Tisha B'av 5732 (1972)

00:00 Behemesekh, in continuation to the earlier installment in regards to Tisha B'Av, 5700, 1971, we now continue with the following year, Tisha B'Av, 5700, 1972, discussing what took place by the Rebbe. It was on the seventh of Av, and the Rebbe released a l- a response, a letter, a list of directives in regards to Mi Yehudi and its connection with Tisha B'Av. The directives were written all by the Rebbe word for word, letter by letter. We will translate it in English. "Besiyata Dishmaya," the Rebbe writes that sh-sh- people should speak in the shuls on Tisha B'Av, and if it's not possible on Tisha B'Av, it should be Shabbos Nachamu, the Shabbos following Tisha B'Av, since Shabbos Nachamu is the comfort, the consolation of the inyonim of Tisha B'Av. And what should the, the topic be? That bringing in non-Yiden through giyor conversion, not ke halakhah. Bringing them in to Am Yisroel, which is a gay kodesh, similar to Beis Hamikdash. This reminds us what took place on Tisha B'Av that already a few days earlier, Zayin Menachem-Av, when the non-Jewish army attacked the Beis Hamikdash and began destroying it. And therefore, the Rebbe says it is re-requested from everyone in the shul, a telegram should be sent, number one, to the Resham Amshallal, the Prime Minister, stating that giyor conversion has to be according to halakhah. Two, to those who already have voted in the government that it should be halakhah should receive a letter or telegram of encouragement. And every shul could choose if they

02:15 wanna write to all of these ministers or just to several of them. Number three, to write to the Rav Orosya, Rav Untermann, a telegram of encouragement, and that it should later be publicized in a newspaper that on Tisha B'Av this topic was discussed and letters and telegrams were sent to the government people. And then the Rebbe adds that near the Kisl Amaravi, if it's possible, there should be mishmaris, shifts, over the twenty-four hours of Tisha B'Av, studying Torah and reciting Tehillim, which is permitted on Tisha B'Av, Kimu Van. And the shifts should change over every few hours in order that it should not hurt anyone who is-- ones who are in the shift, participating in the shift and are fasting. So therefore, there should be changes in order that people should not be affected in their health from this, from sitting many hours and learning. And separately, on a separate note, the Rebbe adds, "Matev," it would be very preferred, it should be Torah and Tzedakah, study of Torah and giving charity, "Al pi ma she-mer tzion bemishpat tipade vesaver betzedakah," as it says in the conclusion of the Haftarah of Shabbos Chazin, which precedes Tisha B'Av, that Zion will be redeemed bemishpat and her captives betzedakah. And the Rebbe refers to what he spoke a year earlier. When it came to Tisha B'Av, the middle of the last Kaddish after Shacharis, Tisha B'Av morning, the Rebbe signaled to Rav Mesha Pinchas Katz, who was the Gabbai, that he should approach the Rebbe. And the

04:22 Rebbe told him that he should announce that everyone who will be speaking in the shuls benegeha, this gezeiras yoma, this terrible dec-decree, which amidst the word halakhah, that conversion doesn't necessarily have to be according to the law of Torah. So whoever will be speaking in the shuls, the Rebbe will be standing and distributing dollars near his room. And they also announced that everyone from twelve years old and on should go to the shuls. And they added that the dollar that the Rebbe will be distributing should be distributed at Tzedakah in the evening. Now, we read from a diary, the bocher who was present at the Shacharis and also wrote a diary, Rav Meshulam Chaim Levin, shliach in Kensington, wrote that after the announcement, the Rebbe left the shul and returned back to his room. Suddenly, everybody started to move. It became lively. It was very difficult to reach the memuna, the one who was in charge, who divided the different shuls, the addresses of the shuls where people should be going. People who originally did not plan to go Were wandering around looking for a memun, someone who was in charge, in order to be a- to, to receive an address where to go and speak. The Rebbe distributed the dollars three times over the course of the day. One time was immediately after Shacharis for those who needed to leave immediately. The second time was about 2:00, and this went on for about a half hour. And the third time was after Mincha. The

06:37 line started from the hallway of 770 near the zal, where bachurim learn. It entered into Literals meaning through the true and ultimate redemption through and the Rebbe concludes with a blessing. An interesting thing that happened a day or two later, there were some who they were not present when the Rebbe distributed the dollars. They were on a mission. They were on which is a project that the previous Rebbe initiated in the late nineteen-forties, and the Rebbe broadened it and, and urged people to, to, to do this, and this is to travel to cities outside of New York, big cities, small cities, making contact with Yidden in some lost corners and suburbs in, in the United States as it started then, and inspire them with Yiddishkeit. And this was a trip averagely for about three weeks. These were not able to be there when the Rebbe did the Tisha B'Av distribution. So the Rebbe responded to that. I'll say it first in Hebrew and then in English. So the Rebbe makes two points. In English, first mention what the Rebbe said and then what the Rebbe quotes from the Mishnah. To the who complained, why should they lose out to the dollar of Tisha B'Av ? So the Rebbe says, one, it's in Yoma, in the tractate of Yoma 7:2. The Mishnah comments as follows: "One who sees the King Godol reading the Torah does not see the offerings being burnt," the specific offerings of the Yom Kippur day, "and one who sees the offerings that

14:37 are being burnt does not see the King Godol reading the Torah." The Mishnah explains that this is not due to the f-fact that one is not permitted to see both, but because there was a distant path between them, and the, the performance of both of them is undertaken simultaneously. So therefore, the Rebbe's explaining that the who are on were not able to be here. The that are here are not there, so therefore they shouldn't feel bad about it. And second is it seems like that the Rebbe said that, uh, in there's a double measure, and what we understand from this answer is that the Rebbe gave each one of them two dollars. And with this, we close the series on Tisha B'Av Taf Shin Lamed Beis, and we