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VOLUME 26, ISSUE 4 Page 2 spoke to the children and said calf, 2448 (1313 BCE). [Sanhedrin 2. An idol was put in the Beis Ma’morim, they are printed in the 7, Shemos Rabah, 48] Hamikdash. [Melachim II Sefer B’neos Deshe. The Rebbe gave 21:7, Taanis 28b] out a Minchah-Ma’ariv to the chil- Pope Gregory IX ordered the 3. The Korban Tamid was dren. These were the only trips that confiscation of all manuscripts of discontinued in the Second the Rebbe went to the country in all the Talmud, 4999 (1239). Beis Hamikdash. [Taanis 28b] his years of Nesius. 4. The Romans breached the Tammuz 17/July 4/Shabbos walls of Yerushalayim in 3760 Yartzeit of R. Chaim b. Moshe Ben The fast is deferred to Sunday (70), leading to the Atar, the Or HaChayim HaKadosh, destruction of the Second Beis author of Or HaChayim, 5503 In the year 5640, when the Friediker Hamikdash. [Taanis 28b] (1743). Rebbe was born, Shabbos was 5. Apostomus, captain of the "...And we have heard that 17 Tammuz. Friday night at the occupation forces, publicly now in Poland they greatly esteem Sholom Zochor, and during Shabbos burned the Torah. [Taanis him,... because the holy R. Yisrael day, the Rebbe Maharash was very 28b] Baal Shem Tov told of the greatness joyful and told many stories. The of his soul..." Rebbe Maharash mentioned several (According to the Talmud times that this Shabbos is called Yerushalmi also on this date in 3184 [R. Chaim Yosef David Azoulai, “postponed” because the fast of 17 (5186 BCE), the Babylonians Shem Hagedolim] Tammuz is postponed [to Sunday, breached the walls of Yerushalayim when it falls] on Shabbos. He leading to the destruction of the First The Previous Rebbe said in the name concluded: “May it in fact be Beis Hamikdash.) of his father the Rebbe Rashab who postponed indefinitely.” repeated something that was told to (The Frierdiker Rebbe added): A More than 4,000 Jews were killed in him by his father, the Rebbe Maha- blessing pronounced by a tzaddik Toledo and Jaen, Spain (1391). rash, that R. Chayim b. Etter had on- will be fulfilled. May it be so in ly daughters and he taught them actual fact, and may [the fast] Jewish Quarter of Prague was Torah. From these lessons he wrote become superseded in truth, and be burned and looted, 4319 (1559). the Sefer Ohr HaChayim and it is transformed to gladness and joy. called Ohr HaChayim HaKodesh. The Kovno ghetto was liquidated, Only a very few seforim are called In Sefer Hasichos 5748, Shabbos 5704 (1944). with the word Kodesh. He used to Parshas Balak, 17 Tammuz, the Reb- teach every Friday night and tran- be explains that the delight and en- Libya ordered the confiscation of scribe it after Shabbos. “This teaches joyment of Shabbos transforms the Jewish property, 5730 (1970). every one of you that in your hands fast day into a day of Simcha—thus lies not only the responsibility of it is a preparation for the Days of Beginning of Bein Hameitzarim, the your own education in the proper Moshiach when the Fast Days will Three Weeks of Mourning for the Jewish path but the right education be transformed into Days of Joy. Beis Hamikdash. and kedusha for the entire Jewish people, for this generation and for It is self understood that learning Moshe Rabbeinu destroyed the the coming generations. That is why about the Beis Hamikdash, and all golden calf, [Shemos 32:20, Seder the Rebbe, my father-in-law wrote positive activity of the Three Weeks, Olam 6, Rashi to Taanis 30b] his memoirs and sichos in a lan- should start on Shabbos. guage that also girls and women Moshe Rabbeinu went up to Har should know what is Yiddishkeit and Noach sent out the dove the first Sinai for the second time. He was what is Chassidus and how this time to see if the Flood waters had there for forty days, pleading for brings good fortune for them.” Sicha receded, [Bereishis 8:8], 1650 (2100 forgiveness for the sin of the golden 15th of Tammuz 1957 and 1960 in BCE). calf. [Shemos 33:11, Rashi] Camp Emuna. Tammuz 18/July 5/Sunday Tammuz 16/July 3/Friday Fast Day Tammuz 19/July 6/Monday Creation of the golden calf, 2448 Birthday of R. Schneur Zalman (1313 BCE) (Seder Olam 6). The Fast commemorates five Aharon, son of the Rebbe tragedies in Jewish history: MaHaRaSh, 5619 (1859). Yartzeit of Chur son of Calev ben 1. Moshe Rabbeinu broke the Yifuneh and Miriam Haneviah, Luchos, 2448 (1313 BCE). Day of the Bris of the Previous killed by the Eirev Rav when he [Shemos 32:19, Taanis 28b] Lubavitcher Rebbe, 5640 (1880). At protested the making of the golden

VOLUME 26, ISSUE 4 Page 3 the Bris the Rebbe cried; his RaMak is included in the Kabbalah whenever he would visit the grandfather, the Rebbe MaHaRaSh, of the AriZal, ...just as the AriZal Tzemach Tzedek in Lubavitch, he said, "Why are you crying? When told at the funeral of the RaMaK, would be the Chazan for Rosh you grow up, you'll be a Rebbe and how he saw a pillar of fire going Hashanah. say Chassidus articulately." out..." [Sicha, Shemini 5741] Tammuz 28/July 15/Wednesday The completion of the seven day cel- Yartzeit of R. Shlomo b. Meir of ebration of the Friediker Rebbe’s Bar Karlin, Chassidic leader and Yartzeit of R. Moshe Teitelbaum of Mitzvah. The Rebbe Rashab said a Talmudist, killed in the Polish Uhiely, author of Yismach Moshe Ma’amar every day, 5653/1893. rebellion against Russia, 5552 and Veheishiv Moshe, Talmudist and (1792). Chassidic leader, 5601 (1841). In 5728/1968, seventy five years from the Bar Mitzvah celebration of Tammuz 24/July 11/Shabbos Tammuz 29/July 16/Thursday the Friediker Rebbe, on Monday, Shabbos Mivorchim Chodesh Av Erev M. Av Tammuz 19, at 1:00 in the after- Noach sent out the dove the second noon. the Rebbe made a special far- time to see if the Flood waters had Yahrtzeit of R. Shlomo Yitzchaki, brengen and said a Ma’amar and a receded, [Bereishis 8:10, Seder Rashi, 4865 (1105). Sichah in connection with this Olam], 1650 (2100 BCE). "...The Alter Rebbe once said, event., and in connection with the "Rashi's commentary on the Torah is completion of the first printing of Crusaders herded the Jews of the wine of Torah, it opens the heart the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch in Yerushalayim into a Shul and and reveals essential love and fear; America. The Rebbe brought to this burned it, 4859 (1099). Rashi's commentary on the Talmud Farbrengen an unbound copy of vol- opens the mind and reveals essential umes 5 & 6 of the Shulchan Aruch. Tammuz 26/July 13/Monday intelligence. [Hayom Yom, p. 24] The Ma’amar was edited and printed Victory of R. Chaim Hakohen in Sefer Ha’Mamorim Meluket vol- Rapaport, in the debate with the Av 1/July 17/Friday ume 3. Frankists, 5519 (1759). Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av "...A day of feasting and Tammuz 20/July 7/Tuesday rejoicing." [Letter of the Baal Shem Yartzeit of R. Avraham Chaim Noeh, Tov and R. Chaim Hakohen author of Ketzos HaShulchan on the Rapaport, Sefer Hatoldos Baal Shem Alter Rebbe's Shulchan Aruch, Piskei Tov Vol. II p. 765] Hasidur on the Alter Rebbe's Sidur A question was asked by the Reb- and Luach Kolel Chabad, 5714 be, how is it that this festival is so (1954). little-know, in spite of the fact that it "...He was very involved in the was proclaimed by the Ba’al Shem Alter Rebbe's Shulchan Aruch...and Tov himself and his disciples? In a tried to unify the opinions in the letter of 8 Kislev 5720 the Rebbe (Alter Rebbe's) Sidur and the gives the following explanation: Shulchan Aruch, and that is a Since the Ba’al Shem passed special Zechus, since, unfortunately, away over a month before this day people don't get involved enough in the following year, before the first the Shulchan Aruch..." [Sichah] celebration of the day was to take place this never became an occasion Tammuz 21/July 8/Wednesday of an actual celebration. (Igros Ko- Yartzeit of R. Eliyahu b. Moshe desh #19) Loanz, "R. Eliyahu Baal Shem", the Baal Shem of Worms, Kabbalist, Tammuz 27/July 14/Tuesday 5397 (1637). Third Expulsion from France, 5082 (1322). Tammuz 23/July 10/Friday Yartzeit of R. Moshe Cordevero (the Yartzeit of R. Yehudah Leib Slonim, "RaMaK"), Kabbalist, author of son of Rebbetzin Menuchah Rachel, Pardes Rimonim, 5330 (1570). the Mitteler Rebbe's daughter, 5653 "...However, the Alter Rebbe cites (1873). He lived all of his life the Pardes, which is the Kabbalah of in Chevron, where his house was the the RaMaK, in many places, as is center of Chassidei Chabad in Israel, explained that the Kabbalah of the but from the time he was eighteen,

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In reference to the practices of Gimmel Tammuz, the also be done after Shachris, and the Ma’amar Hillulah of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Nasi Doreinu, we should be concluded after Minchah. reprint the letter the Rebbe wrote: “...In reply to the many questions about a detailed schedule for the Hi- lullah of the Previous Rebbe.” (This year Gimmel 9. Before Shachris, a chapter of Tanya should be Tammuz is on Shabbos, please note the appropriate studied. This should also be done after Minchah. changes at the end of this article.) 10. * In the morning, before prayer, Tzedokah4 should be given to those institutions related to our 1 1. * On the Shabbos before the Yartzeit everyone Nasi, my revered father-in-law, of sainted should attempt to be called for an to the Torah. memory. Donations should be made on behalf of oneself and of each member of one’s family. The 2. If there aren’t enough Aliyos the Torah should be same should be done before Minchah. read in different rooms. However, no additions should be made to the number of Aliyos (at each reading). 11. * After Shachris and the recitation of the 3. The congregation should see to it that the Maftir Ma’amar, each individual should read a Pidyon should be the most respected member of the congrega- Nefesh .5 (It goes without saying that a Gartel is tion, as determined by the majority of the congrega- worn during the reading). Those who had the tion; alternatively, the choice should be determined by privilege of entering (the saintly Rebbe’s study) for lot. Yechidus, or at least of seeing his face, should

4. The congregation should choose someone to lead (while reading the Pidyon Nefesh) picture them- the prayers on the day of the Yartzeit. It’s proper to selves as standing before him. The Pidyon Nefesh divide (the honor), one person to lead Ma’ariv, a sec- should then be placed between the pages of a ond to lead Shachris, and a third, Minchah. In this way Ma’amar or Kuntres, etc., of his teachings, and a greater number of Anash will have the privilege. sent, if possible on the same day, to be read at his graveside.6 5. * A (Yartzeit) Candle2 should be lit to burn throughout the twenty-four hours. If possible, the can- 12. In the course of the day one should study dle should be of beeswax. chapters of Mishnayos that begin with the letters of the Rebbe’s name.

6. Five candles should burn during prayer services. 13. In the course of the day one should partici- pate in a Farbrengen. 7. After each Tefilah (and in the morning after the reading of Tehillim), the Shaliach Tzibur should study 14. In the course of the day one should set aside a (or at least conclude the study of) Chapter 24 of Mish- time during which to tell one’s family about the nayos Keilim and Chapter 7 of Mishnayos Mikvot. He saintly Rebbe, and about the spiritual tasks at should then recite the Mishnah beginning “Rabbi which he toiled throughout all the days of his life. Chananya ben Akashya…”, followed silently by a few lines of Tanya, and D’Rabanan. 15. In the course of the day, people (to whom this task is appropriate) should visit Shuls and Botei 8. * After Ma’ariv, part of the Ma’amar (Basi Legani)3 Midrash in their cities and cite a statement of ad- that was released for the day of the demise, should be age from the teachings of the saintly Rebbe. They recited from memory). If there is no one to do this from should explain how the Rebbe loved every Jew. memory, it should be studied from the text. This should They should make known and explain the practice

VOLUME 26, ISSUE 4 Page 5 the Rebbe instituted of reciting Tehillim every day, and sing joyful praises.” studying the daily portion of with Rashi’s commentary, and, where appropriate, studying the And our Nasi among them will give us wondrous tid- Tanya as he divided it into daily readings, through- ings, and lead us along the path leading to the House out the year. If possible this should all be done in the of Hashem. course of a Farbrengen. [Letter of the Rebbe, Rosh Chodesh Shevat 5711]

16. In the course of the day, people (who are fit for * Notes: the task) should visit centers of observant youth, and, in a neighborly spirit, should make every en- 1.The aliya is on Shabbos, Gimmel Tammuz. deavor to also visit centers for the young people who are not yet observant, to explain to them the 2. A (24 hour) candle is lit at home and the candle by warm love that the saintly Rebbe constantly had for the omud in shul are lit Friday before Shabbos. them. It should be explained to these people what he expected of them; they should be told of the hope 3. Either one should learn the Maamar “ Basi Legani” and trust he placed in them, that they would ulti- 5711, the first Maamer which the Rebbe said Yud She- mately fulfill their task of strengthening the ob- vat, 5711 (1951) or “Ata Titzaveh” the last Maamer the Rebbe edited in 5752 (1992) Both of these discourses servance of Judaism and disseminating the study of are printed in English. Torah with all the energy, warmth and vitality that characterize youth. 4. We give extra Tzedaka Erev Shabbos to support the Rebbe’s institutions. If prevailing conditions allow, all the above should of course be continued during the days following 5. A Pidyon is written on Erev Shabbos. Preferably one the Yartzeit, and particularly on the following Shab- goes to the ohel on Friday (or Sunday) bos. May Hashem hasten the coming of our Redeemer, 6.If one is unable to give Tzedaka or write a pidyon on and then “Those who lie in the dust will awaken Erev Shabbos, it may be done after Shabbos. The Rebbe at the Tzion

1. Before he would enter the Ohel the Rebbe would knock The Rebbe made it a point never to leave the inner room of on both the outer and inner doors of the Ohel - as if seeking the Ohel from the same door that he entered. permission to enter. 7. Before he would leave, the Rebbe would remain standing 2. As soon as he would enter the actual Ohel - using the in the hallway (where the candles would be lit) and recite inner door closest to the outer entrance - the Rebbe would the Yehi Ratzon found at the conclusion of the Ma’aneh La- commence reciting the Ma’aneh Lashon. shon.

3. At the point of the recitation, “I am lighting this lamp” 8. From 5725 and onward, after leaving the Ohel the Rebbe the Rebbe would light a candle. would visit the Tziyon of his mother, Harabannis Chanah, of blessed memory. From 5748 and onward, the Rebbe would 4. After lighting the candle he would continue for a short also visit the Tziyon of the Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, of while with the recitation of Ma’aneh Lashon. He would then blessed memory. begin reading the notes of petition (pa’nim). Upon conclu- sion of this sacred service the Rebbe would continue reciting 9. Prior to entering the Ma’aneh Lashon. car, the Rebbe would thrice pluck blades of 5. Before departing the Ohel, the Rebbe would circle the grass, tossing them sacred resting site. There were occasions when he circled over his shoulder. seven times; on other occasions he circled only twice. Dur- ing the later years, the Rebbe would circle but once.

6. The Rebbe would pause before he would leave, reentering No one ever witnessed his small booth within the Ohel and silently reciting some- the Rebbe placing a thing for a short while, after which he would leave. The Reb- pebble on the Tziyon. be would depart by way of the second and furthermost door.

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VOLUME 26, ISSUE 4 Page 7 YUD BEIS TAMMUZ

By Rabbi Shimon Raichik

Small things Count verse —including the caverns of tyrants and the cas- tles of bloodthirsty men. The year 5728 (1968) marked seventy five years since the Bar Mitzvah of the Frierdiker Rebbe. At the Yud “ This thought brought to mind a wonderful sight Beis Tammuz Farbrengen of that year and at the fol- which my revered father (the Rebbe RaShaB) showed lowing Shabbos Farbrengen which I had the z’chus to me when I was five or barely six years old. At that attend, the Rebbe discussed a part of the Diary of the time we were traveling among the mountains of Cri- Frierdiker Rebbe in which the Frierdiker Rebbe de- mea between Sebastopol and Yalta in a covered wag- scribes the first torturous hours of his imprisonment on drawn by four horses, according to local cus- (as printed in Likutei Dibburim). tom...At one point we stopped to rest out in the open between two stations, where the wagon drivers like During the whole first night the Frierdiker Rebbe was to let their horses pasture. interrogated and moved from place to place. Throughout the night he repeatedly asked that the of- “We sat down on one of the rocks. My father went ficers of the GPU keep their word and permit him to aside to a little valley between two high boulders to daven with Tallis and Teffilin. Finally, he was brought daven Mincha, even though it was only 2:00 p.m. into a particular room where he wanted to daven. My mother prepared something to eat because we still had another five or six hours ahead of us, either “Who Knows? (the Frierdiker Rebbe asked himself) in this wagon or in another. Perhaps for this purpose I was brought here. After all, He-Who-spoke-and-the-world-came-into-being de- “As we sat down to our refreshments, my father creed a short while ago that in the well-lit corridor pointed out to us what appeared from the distance to (in which I had sat down to rest) a Jew should come be a cleft very high in the rock at the top of the along at a certain hour of a certain day and recite mountain. He told us that when he had traveled with there the Morning Blessing and the Psalm for Protec- his brother, my uncle R. Zalman Aharon, in 5644 tion. Who knows? Perhaps He has now decreed that (1884), they had passed through the station which a Jew should pray here, in this room. And to transform we had passed during the night, and at six in the this mysterious Divine intent from the potential to the morning they had stopped to rest where we were actual cannot be engineered otherwise. now resting. They then went to daven Shacharis at that spot high up on the mountain. At first it had ap- “At that moment it occurred to me that one thing is peared to be merely a cleft, but on their arrival they clear to every Jew whose pure faith in G-d is guided discovered that this was the entrance to a spacious by the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov and our holy cave in which there were small rocks on which one forbears, the Rebbeim. The footsteps of upright men could sit. are like the Dew of Resurrection upon the stone and wooden floors of these dismal passages and upon these “My father now explained that G-d created the iron staircases, which were built only in order to visit world in a way that allows every Jew to fulfill His suffering and distress, anguish and oppression on all commandments. Since a Jew may be traveling away those who ever trod them. from home and it is time to daven, but one may not If so, a Jew who arrives here should surely orient his pray out in an open field, G-d created caves such as brain and heart in readiness to read verses of Torah this in which he can pray.” and verses of Tehillim; to meditate upon the utter uni- ty of the infinite One, Whose glory fills the entire uni- At the Yud-Beis Tammuz farbrengen the Rebbe pointed out that from the day of creation 5644 years

VOLUME 26, ISSUE 4 Page 8 ago, it was destined that someone would pass by at a presses his opinion on a certain matter, he is unwit- specific time and would need a place to daven. For tingly passing judgment on himself. that purpose the cave was created. The same here. The person who asked did not realize At that farbrengen the Rebbe noted that someone that the question relates to himself. Instead of asking might feel that his purpose in creation is to make a stir what is doing behind a door in Russia, we must ask in the big political crises of the day, the war in Vi- instead, what is happening here in New York, Min- etnam and so forth. Small things are not for him! neapolis, Connecticut. When you ask what is hap- Someone gets a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree or pening behind a door of a mikvah or a yeshiva in Ph.D. —his strength is that he has the ability to con- Russia what really is being asked is how many fami- cern himself with the great affairs of the day and to lies here are keeping Taharas Hamishpochah? What lecture about them. Do you demand of such a person percentage of Jewish children are learning in a Ye- to go to the mother down the block to tell her to send shiva in America? How much have you been in- her child to Talmud Torah? volved in sending children to Yeshivos? How many families did you speak to about Mikvah? Did you go What the story of the cave teaches us that small things knocking from door to door in your neighborhood to are surely vital and that this can be the purpose of speak to the families and the parents about the your creation. Just because the cave had fulfilled its above? The Rebbe noted that Rabbi Levin was purpose by shielding someone who was davening – it amazed to see the extent of Jewish Education for didn’t disintegrate, and in fact continued to exist even girls in America and the Rebbe commented, “What to today. percentage of girls have a Jewish Education in Amer- ica? One would cry to realize that it is not 99% or After this farbrengen this feeling remained with me— even 95% or even 85%, Maybe one percent of chil- that wherever a Yid might walk and say a word of To- dren get a true education. Your heart is crying out rah may be to fulfill the purpose of the creation of that about what happens over there. Truly that is what a place. Jewish heart has to do. That does not free you from the pain in your community, in your city, on your Public Opinions and Personal Judgement block, in your “daled amos” (immediate surround- ings.) During that period thirty years ago, Rabbi Levin, Chief Rabbi of Moscow, came from Russia for a tour to The Nineteenth of Tammuz 5728-1968 – speak about Russian Jews. During his tour, he dis- the conclusion of a Bar Mitzvah Celebra- played pictures of a Talmud Torah, a Mikvah building tion. and so forth. One person who saw these photographs said that he wanted to see “what is doing behind the In 5728-1968, Shiva Assar B’Tammuz occurred on doors.” Shabbos and the fast was pushed off to Sunday. On Monday, Yud Tes Tammuz, I was to go with my fa- At the same farbrengen, the Rebbe spoke of this inci- ther hk”m to the airport. He was traveling to S. Louis dent, saying that the Mishnah in Pirkei Avos says, and I was returning to Yeshiva in Montreal. It was “Retribution is extracted from a from a person with already 12:45 in the afternoon and we were to leave his knowledge.” The Baal Shem Tov explains that for the airport at 1:00. Before leaving to the airport when a person arrives “upstairs,” the Heavenly Court my father wanted to go in to speak to R. Chadokov. asks him to give his opinion on another life. “What do Before my father had a chance to speak with him, R. you think, he is asked, “about one who has done such Chadokov went in to the Rebbe’s office. Suddenly, I and such?” After the person offers his verdict, it is saw Bochurim running downstairs in 770 to the shown to him how these deeds and circumstances Shul. I followed. The instructions of R. Groner were parallel those of his own life. Ultimately, it is the per- that the shul be set up like a regular farbrengen. son himself who passes judgment on his own failings There were not too many people present. and achievements. When a person knowingly ex-

VOLUME 26, ISSUE 4 Page 9 The Rebbe came in promptly at 1:00 carrying his Sid- dur as well as an unbound copy of the final volumes of After the farbrengen Rabbi Feller had his Yechidus. the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch which had just been He entered, in trepidation, awestricken, but some- printed. The Rebbe came down to the shul and turned what calmed by the farbrengen which had just taken to his left to pick up and place on a table something place. He recounts how he will never forget the which had fallen to the floor in the hurried preparation words with which the Rebbe greeted him at that very for this surprise farbrengen. The Rebbe prefaced the special Yechidus, after that very special farbrengen farbrengen by first commenting that one of the reasons on that very special Yud Tes Tammuz 5728. for this farbrengen is that this year is the 75th year since the Frierdiker Rebbe’s Bar Mitzvah. It is known “Heyos as du host zich opgihalten fun tzu koomen that the Rebbe RaShaB celebrated his son’s Bar Mitzvah doh Yud Beis Tammuz, hob ich far deer farendict for an entire week and said various Maamorim. Fur- dem Maamer.” (since you held yourself back from thermore, that year the fast of Shiva Asar B’Tammuz coming her on Yud-Beis Tammuz, I have, therefore, was also pushed off as it is this year. Therefore, on concluded that maamor for you). Monday, Yud Tes Tammuz, the Rebbe RaShaB complet- ed his celebration, since he could not do so on Sunday. Rabbi Feller doesn’t recall having shared with the The Rebbe then dwelt on how Avrohom Avinu was 75 Rebbe his plans to come to 770 for the farbergen, but years old when he left Choron. Secondly, now that the a chassid doesn’t have to verbalize or write of his de- Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch was completed in this sires or plans—the Rebbe knows all. The Rebbe pro- part of the world it is another reason to farbreng. The ceeded to ask him details of his experience at the Rebbe also said a Maamer. camp. What the Rebbe enjoyed most from his report was the story of his Shabbos session with the 150 lit- Later Rabbis Boruch Shlomo Cunin, Moshe Feller and tle children at the Bnai Brith Camp. The Rebbe’s holy Yitzchok Groner had a special Yechidus. countenance literally lit up when Rabbi Feller told him how he related to the children stories about the I HAVE CONCLUDED THAT MAAMAR FOR YOU… Baal Shem Tov, the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe.

Rabbi Moshe Feller recounts how that Yud Beis Tam- muz he was hoping to be by the Rebbe. He was invited to a Bnai Brith camp as a visiting scholar for 10 days. It was an exiting and fruitful 10 days. He put on Tefillin with the boys and davened with the boys and girls dai- ly. He had classes with them, answered their questions and tried to be a role model of what the Ribono Shel Olam (G-d) expects from a Jew. When Yud Beis Tam- muz came around he was going to take the night off and go to 770 for the Rebbe’s farbrengen. However, by then he already developed an inner core group of boys who kept closer to him than the others. They were re- ally interested in what he was saying. It occurred to him that maybe it would be better to forgo going to 770 and farbreng with these boys on this most auspicious night.

After the fast day, which was on the eighteenth of Tammuz that year, he returned to New York. The next morning Rabbi Klein came looking for Rabbi Feller to tell him he will be called in for Yechidus after a far- brengen that was unexpectedly announced.

VOLUME 26, ISSUE 4 Page 10 when we saw him. A Chazan who had THE EARLY DAYS learned in Lubavitch, Shmuel Kantaroff, with a powerful voice, made the Brachah “Mechayeh HaMeisim,,” There is a video to- Taken from a Farbrengen given by Rabbi Zal- day, made from films taken then, with much man Posner ob”m in Congregation Levi of this. Yitzchok: The Rebbe was taken to the Greystone Hotel in When the Friediker Rebbe arrived in New York Manhattan, and somehow we all got there. it was 1940 and he managed to escape from Po- He was receiving visitors in his room. Rabbi land which was already under German occupa- Eliyahu Simpson noticed that I was alone - my tion. The Rashag - Rabbi Shmaryahu Gurary parents were in Chicago - and he took me in came with him on the ship. At this time Rabbi with his own sons, and introduced me to the Posner was about thirteen or fourteen years old. Rebbe. The Rebbe was sitting with the huge Talis Katan (no Sertuk), Yarmulke, the sunni-

est smile you ever saw. He gave us his Bro- The Second World War broke out on Friday, chah, that we become “Chassidim, Lamdanim September 1, 1939. The Rebbe was living in Ot- and Yerai Shamayim.” wock, Poland, the first city the Germans bombed Some of those Chicago people also came, gave from the air. The Rebbe and his family moved the Rebbe regards from x and y and z and to Warsaw. In mid-September a cease fire was from “Sholom Posner, if you remember him.” called to permit foreign nationals to leave War- saw. The Rebbe had Latvian papers and was permitted to leave. I well remember how people The Rebbe said, “Sholom? Do I remember gathered in our home in Chicago almost every Sholom? Sholom is (here he placed his hand day for very serious talks. Reb Shmuel Levitin on his heart) mine!” was with us then, and these other men were lay- men who cared about the Rebbe. The meetings were devoted to getting the Rebbe to America. I was fourteen when the Yeshiva started ac- The Rebbe never forgot them. They ate at his cepting young boys. We were about a dozen table whenever they were in New York for Yom in two groups, my brother’s and mine. We Tov, and he treated them royally. For us it was a were the only ones from “out of town,” Chica- lesson in gratitude. go. Before going home for Pesach, Laibel and I had Yechidus. The Rebbe asked how long it takes to get home and I told him, twenty-four Early in 1940 the Rebbe arrived with the Reb- hours. betzin Nechamah Dina, his mother (Rebbetzin Shterna Sarah), his daughter and her husband (Rashag) and their son, and others in the entou- “Where will you Daven?” rage. I was at the pier and saw the Rebbe come down the gangplank in a wheelchair steered by a steward, and heard the roar of the large crowd “On the bus.”

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הזעשהת הוה העיער - Directives of the Rebbe for Tammuz

1. From Gimel Tammuz on, we must utilize every on), from the Mishnayos of Midos, and from Ram- day leading to Yud Beis Tammuz in spreading the bam - Laws of Beis Hamikdash, also how it’s ex- wellsprings of Chasidus to all. plained in Chassidus. 2. We must strengthen ourselves through far- 7. Small children in camps and day camps should brengens for men, women and children (it is under- also learn the laws of the Beis Hamikdash. stood that the for men and women should be separate) 8. We have to increase in all our activities of Mivtzoim during the summer, for men, women and 3. We should publicly learn the ma’amar of children. We have to see that every boy and girl “Asarah Sheyoshvim” “Ten people that sit and learn should not be missing anything from their learning Torah…” which the Friediker Rebbe gave out in during the summer. honor of the first celebration of Yud Beis Tammuz. (If you can not learn it publicly I.e. 10 people, each 9. We should make sure that children go to a frum person should learn it by themselves.) Jewish camp. 4. We should make farbrengens on Yud Beis and 10. The counselors have a special mission; they Yud Gimel Tammuz, and continue through the fif- must teach the children what it means to make a teenth of Tammuz. brochah, what it means to say Shema before we go to sleep etc.. We should not push the teaching off 5. During the Three Weeks we should add in learn- and say “I’ll do it tomorrow, what’s the rush to teach ing Torah and giving Tzedakah, Shabbos especially them today.” we must add in Torah. 11. We must utilize every moment of the summer 6. We should learn about the building of the Beis to bring the Geulah. Hamikdash from Sefer Yechezkel (from Chapter 40 CALENDAR TIMES ARE FOR LOS ANGELES All Men Receive an Aliya In This ReceiveIn anShul Aliya All Men Rosh Chodesh TammuzRosh Chodesh Day Two Rosh Chodesh TammuzRosh Chodesh Day One Yud Beis Sivan 30/June Sivan17/ Wednesday 30/June Tammuz 1/June 18/Thursday 1/June Tammuz June 29 June Gimmel Tammuz/June Gimmel 19 Light Candles Friday June Candles FridayLight 26: June Candles FridayLight 19: June Last Last Time ReadShema: To Last to ReadShema: Last Time -

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