Yud Tes Kislev by The Rebbe: Part I

00:00 Good Yom Tov. We're, we're gonna discuss today, im yirtzeh Hashem, The Seder of different Yud Tes Kislev's that took place by the Rebbe. From taf shin yud alef, the Rebbe then said that preparing for Yud Tes Kislev should be through being mashpia on a million of people in Machshava, Dibbur, U'maaseh. The Rebbe says then it will be atem l'tzovim hayom in the Chassidishe Rosh Hashanah, that everyone will picture the image of the previous Rebbe's Kisei Hakedosh and will say, "Here is the minyan that I gathered. On this one, I accomplished in maaseh, that he should act accordingly. On another one, I accomplished with dibbur, on another one, I accomplished the machshava, and their names and mother's name should be, uh, re-recorded in writing in order to be mentioned on the Siyum. In taf shin yud beis, it seems like this was Erev Yud Tes Kislev, so the Rebbe says the hachana that expresses itself in not saying Tachnun Mincha Erev Yud Tes Kislev is the inyan of Sur Merah. So he's not mentioning negative things. In order that the hachana of Yud Tes Kislev should also be in Aseh Tov, in doing good and also in a positive, uh, essence. So it's worthwhile to say l'chaim, to sing a nigun, and to go out with a dance as a hascalah of a true farbrengen. Taf shin yud beis is the only year that the Rebbe washed for a seder at the farbrengen of Yud Tes Kislev. Taf shin lamed heh was the beginning of Kislev,

01:57 and the Rebbe advised Rabbi Chadikoff that they should publish a certain Sefer Bichwasidis. And the Rebbe showed him in the Midrash Kohelet Raba, a marshal of a melech that said that he will soon make a seder, a festive meal, but he did not say when exactly. Chachomim prepare themselves. The wise people, they prepare themselves even without knowing when. But the fools waited till the king will ex-tell them exactly when it is. After a short time, the notice came from the king in regards to the meal, and the melech only included the chachomim, but the tipshim, he brought them in, but not to the meal. So the Rebbe said this legabe what he asked Rabbi Chadikoff regarding printing sefarim before Yud Tes Kislev, and he said the sefarim that are now in the middle of publishing should all be published before Yud Tes Kislev. And Rabbi Chadikoff said that it seems that this Yud Tes Kislev is very negea to the Rebbe. Taf shin lamed tes, Yud Tes Kislev was the first farbrengen that the Rebbe came in to farbreng with Hasidim in the Shul after the heart, uh, condition that the Rebbe had Shemini Atzeres. It was a very big simcha. The Rebbe farbrenged three hours, and after that, Hasidim farbrenged all night. Taf shin mem alef, Yud Tes Kislev was completed the project that the Rebbe wanted a mafteach on eleven sefarim of the Alter Rebbe, an index, and, uh, it was done in nine days, the work itself, later the publishing, and there

03:53 was a whole background around it which we already discussed last year, Kislev time, and im yirtzeh Hashem when I get back to New York, so if somebody is interested in those few audio files, I will be able to give them a link. Taf shin nun gimel, the Rebbe came out then on the porch, and the Rebbe spent then with Hasidim six hours, almost six hours on the porch. The Rebbe shtel ze helfen that it should be ve'chezano einenu, we should be able to see the Rebbe poshet bepashtus, be'eine basar farbrengen again Yud Tes Kislev. Good Yom Tov. Behemshech to what was discussed on Yud Tes Kislev regarding to the different farbrengens by the Rebbe on Yud Tes Kislev and, uh, different anecdotes that took place in various years. So we're continuing now discussing additional years, certain events that took place then at the farbrengen. Taf shin chaf heh, the Rebbe was in the year of aveilus for his mother, the Rebbe'tze Chana, and there was a consideration not to farbreng that year. Shmuel Levitin, uh, went into the Rebbe, and he told the Rebbe that if the Rebbe is not gonna farbreng, what's the chan zag, what will remain really, what will be from the yom tov of Yud Tes Kislev? The Rebbe farbrenged. That year, the Rebbe made a Siyum on a Masechta every weekday farbrengen since it was a chiyuv, so even on Purim, on other occasions, the Rebbe made a Siyum on a Masechta. As we see also in the sicha beginning

05:52 of the Purim farbrengen, the Rebbe says that mitzadas ibha, he needs to begin with a Siyum. In taf shin lamed daled Yut Kislev was Friday. The farbrengen was Thursday night. It's noted in one of the yemanim that the Rebbe said that since Shabbes there'll be a farbrengen after davening, which is basically, uh, Hof Kislev, and the male it's gonna be hard again to farbreng mit Zoi Shabbes. So therefore, the farbrengen is Thursday night, El Yut Kislev. So this is what took place in Taf Shin Lamed Heh. After Taf Shin Lamed Heh, the Rebbe customarily would go to the El on Yut Kislev and farbreng Yut Kislev. Mitad the Matzav of Taf Shin Lamed Heh. So there was a tkufeh that, uh, going to the El was on one day, and the farbrengen was on the second day. It shouldn't be too strenuous, uh, uh, going to the El and farbrengen in the same day. In Shnas Tinose, the Rebbe published a Tanya, uh, soft cover, large size, and the Rebbe distributed it after Ma'ariv. Behemshech to the various Yut Kislev farbrengens that were discussed earlier. So we'll conclude with a Yut Kislev farbrengen from Taf Shin Lamed Heh in late nineteen seventy-six, uh, during which in the, uh, Yut Kislev was on Shabbes. And in addition to the farbrengen during Shabbes day, there was also the, the farbrengen mit Zoi Shames-- Shabbes, which was the formal farbrengen, um, mit Zoi Shabbes, with the chucah and a long farbrengen. This farbrengen stood out very much with

08:00 the fact that there are many inyanim that the Rebbe dis-di-discussed at this farbrengen, inyanim that made an impact in a very obvious way by Chassidim, by Yidden all over the world. And, uh, namely the three topics that stood out very much amongst the other topics. The Rebbe spoke behemsech to the, uh, event that took place in Entebbe, late nineteen seventy-six. And the Rebbe spoke that this was a nes, a miracle. The Rebbe spoke and followed up with the inyan of Mivtza Mezuzah. They should, uh, check the mezuzahs, and was me'eiler Yidden b'neguer to, uh, mif-- uh, mezuzah, Mitzvas Mezuzah. In addition to that, there were those that opposed to, to, to clear that this was a nes, and therefore the Rebbe had three questions that he wanted Rabbonim to answer, and they should publish their responses in the newspaper. One question was that if a person comes back to the place where the miracle took place, does he need to make a bracha she'asah li nes b'makom hazeh or not? The second question was, if a person has a choice of two doctors, one physician is religious, but he's not an expert. The second one is not religious or they're even, uh, uh, non-Jewish, and he is an expert. To which one does one turn? And the third question was, if it happens again, if, if what was done now to rescue the hundreds of Yidden that were in, uh, uh, hijacked in Uganda, are they permitted to do it or not? So many Rabbonim

10:04 answered and, uh, publicized their responses in newspapers. Some were threatened and so on. So when it came to this farbrengen, the Rebbe answered all the three questions. That the negiah to asah li nes b'makom hazeh, now the Rebbe says clearly that when a person is in danger and a miracle takes place, he makes a bracha when he comes to that place once in thirty days. B'negiah to two doctors, so when it comes to refuah, we do not look at his religious status, but the expert is the one that's selected. Now that has happened b'negiah to the third question that this is basically was atzalus nefashos, and this, this was the appropriate way of doing it. Another topic that the Rebbe spoke by the farbrengen was discussing the Hemsech Ayin Beis, which are the Ma'amarim of the Rebbe Rashab that he said it over three and a half years. Deep concepts, the Chassidishe, as the Rebbe says, deeper yet, and then those, uh, Ma'amarim that were said in the earlier years. And the Rebbe said that he didn't wanna take the responsibility on his own to publish it, and when everybody is gonna give a dollar, so they will show that they're-- everybody is carrying it together on their, on their shoulder. And as soon as the Rebbe put in the, uh, the dollar in the manila envelopes, everybody sent up a dollar, and then it was published, and the Rebbe gave three dates for the three volumes when they should be ready, uh, published and

11:57 available for sale. The third topic was b'negiah to Mir Yehudi, the Law of Return. And the Rebbe said- When it gave to the mitzvah of near Yehudi to, um, oppose the law of return that does not recognize that the status of a Yid is only according to Halakha. So the Rebbe says, "Since there is a Yid here that is sacrificing himself for it," this is Rabbi Yehuda Paldi, "and he's doing it although he has obstacles from s- other sides." So the Rebbe says, "Therefore, it is appropriate that he should be the one to speak mitzvah beyesem bebiluchai more than someone else that's an emissary, and he should say a few words about this topic." And the Rebbe says, "Vi iratsem," in the, uh, small amount that he will say... Because how much he wants to s-say more yet, this is only a lit- a little... How much he will say is only a, a, a small fraction in comparison to the great, great danger that is involved in this inyan of recognizing, um, non-Jews as Jews. So the Rebbe says, "Kimine gamedina," we're giving over now the word to Rab Chaim Yehuda, and Rabbi Paldi spoke, and then the Rebbe told him it should be bat slocha raba. And then the Rebbe continued that since we're dealing with a grinam, with a, a grinam, someone that's not from this country, so he didn't stress so much the necessity of money because he was embarrassed to speak about it, and he mentioned it only by hinting

13:57 in a very remote way. The Rebbe says, "But we shouldn't forget we find ourselves in the United States, which is unique in the inyan of stoke and in all the inyanim that are connected with money. So therefore, surely everybody will participate and help in this geulah with their will, with their wisdom, with their love and fear, till also their money." And the iratsem, the Rebbe says that bekorit mamash, we should already rid ourselves from this whole problem, and we will only think about positive things and good things.