The 22nd Day of Shvat: The Rebbetzin OBM

00:00 The the Rebbe Shvat, the of the Rebbetzin, we will discuss a few short , which were delivered in the week and also days before the of the Rebbetzin and an anecdote which took place on Tav Shin Mem Ches. The first event took place on Tav Shin Mem Ches, late nineteen eighty-seven. But first we will refer back to Tav Shin Yud, late nineteen forty-nine, some thirty-eight years earlier. A then benched the previous Rebbe with good wishes for the new year. The previous Rebbe responded that this is a time that focus needs to be on the public, not on the individual. As we know that Tav Shin Yud was the previous Rebbe's last year by in this world. Later during the year on Yud Shvat, the previous Rebbe was . Tav Shin Mem Ches, Rabbi Clapman, a in Crown Heights, and some of his children had a close relationship with the Rebbetzin. On this day, they benched the Rebbetzin with best wishes for the new year. The Rebbetzin responded with this exact same response as mentioned earlier that the previous Rebbe said, "This is a time that focus needs to be on the public, not on the individual." During the year when one of the Clapman daughters bid farewell to the Rebbetzin, the Rebbetzin gave her a hug which was unusual. After Shvat, the family understood the Rebbetzin's comment on Shishana, and the girl understood that the hug was her last visit to the Rebbetzin. A second , it was after the twenty-second of Shvat when Hasidim

02:11 realized the impression of the Rebbetzin. The Rebbe no longer farbreng the middle of the week, be it Yud Tes Kislev or Yud Shvat or Yud Beis Tammuz. The farbrengens remained only on Shabbos and Yom Tov, and later on also a sicha on certain occasions during the week. The Shabbos farbrengens changed in style and also were becoming shorter. It was Pesach Tav Shin Mem Ches, nineteen eighty-eight, Rabbi Yolles from Philadelphia would customarily visit the Rebbe on Chol Hamoed Sukkot and Chol Hamoed Pesach. On the eighteenth of Nisan, Chol Hamoed Pesach, Rabbi Yolles asked the Rebbe to continue with the regular schedule as he did prior to Shvat. The Rebbe responded that people who came to console him forgot that this is an entire sugia, an entire, uh, discussion in the Talmud, in the Sanhedrin about the loss of the first wife. One of the things which the Gemara mentions that is lost is the lack of advice. When we look back in the sicha of the fifteenth of Shvat, the last weekday farbrengen that we had by the Rebbe to date, the Rebbe states, as it was translated by Sichas in English, "With this power, the previous Rebbe's life teaching Hasidus and guiding his followers, we may also find in his teachings answers and advice in all areas of divine service as they are illuminated in Hasidus. This rule will apply to questions in divine service and Hasidic custom, there being no reason to ask since the answers may all be found. Likewise, in matters of

04:10 healing and health, since the Taylor directs the doctor to heal and the individual to be healthy, as explained in the laws of the Rambam and Shulchan Aruch of the Beis Yosef as well as in The Alter Rebbe Shulchan Aruch, therefore, there is no need to ask questions. Similarly, questions of business of may be answered by seeking advice of knowledgeable friends. In all these areas, there should be no reason to seek directives or answers, for in the teachings of the previous Rebbe, one may find all the answers." Which basically the Rebbe is speaking here about finding all the advice already in the sichas from the previous years or seeking the advice of experts. A third nekuda during the yechidus on the evening of the twenty-first of Shvat, there were several groups who merited to enter into yechidus by the Rebbe, a group of Hasanim and Kalus, a group of Bar Mitzvahs, and the general bulk group of Hasidim who were here as guests. In the last sicha to the general yechidus for all orchim, the guests, the Rebbe concluded with the words . And the word is bolded in the printed sicha which seemed to be loud. Rebbe seemed to conclude the sicha on a loud note. This was the last closing word the Rebbe said in public to the large group of Hasidim guests before the of the Rebbetzin . The hemsech to the earlier installment, B'neguer to the Rebetzin, we're continuing now with installment number two. Referring to various stories, short stories that the

06:17 Rebbe either spoke with individual people or expressions from the Rebbe to the Rebetzin. When the Rebbe and the Rebetzin lived on New York Avenue and President Street before they moved into their house on President Street, when the Rebbe went from his house to 770, he would walk through President Street. The Rebetzin would escort him from the window of their apartment on New York Avenue. In the middle of the block, the Rebbe turned around, looked at the Rebetzin who was escorting him from the window, and the Rebbe motioned with his hands as saying goodbye. Another occasion when the Rebbe once came into his house after a day's work, it was Yud Dalet Kislev, the anniversary date of the Rebbe and the Rebetzin. The Rebbe walked over to the Rebetzin and said, "Mazel tov, heint is unser chassene tok. Mazel tov, today is our wedding day." There was another occasion when the Rebetzin did not feel well and she was resting in bed. The Rebbe was unaware of it. There was a fabringen then into the late hours of the night. And when the Rebbe came home, he was notified about her condition. He immediately ran up the staircase to her room and he sat with her till the morning. Now, B'neguer, two stories of N'shei Chabad sending a bouquet of flowers to the Rebetzin. It was many years ago that N'shei Chabad sent to the Rebetzin, Lekovid her birthday, a bouquet of flowers. And they also attached an envelope that contained names of people that needed

08:24 brachos. And the intention was that the Rebetzin will give over the reshimah, the list of names to the Rebbe. The bouquet of flowers was given over to the Rebetzin and the envelope was given over to the Rebbe. The Rebbe looked at the envelope and saw that it was addressed to the Rebetzin. The Rebbe asked, "Why are they bringing me an envelope that is addressed to the Rebetzin?" The Meshares, the person helping in the house, answered that this is a list of people that need brachos. The Rebbe responded, "Nu, sie ken doch eich benshen zei. Nu, she can also bless them." On another occasion, a kvutzeh, a group of women from France brought a bouquet of flowers for the Rebetzin with an envelope of names that needed brachos and they brought it to the Rebetzin. The Meshares took the pigen and gave it over to the Rebbe. The Rebbe said he should give it to the Rebetzin. A smile appeared on the face of this person helping in the house. The Rebbe became serious and the Rebbe said, "Why are you laughing? She is a daughter of the Nesi Hador that his brachos were fulfilled. She is a granddaughter of Nesi Hador that his brachos were fulfilled. She's a great-granddaughter of a Nesi Hador that his brachos were fulfilled and you're laughing?" During the shiva, when people came to be melacha maval, one of the people that approached the Rebbe told the Rebbe that he heard many unique qualities about the Rebetzin. The Rebbe said, "This

10:25 is underestimated. Only Hashem knows all her qualities." On another occasion during the shiva, there was one of the Rebbes from other circles that came to be melacha maval the Rebbe and he asked how old the Rebetzin was. The Rebbe answered that in general, we do not count years, but since he asked, her birth date is on the 25th of Adar, which on this day she is supposed to become 87. In conclusion, there was a family that knew the Rebbe and the Rebetzin from France. Their name is Gorlin. Rabboruch Gorlin had a very special relationship with the Rebbe and his mother had a relationship with the Rebetzin and he was also very helpful when the Rebbe registered in Sorbonne. This was already discussed in detail in the audios number 174 through 177. The son-in-law, Mr. Lassner, alav hashalim, related the following. After they visited the Rebetzin a few months earlier and it was the occasion that the Rebbe was distributing dollars, so they stood out lying to receive a dollar from the Rebbe. Mr. Lassner relates that he felt a strong will to tell the Rebbe that we visited the Rebetzin two months earlier and if the Rebbe will allow me, I want to say something to the Rebbe. And he said to the Rebbe as follows, "Behind every great man stands a great woman." When the Rebbe heard it, the Rebbe smiled, very wide smile, as this person told me that it was from ear to ear.