The Radio: Part 4

00:00 The hemshech in continuation to the earlier installments in regards to the topic of radio, we continue now with installment number four, referring to a sicha of the Rebbe from Tammuz Tov Shin Mem Beis, summer nineteen eighty-two, as is translated here in English. The general innovation of radio is that through it is revealed a quality that Hashem planted in his world, that a person can speak in one place and the words we-- will be heard throughout the ends of the earth, even to the edge of the heavens, without regard to the distance, and the words are heard instantaneously without any delay whatsoever. There is no need to wait even one minute, sixty seconds. Accordingly, it is understood that when Chassidus is studied over radio waves, this brings about the fulfillment of your wellspring shall spread outward, yafutzu mine sechar chatza, in the loftiest manner, because the wellsprings of Chassidic teachings reach and penetrate through radio waves the entire world instantaneously without any limitations of time and space. And as has been discussed many times, although in matters where hearing a human voice is necessary, such as fulfilling a mitzvah, one cannot discharge, exempt himself from the obligation via listening through radio, telephone, etc., since the sound heard from such devices is not a human voice, but rather the sound of metal vibrating through a secondary force. Nevertheless, in our case, this is irrelevant, for the matter at hand is not about hearing a literal human voice, but rather hearing the concepts of Chassidus, "Your wellsprings," quote-unquote.

02:13 Therefore, through radio, this goal is achieved in the most exalted way. And there is an additional advantage in this matter when the concept of spreading your wellsprings outward is accomplished through writing Chassidic ideas in letters or the like. It is known from the sages saying in the tractate of Sanhedrin thirty-five A, "What lies in a person's heart is not written down," meaning that written words cannot convey the excitement and passion of the heart, that it should be apparent that the words are coming from the heart, etc. Similarly, when the spreading of the wellsprings is done through an agent or an agent of an agent, a student or a student of a student, through multiple vessels, first vessel, second vessel, and so forth, the degree of excitement conveyed depends on the enthusiasm of the agent, and it is not the same as the excitement of the sender himself, the one located at the source of the wellspring, quote-unquote. From this, the great advantage of spreading the wellsprings via radio waves is understood, because due to the quality that Hashem implanted in the nature of metal as used in the radio device, it is capable of transmitting not only the content of the words, but also the manner in which they are said, so that throughout all parts of the Earth, people can hear and sense that the words are coming from the heart, spoken with great passion and enthusiasm, to the extent that the magnitude of this passion is such as mentioned, the Rebbe's referring to

04:08 something that he mentioned earlier in that fabrengen, were it not for the instruction of the Rebbe L'Shaab that after a state of running, a ratzui, which is a yearning to connect to higher, there must follow a return, a shuv, which means the soul needs to remain in the body and not expire by desiring to connect to higher spheres. Since this is the soul's mission in world, who knows what might have happened? And because of the directive of the Rebbe L'Shaab does he have no choice and remains a soul within a body and continues the next mitzvot Shabbos to give Tanya lessons over the radio. With this installment, we conclude the series on the topic of radio.