Shvuos 5740 (1980) By The Rebbe

00:01 The I will share some sections of a Yoman, a diary that I wrote in Tofshin Mem in 1980, 40 years ago, and, uh, focuses on the days before Chag HaShuas and Chag HaShuas. In Shabbos Mevorchim Sivan, benching the month of Sivan, towards the end of the month of Iyar. The Rebbe at the Farbrengen of Shabbos Mevorchim spoke also about a at, uh, which is a part-time not a full-day the Hagudas L'Rabonim has announced, and the Rebbe said everybody should participate in it. The Rebbe said he will also personally participate in this . The Rebbe mentioned in, in the sicha of the that this was to the situation in the world in general and in Eretz Yisrael in particular. The was on the designated date, and the Rebbe spoke after the . That is when the, the Elul davened Mincha after Mincha, the Rebbe spoke a sicha, and the Elul went home then to finish the . The Rebbe stayed throughout the day and fasted the whole day and davened Ma'ariv at an earlier hour. On the twenty-seventh of Iyar, the Moreh De'as, Rav Zalman Shimon Dvorkin, wrote the guidelines, the heroess directives for this . The took place on Erev Shrei de Sivan, and then it was translated in English. The Rebbe reviewed the translation. There was a comment that the Rebbe made, uh, on what they wrote that the person that does not fast because he didn't take upon himself the in the earlier day during Mincha, so he shouldn't enjoy himself like a

02:17 usual day, although he's not fasting, but he also should limit himself. So in English, they wrote the word inflicting, and the Rebbe made a question mark and exclamation mark that it's not the appropriate word translation for it. The Rebbe also added to the sicha that he spoke the previous Shabbos to the . On the twenty-seventh of Iyar, when the Rebbe got the news that there was a fire in California in, uh, by Chabad, the Rebbe then wrote that after a fire, a person gets rich, and the Rebbe sent eighteen thousand dollars for the new Binyan. On the twenty-eighth of Iyar, the Rebbe went to the Elul, and after Ma'ariv, the Rebbe stayed in his room for about three-quarters of an hour, and then the Rebbe went home. On the way out of seven seventy, the Rebbe went over to HaRav Kook. He is the grandson of the HaRav Kook in Eretz Yisrael, and he is the Rav in Rehovot. The Rebbe spoke with him about five minutes, and a few times the Rebbe told him, "You shouldn't be upset that I did not invite you into my room 'cause I didn't know you were here." And this HaRav Kook spoke about Yerushalayim, um, discussing it with the Rebbe, and the Rebbe then interrupted him in the middle and said, "You are in Rehovot." He says, "Yeah, but I am discussing also something Yerushalayim." The Rebbe requested from him a few times that he should bench him because HaRav Kook is a Kohen, and the Rebbe

04:10 wanted to receive a bracha from him. So he told the Rebbe, "I came to request a bracha from the Rebbe." So the Rebbe continued, "The Alter Rebbe says in the Kunteta that the of Birchas Kohanim is that the brachos, the blessings of Kohanim comes on a very high speed. It comes down into this physical world very quickly." The Rebbe repeated it a few times. And then the Rebbe continued, , "It goes and goes." The Rebbe thanked him for his participation in the Lag BaOmer parade in Rehovot. This is in Tofshin Mem, where in Eretz Yisrael they began making parades Lag BaOmer. And then the Rebbe told him that he should he should receive Torah with joy and inwardness. And the Rebbe continues . That, that was customary by my father-in-law who would bless and wish people before Shuas. And since he's involved also in Shleimus HaAretz, HaRav Kook is involved in making sure that there should be secure boundaries, secure borders, so he should reach and come into Eretz Yisrael be shleimus. And from Eretz Yisrael, the whole world drinks, as our sages tell us, Eretz Yisrael . After the Rebbe went down a few steps walking toward the car, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshivat Har Yerushalayim, a yeshiva of Baalei Tshuva, went over to the Rebbe, and the Rebbe told him, . You have a connection, relationship with Yidden who are higher than the level of tzaddikim gemurim, palichuva. And then the Rebbe mentioned to him, iz ot nit kum, hobn kum falible,

06:26 that I didn't call you to my room. You shouldn't be upset that I didn't call you to my room. The Rebbe says, I poshet don't have the time. When ich benit kum bala bos if the inyonim and I'm not in charge of the inyonim. And the Rebbe thanked him for his speech that the Rosh Yeshiva gave by the Knesset Yokdeila, which was a big gathering in that time. And the Rebbe wished him hatzlach in everything. Erev Mishkei DeSivan, the Rebbe came at the Kriyas HaTeydah. And as usual, he would leave after Ashrei and Uvoltzion. He didn't wait till they said the Kapiklach, which our Ridos HaRabbonim instituted to say with the minyan together. After Mincha, during the end of the Tatanis, the Rebbe stressed the inyan of Achdus Yisrael, unity of the Jewish nation and love of a fellow Jew, which took place on Rishkei DeSivan, Vayi Chan Lashon Yochid, that the whole nation came as one to Mount Sinai. And the Rebbe spoke a second point that the children are our guarantors for receiving Teydah. So therefore, there should be a gathering of children in the days as we are preparing for Matan Teydah, a gathering for boys and girls and to stress to them the inyan of Matan Teydah and their participation in it by coming to shul and together with their parents. And also in Ets Yisrael, they should gather near the Keish Lamaravi and in other sacred places, Marasa Machpela. And Mislamadel received permission to be able to accomplish it. And

08:20 especially that the fast, the Rebbe refers to a specific inyan that the fast is because of an event that took place Yitzayin Ir. There was a terrorist attack then, the Yatra V'li Oleinu, and they should also gather by Keiverochol. And also on Chag Ashruas, they should gather all the children, even those that are one month old, to listen to the Aseres HaDibres. This is the first time that the Rebbe initiated a campaign that every child should be at the reading of the Aseres HaDibres. And the Rebbe continued that the kavani is that they should also reach behind the iron curtain. And the Rebbe continued that he himself will translate it into Russian. The Rebbe began speaking the sikha in Russian. And the contents of the sikha was that according to the rules of the country there behind the iron curtain, they are permitted to practice religion. The mele they should all go to shul. And the police are supposed to be watching the children that no one should hurt them. The sikha concluded about 2.20 in the afternoon. And when the Rebbe walked out, the Rebbe asked how come there was no translation in English. So then the Rebbe continued that each one should ask their friends and they will explain to them the sikha in English. Then the Rebbe turned to Rab Leibo Groner and asked, how come the translator was not here? And the Rebbe walked out. The hemsach to the earlier installment benigea to Chag Ashruas by the Rebbe in the year

10:11 Tov Shen Mem 1980, 40 years ago. And as we shared segments of a diary that I wrote at the time, we're continuing now with the hemsach of the days as it led up to Chag Ashruas and the iruas from the Rebbe at that time. It was Erev Shabbos Parsha Bamidbar Rishkei DeSivan. There were posters publicized that every child that is from one month and older should be brought to shul for the reading of the Aseres HaDibres. The Rebbe asked why was it not noted that this is only if the health allows the child to come to shul at that age. Gimel Sivan, on the third day of Sivan, the Rebbe spoke a sikha to the children that they are the guarantors for the giving of Teydah and in their merit the whole Jewish nation received Teydah and in importance that they should come to shul to listen to the Aseres HaDibres. And the Rebbe said this also pertains to children behind iron curtain in Russia and therefore the Rebbe continued he will speak also in Russian and the Rebbe spoke a short sikha in Russian. On Dalet Sivan, the fourth day of Sivan, the Rebbe did not go to the Eyal. After Maida there was a fabregen during which the Rebbe elaborated on that Hei Sivan was the day that Yidden said Nasev and Nishma and in this merit every one of them merited two crowns. Echod keneged Nasev, Echod keneged Nishma. The Rebbe also addressed the issue that a person in Ets Israel opposed

12:06 and spoke out against the Lag Bema parade and the Rebbe explained what spiritually is the problem that actually prompted him to speak as such. At the conclusion of the farbrengen, the Rebbe asked to sing the nigun achana, the nigun preparation for the Alter Rebbe's nigun, and the Alter Rebbe's nigun in Nezoritza and Ufaratzla. The farbrengen concluded about 12.30 a.m. On Heis Sivan, Erev Shavuot, the Rebbe traveled to the Eyal, and after Mincha, while walking out, the Rebbe began singing the nigun Vesamachta. On the first night of Shavuot, when the Rebbe came into Ma'ariv, usually Ma'ariv was about an hour after sunset, in order that it should be tmimis, complete 49 days of Svara, and the Eyalum was singing a nigun, and the Rebbe, when he reached his place, turned around to the Hasidim and motioned with his hands to encourage the singing even stronger yet. On the second day of Shavuot, the Rebbe came into the farbrengen before the Shkiya. The Rebbe would customarily wash at the end of all the Yomim Tevim of the Sholosh Regolim, including also the second day of Shishlana. He would come into the farbrengen shortly before Shkiya, and the farbrengen would continue for hours. The Rebbe, during the farbrengen, spoke again about the children, also dedicated a sicha for Talucha, which is customary in Lubavitch, Simchas Deida, Pesach and Shavuot, to visit different communities and speak in different shuls and inspire them with Simcha of the Yom Tov. At the conclusion of the farbrengen, the Rebbe asked to sing

13:58 the nigun achana, the preparation nigun before the Alter Rebbe's nigun and the Alter Rebbe's nigun in Nezoritza. And again, Ufaratzla. And then the Rebbe said that since we are now at the conclusion of the farbrengen, there is an expression in Gemara, that the Gemara says that this world is kibei ululas like a Simcha, chatei fachil, chatei fushdi, grab and eat, grab and drink. So the Rebbe said the expression chatei fushdi, that the Elam should say l'chaim before we conclude the farbrengen. While he was preparing for benching, the Rebbe looked a few times around at the crowd, if there were more people that were saying l'chaim, and the Rebbe responded to them l'chaim u'levracha. The conclusion of the farbrengen was 12.25 a.m. Before Avdallah, there were some people that were standing on a table, and the Rebbe motioned a few times with his head and his shoulder that this is not the way things should be set up, that people should not be standing on tables. During Keshel Bracha, the Rebbe gave someone Keshel Bracha also for the children that just arrived, this was 1979-1980, arrived from Persia, Iran, and also gave for the children that were just coming from Iran. To Rav Shlomo Kunin, the Rebbe said, it should be fulfilled by you, the maimer of Kedoshei Elyan, which is mentioned in Chassidus, that after a fire, one becomes rich. As mentioned in the earlier segment of the diary, in the earlier installment, that there was a fire, and the Rebbe gave money already for

15:54 the next building. While Rav Shlomo Kunin was receiving the Keshel Bracha, the Eylam Chassidim were singing then the nigun Alase Lochach, which is a very joyous nigun. And when Rabbi Kunin was descending from his place after leaving the Rebbe with the Keshel Bracha, the Rebbe still motioned to him a few times, encouraging the Simcha. After the Rebbe concluded the distribution of the Keshel Bracha, the Rebbe began singing the nigun Ki Vesimcha. Imirtz Hashem, in the upcoming installment, we will discuss the hemshech of the days after Shavuot. The hemshech to the earlier installments, whereas I shared segments of my personal Yuman diary regarding the Shavuot days of Tov Shin Mem 1980 by the Rebbe, we continue now with installment number three, discussing the Yechidias of Chassidim by the Rebbe. Customarily, many of the guests who arrived for a Yom Tov would merit to enter the Yechidias into the Rebbe's room. Tov Shin Mem was one of the last years when private Yechidias audiences still existed. On Friday, Parshas Nosay, Ches Sivan, the 8th of Sivan, the Rebbe accepted people on Yechidias. To one Chassid who was a Menail, who was running many Moistes institutes of Reshes, which are schools for young children, the Rebbe said that since now, it was already Friday afternoon, it is Shabbos Netzi Israel, but immediately right after Shabbos, he should contact them in Netzi Israel, and he should relate to them that there should be a continuation of activities with the children until Yud Beis Sivan, till the 12th of Sivan,

17:50 including Yud Beis Sivan, which are Yemei Tashlumim days of compensation for Chag HaShavuot. And the Rebbe mentioned to him that I am speaking about it now. To one of the professors, the Rebbe said he should participate in the Mivtzoim. To another professor who is in literature, the Rebbe said that you should make sure that whatever you're doing should come down, be implemented in a practical sense. And to bring in a of Yiddishkeit in your literature. The professor asked the Rebbe, "Should I also include Lubavitch Hasidim in this project?" The Rebbe said, "Not only it's appropriate, but it is necessary." To one of the Chazzanim that had a vort, a l'chaim on Monday, a few days after Sivan, the Rebbe told them that Monday evening there may be a farbrengen, and the farbrengen will probably take place at nine thirty in the evening, so it's better that he should make it earlier, that the vort, the l'chaim should take place earlier. Shabbos Parshas Nasso on the ninth of Sivan, at the farbrengen the Rebbe spoke about continuing the activities with the children through the twelfth of Sivan. The Rebbe then said a ma'amar beginning with the Mishnah which is actually the Pirkei Avos of the Shabbos after Shavuos. And then the Rebbe spoke about the bracha of having many children, and usually the Rebbe would keep his hands under the table during the sichas. And, um, and during this sicha, the Rebbe kept his hands on the table. The Rebbe also instructed there should be another

19:58 gathering of children in the coming days before Sivan. At the conclusion of the farbrengen, the Rebbe gave from the mezeines from the cake that the Rebbe had at the farbrengen and also wine. And the Rebbe told Rabbi Groner that he should pour in from his kos, from the Rebbe's kos, into the kos of Rabbi Yankel Hert. And the rest of the wine in the kos, the Rebbe advised should be returned to his room. And the Rebbe wished Rabbi Yankel hatzlacha rabba. Shabbos, in response to the question of Tziri Agudas Chabad, Lubavitch youth organization, when should they set up the the gathering for the children, the rally? So the Rebbe responded that he is only gonna go out one time, and they can set it up either on Monday or on Wednesday. On Sivan, the next day, which was Sunday evening, Yechidas continued for the guests and Ba'alei Simcha. To one of the Hasidim that entered the Rebbe's room, it was the first time he entered after his chasuna, the Rebbe loudly wished him mazel tov with a broad smile. And in response to this person's question, if he should go to Be'er Sheva to involve himself in Hapratzas Hamayanos, spreading the wellsprings of Hasidus, the Rebbe told him he should settle there, and he should involve himself in spreading Yiddishkeit. And the inner nekuda, the inner point is that that is Hasidus. To a person that asked the Rebbe in Yechidas a certain, uh, remedy, a certain refuah, the Rebbe told him that he should

21:56 visit, uh, by doctors in the United States and Switzerland because they always have new developments in the medical field. To an that came from France, the Rebbe gave him a bracha in French, and the Rebbe concluded the bracha, uh, in French saying that he should have all the needs in a spiritual sense, spiritual needs. And the Rebbe then concluded in Hebrew saying , physically and spiritually, and he should learn Torah with joy. The hemshech to the earlier installments, whereas I shared segments of my personal Yoman diary regarding the Shavuos days of Taf Shin Mem 1980 by the Rebbe, we continue now with installment number four, discussing the Yechidas of Hasidim, et cetera, by the Rebbe. Customarily, many of the guests who arrived for a Yom Tov to the Rebbe would merit to enter into Yechidas in the Rebbe's room. Taf Shin Mem was one of the last years when private Yechidas audiences still existed. We'll discuss now various stories that took place during the Yechidas evening, which was right after Shavuos Taf Shin Mem. A father went in with his young child into Yechidas, and the Rebbe asked the child what is his name. He answered, "Yankiv." The Rebbe asked him, "Do you know who is Yankiv, and who was his father, who was his mother, who was his father's father?" And then the Rebbe got up from his chair, bent over to the child, and gave him shalom and said to him, "Shalom aleichem, Yankiv." That evening, uh, of Yechidas, there was another person

23:54 that went in, uh, from France, and he was in charge of a group of Baalei Teshuva in France. His name was Rav Pashta. And the Rebbe asked him if all the Mekubavim that went in earlier into Yechidas, are they his Mechunachim? Are they his Mekubavim? In total, there were fifty-five Baalei Teshuvas, and the Rebbe gave him money to participate in the expenses of the trip. And the Rebbe added that he should divide it, distribute it equally in order there shouldn't be any arguments amongst each other. And the Rebbe concluded, Meshiach is coming soon, so you will need to go out to greet him with your Mekubavim. To a young Shliach in Eretz Yisrael who went there in the 1970s, the Rebbe gave him two directives. One, he should correspond with Harav Agnon, Rav Moshe Feinstein, who was one of the great poskim of our generation, and correspond with him on a steady basis benegeah to questions that come up in halacha. And the second hero was that he should learn halachos that are negeah lemaisa, halachos that are negeah in a practical sense. Another person went into Yechidas and asked the Rebbe a bracha for children. He said he was already by many doctors, and most recently he sent his medical records and the tests to Texas. And he asked the Rebbe what should he do further. And this was after he was suggested to go to a doctor in Flatbush. So the Rebbe advised him as follows. He should go to the doctor of

26:00 this shul, 770, and the doctor should write a letter to Texas that they should send all the details, all the medical records. And in the letter, he should also include money for the bother that they are processing the records and sending it. He should also sign his name and also send a self-addressed envelope. At the conclusion of the Yechidas, this person asked the Rebbe for a bracha. The Rebbe responded, What do you need my bracha when you have a bracha from the Aibishter? Yud Aleph Sivan, on the 11th of Sivan, which was already at night, 9.30 in the evening, the Rebbe Fabreng Glokovet Yud Beis Sivan, the 12th of Sivan, and spoke about the calendar setting of Tov Shin Mem, 1980, what day in the week it falls out and what parasha it's connected to, and the lesson benegeah to children. In one of the sichas, the Rebbe said that they should relate to the children that there is already the keel mevaset, the news that Mashiach is coming, Ot Kun Mashiach. At the conclusion of one of the sichas, the Rebbe asked to sing the Aderes Va'amuna with the French anthem. This nigun the Rebbe taught us Simchas Teira Tov Shin Lamadalet, late 1973, seven years earlier. The Rebbe then asked for Rabbi Pashta, and he expressed himself saying, where is the keyem? Rabbi Pashta is a keyem. And the Rebbe added, er is fashlofen. He is asleep. He's drowsy. Va'arei ein birchas keyem in balaila. There's no ingyan of birchas keyem in balaila.

27:51 The Ba'al Echuva, the Mekoravim from France told the Rebbe that he's there at the Fabregen, Rabbi Pashta, but he's translating to his Mekoravim what the Rebbe said. So the Rebbe asked in French, is he here or is he there in France? So they told the Rebbe he's here now. So the Rebbe said, no, so let him sing the nigun now. And the Rebbe continued, Mashiach is already preparing to come and is coming and there's no time to wait. Rabbi Pashta began singing the nigun and the Rebbe motioned several times by Yodei Agdeisha to sing the nigun louder and freilicher. And this was all directed toward the group of Mekoravim from France that were at the Fabregen. So the Rebbe was focusing in their direction. At the conclusion of Fabregen, the Rebbe asked to sing Utzu Eicha and the nigun of his father, the nigun Simchas Teira, and the Fabregen concluded 12 a.m. On Yud Beis Sivan, in response to the preparation for the children rally on Yud Gimel Sivan, the Rebbe wrote, Surely he will do now in this ingyan, this kinos, in a manner that it should make an impression on the whole world with a big bang in a literal sense.