participants said L'Chaim, and after that, the Rebbe advised to sing the Nigun Habeneni, which is a nigun that was very cherished by the previous Rebbe, and

04:35 after that, the Nigun Nezer Yitzhak. Although the Rebbe generally would get up to dance by the Nigun Nezer Yitzhak, which is a very joyous nigun, but at this point, the Rebbe did not get up to dance, but he remained sitting with his eyes closed. And after that, asked that they should sing the Dalet Bavot of the Alter Rebbe's Nigun. Which is referred to the Alter Rebbe's Nigun that has four stanzas, and it is sung in special auspicious times. Before bentching, everybody thought that the Rebbe is gonna distribute challah like he did in the previous year, and they brought for the Rebbe challahs, and there was even one who figured he will take shirayim, he'll grab shirayim, which was by the Rebbe. The Rebbe and said, " "I was never geidus. I never considered this , this conduct as appropriate." After that, the Rebbe benched on a kas, and during the ziman, the Rebbe stopped a, a short while when he said birshut And after benching, the Rebbe distributed it from the wine of to everyone present, and this all was already concluded before the . After the Rebbe concluded distributing the , the Rebbe then delivered the , which began with the words . The was a very deep , and it took 50 minutes, which was considered longer than usual. Many of the older Chassidim who were present at this recalled that they remembered from the of the earlier Rebbeim, late 1918 in Rostov by the Rebbe Rashab, and likewise in the series of

07:05 late 1934 in Warsaw by the previous Rebbe, that these two different , series of by the Rebbe Rashab and by the previous Rebbe, the- we find that they elaborated on the same topics as the topics that the Rebbe elaborated on in his . But in late 1918, it was over a duration of three . In 1934, it was 10 . And in the Rebbe's today, the Rebbe included the that are discussed in the three of the Rebbe Rashab and the 10 of the previous Rebbe all in one , and with very clear and with additional explanations. With additional explanations. After the Rebbe concluded the , the Rebbe spoke a short , which took about five minutes, in which the Rebbe discussed that the vessel for bringing down, drawing down all the revelations of Rosh Hashanah throughout the year, it is accomplished when a Yid fulfills the fulfillment of mitzvahs in a way as he is still under the inspiration of Rosh Hashanah. After Havdalah, which was delivered through the Gabbai, the Rebbe continued that although Havdalah, separating between sanctity and mundane, it reflects the concept of concealment of of Shabbos and Yom Tov. Nevertheless, the intention of this concealment is that we should search. We should search after the Shabbos and Yom Tov like a father who hides himself from his son in order that his son should look for him. And this is accomplished in a more convenient manner immediately after Rosh Hashanah, since the of Rosh Hashanah gives us the , the potential

09:40 that we should be able to search and find all the of Rosh Hashanah throughout the year. And the Rebbe concluded that the should give, that we should have the search as the expression of the when it'll be , when we search for Ha- Hashem, it'll be we will be able to locate Him. And when it'll be , when we call Him, then it'll be that He will be close to us. And the Rebbe concluded with the that it should be . On Thursday, Tishrei, during the day, there was a , private audience for a group of sponsors, supporters of the Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim. This took place in the Rebbe's room, and the Rebbe delivered for them a , a talk explaining the difference between of a Yid and a, and of one who is not from Am Yisrael. The Rebbe explained that has a very deep insight, and it can be fulfilled from a very high standard perspective. And then the Rebbe spoke about the uniqueness of contributing to Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim, where Talmidim learn Nigla and Chassidus, and they also have an influence on the environment. After the Rashag, Rav Shmarye Gorari, who was the executive of the Yeshivas Tomchei Temimim Lubavitch, so he mentioned to the Rebbe that the Balabatim, the sponsors, want to hear something in regards to the dinner of the yeshiva, which will be taking place on the second day of Shevat. So the Rebbe then spoke that through increasing in the giving of Tzedakah, every one of the contributors

11:56 is blessed with an increase in his account, which means that he will definitely benefit from it in a physical sense. And the Rebbe concluded, We will, Im Yirtze Hashem, continue in the next installment.