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VOLUME 28, ISSUE 4 Page 2 Tammuz 13/July 7/Friday the Rebbe Maharash, that R. Cha- 3. The Korban Tamid was The Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe yim b. Etter had only daughters discontinued in the Second received his release papers, 5687 and he taught them Torah. From Beis Hamikdash. [Taanis (1927). That evening he said the these lessons he wrote the Sefer 28b] Maamar, "Blessed Is He Who Has Ohr HaChayim and it is called 4. The Romans breached the Done Kindness", [printed in Sefer Ohr HaChayim HaKodesh. Only a walls of Yerushalayim in Hamaamarim, Kuntreisim, p. 183] very few seforim are called with 3760 (70), leading to the the word Kodesh. He used to teach destruction of the Second Yartzeit of R. Chaim HaKohen every Friday night and transcribe Beis Hamikdash. [Taanis Rapoport of Levov, student of the it after Shabbos. “This teaches 28b] Baal Shem Tov, author of every one of you that in your 5. Apostomus, captain of the Teshuvos R. Chaim HaKohen and hands lies not only the responsi- occupation forces, publicly Zecher Chaim, 5531 (1771). bility of your own education in burned the Torah. [Taanis the proper Jewish path but the 28b] Tammuz 15/July 9/Sunday right education and kedusha for The Friediker Rebbe arrives home the entire Jewish people, for this (According to the Talmud after being liberated from his ex- generation and for the coming Yerushalmi also on this date in ile in Kastroma. This occurred on generations. That is why the Reb- 3184 (5186 B C E ) , t h e Friday, the 15th of Tammuz be, my father-in-law wrote his Babylonians breached the walls of 5687/1927. The next day, Shab- memoirs and sichos in a language Yerushalayim leading to the bos Parshas Pinchos he recited the that also girls and women should destruction of the First Beis brochah of HaGomel, and deliv- know what is Yiddishkeit and Hamikdash.) ered different Ma’amorim. what is Chassidus and how this brings good fortune for them.” More than 4,000 Jews were killed The Rebbe visited Camp Gan Isra- Sicha 15th of Tammuz 1957 and in Toledo and Jaen, Spain (1391). el, and Camp Emunah on Tam- 1960 in Camp Emuna. muz 15 5717/1957, and again in Jewish Quarter of Prague was 5720/1960, and on the 16th of Tammuz 16/July 10/Monday burned and looted, 4319 (1559). Tammuz 5716/1956. The Rebbe Creation of the golden calf, 2448 spoke to the children and said (1313 BCE) (Seder Olam 6). The Kovno ghetto was liquidated, Ma’morim, they are printed in the 5704 (1944). Sefer B’neos Deshe. The Rebbe Yartzeit of Chur son of Calev ben gave out a Minchah-Ma’ariv to Yifuneh and Miriam Haneviah, Libya ordered the confiscation of the children. These were the only killed by the Eirev Rav when he Jewish property, 5730 (1970). trips that the Rebbe went to the protested the making of the country in all his years of Nesius. golden calf, 2448 (1313 BCE). Beginning of Bein Hameitzarim, [Sanhedrin 7, Shemos Rabah, 48] of Mourning for Yartzeit of R. Chaim b. Moshe Ben the Beis Hamikdash. Atar, the Or HaChayim HaKadosh, Pope Gregory IX ordered the author of Or HaChayim, 5503 confiscation of all manuscripts of Noach sent out the dove the first (1743). the Talmud, 4999 (1239). time to see if the Flood waters had "...And we have heard that receded, [Bereishis 8:8], 1650 now in Poland they greatly esteem Tammuz 17/July 11/Tuesday (2100 BCE). him,... because the holy R. Yisrael Fast Day Baal Shem Tov told of the Tammuz 18/July 12/Wednesday greatness of his soul..." The Fast commemorates five Moshe Rabbeinu destroyed the tragedies in Jewish history: golden calf, [Shemos 32:20, Seder [R. Chaim Yosef David Azoulai, 1. Moshe Rabbeinu broke the Olam 6, Rashi to Taanis 30b] Shem Hagedolim] Luchos, 2448 (1313 BCE). [Shemos 32:19, Taanis 28b] Moshe Rabbeinu went up to Har The Previous Rebbe said in the 2. An idol was put in the Beis Sinai for the second time. He was name of his father the Rebbe Hamikdash. [Melachim II there for forty days, pleading for Rashab who repeated something 21:7, Taanis 28b] forgiveness for the sin of the that was told to him by his father, golden calf. [Shemos 33:11, Rashi]

VOLUME 28, ISSUE 4 Page 3 Tammuz 19/July 13/Thursday involved enough in the Shulchan Shem Tov himself and his disci- Birthday of R. Schneur Zalman Aruch..." [Sichah] ples? In a letter of 8 5720 Aharon, son of the Rebbe the Rebbe gives the following ex- MaHaRaSh, 5619 (1859). Tammuz 21/July 15/Shabbos planation: Yartzeit of R. Eliyahu b. Moshe Since the Ba’al Shem passed Day of the Bris of the Previous Loanz, "R. Eliyahu Baal Shem", the away over a month before this day Lubavitcher Rebbe, 5640 (1880). Baal Shem of Worms, Kabbalist, the following year, before the first At the Bris the Rebbe cried; his 5397 (1637). celebration of the day was to take grandfather, the Rebbe place this never became an occa- MaHaRaSh, said, "Why are you Tammuz 23/July 17/Monday sion of an actual celebration. crying? When you grow up, you'll Yartzeit of R. Moshe Cordevero (Igros Kodesh #19) be a Rebbe and say Chassidus (the "RaMaK"), Kabbalist, author articulately." of Pardes Rimonim, 5330 (1570). Tammuz 27/July 21/Friday "...However, the Alter Rebbe Third Expulsion from France, The completion of the seven day cites the Pardes, which is the 5082 (1322). celebration of the Friediker Reb- Kabbalah of the RaMaK, in many be’s Bar Mitzvah. The Rebbe places, as is explained that the Yartzeit of R. Yehudah Leib Rashab said a Ma’amar every day, Kabbalah of the RaMak is Slonim, son of Rebbetzin 5653/1893. included in the Kabbalah of the Menuchah Rachel, the Mitteler AriZal, ...just as the AriZal told at Rebbe's daughter, 5653 (1873). In 5728/1968, seventy five years the funeral of the RaMaK, how he He lived all of his life in from the Bar Mitzvah celebration saw a pillar of fire going Chevron, where his house was the of the Friediker Rebbe, on Mon- out..." [Sicha, Shemini 5741] center of Chassidei Chabad in day, Tammuz 19, at 1:00 in the Israel, but from the time he was afternoon. the Rebbe made a spe- Yartzeit of R. Shlomo b. Meir of eighteen, whenever he would visit cial farbrengen and said a Karlin, Chassidic leader and the Tzemach Tzedek in Lubavitch, Ma’amar and a Sichah in connec- Talmudist, killed in the Polish he would be the Chazan for Rosh tion with this event., and in con- rebellion against Russia, 5552 Hashanah. nection with the completion of the (1792). first printing of the Alter Rebbe’s Tammuz 28/July 22/Shabbos Shulchan Aruch in America. The Tammuz 24/July 18/Tuesday Shabbos Mevarchim M. Av Rebbe brought to this Farbrengen Noach sent out the dove the an unbound copy of volumes 5 & second time to see if the Flood Yartzeit of R. Moshe Teitelbaum of 6 of the Shulchan Aruch. The waters had receded, [Bereishis Uhiely, author of Yismach Moshe Ma’amar was edited and printed 8:10, Seder Olam], 1650 (2100 and Veheishiv Moshe, Talmudist in Sefer Ha’Mamorim Meluket BCE). and Chassidic leader, 5601 volume 3. (1841). Crusaders herded the Jews of Tammuz 20/July 14/Friday Yerushalayim into a Shul and Tammuz 29/July 23/Sunday Yartzeit of R. Avraham Chaim burned it, 4859 (1099). Erev M. Av Noeh , author of Ketzos HaShulchan on the Alter Rebbe's Tammuz 26/July 20/Thursday Yahrtzeit of R. Shlomo Yitzchaki, Shulchan Aruch, Piskei Hasidur Victory of R. Chaim Hakohen Rashi, 4865 (1105). on the Alter Rebbe's Sidur and Rapaport, in the debate with the "...The Alter Rebbe once said, Luach Kolel Chabad, 5714 Frankists, 5519 (1759). "Rashi's commentary on the Torah (1954). "...A day of feasting and is the wine of Torah, it opens the "...He was very involved in the rejoicing." [Letter of the Baal heart and reveals essential love Alter Rebbe's Shulchan Shem Tov and R. Chaim Hakohen and fear; Rashi's commentary on Aruch...and tried to unify the Rapaport, Sefer Hatoldos Baal the Talmud opens the mind and opinions in the (Alter Rebbe's) Shem Tov Vol. II p. 765] reveals essential intelligence. Sidur and the Shulchan Aruch, A question was asked by the [Hayom Yom, p. 24] and that is a special Zechus, since, Rebbe, how is it that this festival is unfortunately, people don't get so little-know, in spite of the fact Av 1/July 24/Monday that it was proclaimed by the Ba’al Rosh Chodesh Menachem Av

VOLUME 28, ISSUE 4 Page 4 GIMMEL TAMMUZ ג‘ זומת MONDAY NIGHT - TUESDAY ~ JUNE 26-27, 2017

In reference to the practices of Gimmel Tammuz, the studied. This should also be done after Minchah. Hillulah of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Nasi Doreinu, we reprint the letter the Rebbe wrote: 10. In the morning, before , Tzedakah should be given to those institutions related to our “...In reply to the many questions about a detailed Nasi, my revered father-in-law, of sainted schedule for the Hilullah of the Previous Rebbe.” memory. Donations should be made on behalf of oneself and of each member of one’s family. The 1. On the Shabbos before the Yartzeit everyone same should be done before Minchah. should attempt to be called for an Aliyah to the Torah. 11. After Shachris and the recitation of the 2. If there aren’t enough Aliyos the Torah should be Ma’amar, each individual should read a Pidyon read in different rooms. However, no additions should Nefesh. (It goes without saying that a Gartel is be made to the number of Aliyos (at each reading). worn during the reading). Those who had the privilege of entering (the saintly Rebbe’s study) for 3. The congregation should see to it that the Maftir Yechidus, or at least of seeing his face, should should be the most respected member of the congrega- (while reading the Pidyon Nefesh) picture them- tion, as determined by the majority of the congrega- selves as standing before him. The Pidyon Nefesh tion; alternatively, the choice should be determined by should then be placed between the pages of a lot. Ma’amar or Kuntres, etc., of his teachings, and sent, if possible on the same day, to be read at his 4. The congregation should choose someone to lead graveside. the on the day of the Yartzeit. It’s proper to divide (the honor), one person to lead Ma’ariv, a sec- 12. In the course of the day one should study ond to lead Shachris, and a third, Minchah. In this way chapters of Mishnayos that begin with the letters a greater number of Anash will have the privilege. of the Rebbe’s name.

5. A (Yartzeit) candle should be lit to burn through- 13. In the course of the day one should participate out the twenty-four hours. If possible, the candle in a Farbrengen. should be of beeswax. 14. In the course of the day one should set aside a time during which to tell one’s family about the 6. Five candles should burn during prayer services. saintly Rebbe, and about the spiritual tasks at which he toiled throughout all the days of his life. 7. After each Tefilah (and in the morning after the reading of Tehillim), the Shaliach Tzibur should study 15. In the course of the day, people (to whom this (or at least conclude the study of) Chapter 24 of Mish- task is appropriate) should visit Shuls and Botei nayos Keilim and Chapter 7 of Mishnayos Mikvot. He in their cities and cite a statement of ad- should then recite the beginning “Rabbi age from the teachings of the saintly Rebbe. They Chananya ben Akashya…”, followed silently by a few should explain how the Rebbe loved every Jew. lines of Tanya, and Kaddish D’Rabanan. They should make known and explain the practice the Rebbe instituted of reciting Tehillim every day, 8. After Ma’ariv, part of the Ma’amar (Basi Legani, studying the daily portion of Chumash with that was released for the day of the demise, should be Rashi’s commentary, and, where appropriate, recited from memory). If there is no one to do this from studying the Tanya as he divided it into daily read- memory, it should be studied from the text. This should ings, throughout the year. If possible this should also be done after Shachris, and the Ma’amar should be all be done in the course of a Farbrengen. concluded after Minchah. 16. In the course of the day, people (who are fit 9. Before Shachris, a chapter of Tanya should be for the task) should visit centers of observant

VOLUME 28, ISSUE 4 Page 5 youth, and, in a neighborly spirit, should make eve- May Hashem hasten the coming of our Redeemer, ry endeavor to also visit centers for the young peo- and then “Those who lie in the dust will awaken and ple who are not yet observant, to explain to them sing joyful praises.” the warm love that the saintly Rebbe constantly had for them. It should be explained to these people And our Nasi among them will give us wondrous tid- what he expected of them; they should be told of the ings, and lead us along the path leading to the House hope and trust he placed in them, that they would of Hashem. ultimately fulfill their task of strengthening the ob- servance of and disseminating the study of [Letter of the Rebbe, Rosh Chodesh 5711] Torah with all the energy, warmth and vitality that characterize youth. *** Many Chassidim learn either the Ma’amar “Basi Le- If prevailing conditions allow, all the above should gani” 5711, the first Ma’amar which the Rebbe said of course be continued during the days following Yud Shevat, 5711 (1951) or “Ata Titzaveh” the last the Yartzeit, and particularly on the following Shab- Ma’amar the Rebbe edited in 5752 (1992). Both of bos. these discourses are printed in English. The Rebbe at the Tzion

1. Before he would enter the Ohel the Rebbe which he would leave. The Rebbe would depart would knock on both the outer and inner doors of by way of the second and furthermost door. The the Ohel - as if seeking permission to enter. Rebbe made it a point never to leave the inner room of the Ohel from the same door that he en- 2. As soon as he would enter the actual Ohel - us- tered. ing the inner door closest to the outer entrance - the Rebbe would commence reciting the Ma’aneh 7. Before he would leave, the Rebbe would re- Lashon. main standing in the hallway (where the candles would be lit) and recite the Yehi Ratzon found at 3. At the point of the recitation, “I am lighting the conclusion of the Ma’aneh Lashon. this lamp” the Rebbe would light a candle. 8. From 5725 and onward, after leaving the 4. After lighting the candle he would continue for Ohel the Rebbe would visit the Tziyon of his a short while with the recitation of Ma’aneh La- mother, Harabannis Chanah, of blessed memory. shon. He would then begin reading the notes of From 5748 and onward, the Rebbe would also petition (pa’nim). Upon conclusion of this sacred visit the Tziyon of the Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka, service the Rebbe would continue reciting of blessed memory. Ma’aneh Lashon. 9. Prior to entering the car, the Rebbe would 5. Before departing the Ohel, the Rebbe would thrice pluck blades circle the sacred resting site. There were occasions of grass, tossing when he circled seven times; on other occasions them over his he circled only twice. During the later years, the shoulder. Rebbe would circle but once. No one ever wit- 6. The Rebbe would pause before he would leave, nessed the Rebbe reentering his small booth within the Ohel and placing a pebble silently reciting something for a short while, after on the Tziyon.

VOLUME 28, ISSUE 4 Page 6 Gimmel Tammuz By Rabbi Shimon Raichik

As the days pass the calendar shows that we and giving his Brochos, and yet he was never are approaching Gimmel Tzmmuz, and we tired. The mere standing in line waiting to should take the time to reflect on the past to see the Rebbe was so fatiguing! The Rebbe strengthen our connection to the Rebbe. All of answered that when you count diamonds, us want to strengthen our connection and you never tire! convey this tie to our family, especially our children. Every one of us, and everyone who passed by the Rebbe was a diamond. The Rebbe pol- One of the unique things we were granted by ished each individual jewel to bring forth the the Rebbe, was that when an individual re- shine and the glow of that diamond. The ceived dollar, or Kos Shel Brochah, or even if same, too, we must remember that the Ai- one was only before the Rebbe for a matter of beshter gave into our hands our own dia- seconds, there was a feeling of exclusivity. The mond jewels - our children - and we must Rebbe was there for you alone. I recall the take the time to address their individual Sunday before my oldest son’s, Yosef Yitzcha- needs. And as the Rebbe took his time and k’s, Bar Mitzvah. The last Sunday I ap- put his efforts into us and gave us Far- proached the Rebbe for dollars. brengens, Yechidus, Kos Shel Brochah, Lekach, Dollars, Kuntreisim, Seforim, and My son had won this trip to New York from when we had a problem the Rebbe made us Tzivos Hashem of California, and he had writ- feel that we were the only ones with whom he ten a letter requesting a Brochah for all the was involved. In the same way we should members of Tzivos Hashem. We waited for give of ourselves to our children so that they hours to proceed past the Rebbe. I still re- should be educated in the way the Rebbe member how the Rebbe looked at my son and wishes. gave this thirteen year old his time, as if there was nothing else pressing, as if no one else was I heard the following story at a Farbrengen in in the room. Shul one which illustrates how the Rebbe cares for each individual… From this we can learn a lesson for the Chi- nuch of our children. The Rebbe was the As a young man this Chossid learned in a leader of Klal Yisroel and the problems of the Lubavitch Yeshiva at Bedford and Dean in the entire world weighed on his shoulders. How- early 1960’s. One day his principal Rabbi ever, when someone approached the Rebbe, Tennenbaum, ob’m, called this boy into his the Rebbe gave his fullest attention to this indi- office and told him that tonight he had an ap- vidual and there appeared to be no other con- pointment with Rabbi Hadokov at 9:00 pm. cern for the Rebbe, other than the needs of this The boy didn’t understand why he was want- person. To the Rebbe, everyone who came be- ed. At 8:30 he walked into the office of fore him was a diamond. As it was once asked Merkos and inquired, “do I really have an ap- of the Rebbe, how could he stand for hours pointment with Rabbi Hadokov tonight?” and hours, hearing the problems of each one,

VOLUME 28, ISSUE 4 Page 7 what you did to hasten his arrival? The same They looked in the book and the secretary said thing the Rebbe is asking from every one of yes, at 9:00 tonight Rabbi Hakokov wants to use - what are we doing to bring the world see you. Impatiently the 12 year old boy wait- closer to the revelation of Moshiach? This is ed to see Rabbi Hadokov, and at 9:00 he accomplished by fulfilling the Rebbe’s direc- knocks on the door and Rabbi Hadokov opens tives, and learning his teachings and educat- it and asks him to be seated. Rabbi Hadokov ing our children in the way the Rebbe wanted asks the bochur how he is and so forth, and so that when Moshiach will come we will be after a few minutes of questions Rabbi proud to say, “See the children who we edu- Hadokov asks, “Did you have a test lately? cated even in this harsh, dark, golus!” How did you fare on the test?” In these dark times we must remember what The bochur did not yet know his test results. happened on Gimmel Tammuz, 1927. At the Rabbi Hadokov turned to the bochur and told train station as the Friediker Rebbe departed him that the marks of this test were sent in to into exile he said, “That Hashem should be the Rebbe and when the Rebbe saw your mark with us and will be with us to aid and protect he said only one word: “Hayetochen (how us as He was with our ancestors.” We must come)?” That’s why Rabbi Hadokov called keep this at the forefront of our thoughts. him in. We must not fall into despair. The Rebbe is Let’s think this through a bit. Would the CEO with us and gives us his blessings, and it is up of a major business with hundreds of people to us to strengthen our connection with him. and projects under him - globally - get in- volved in the mark of a 12 year old boy? Big deal - on this test he didn't do so well, on the next test he will do better.

But, to the Rebbe this was not so. This individ- ual 12 year old was a diamond and the Rebbe sought to polish that diamond. The Hayetoch- en does not mean that you are bad, it means that you have capabilities, you can do better, and make it happen.

The same thing the Rebbe asks each of us eve- ry day: I invested so much in each one of you!! What are we doing to bring out the Reb- be’s investment in us?

The Rebbe once said at a Farbrengen that to- morrow morning you will wake up and Moshiach will be here and you will give him Sholom Aleichem and Moshiach will ask you

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VOLUME 28, ISSUE 4 Page 9 YUD BEIS TAMMUZ

In honor of Gimmel Tammuz and Yud Beis Tammuz we are printing stories that highlight the connection of a Rebbe and Chossid.

Taken from a Farbrengen given by Rabbi Zal- with a powerful voice, made the Brachah man Posner in Congregation Levi Yitzchok: “Mechayeh HaMeisim,,” There is a video to- day, made from films taken then, with much When the Friediker Rebbe arrived in New York of this. it was 1940 and he managed to escape from Poland which was already under German oc- The Rebbe was taken to the Greystone Hotel in cupation. The Rashag - Rabbi Shmaryahu Gu- Manhattan, and somehow we all got there. rary came with him on the ship. At this time He was receiving visitors in his room. Rabbi Rabbi Posner was about thirteen or fourteen Eliyahu Simpson noticed that I was alone - my years old. parents were in Chicago - and he took me in with his own sons, and introduced me to the The Second World War broke out on Friday, Rebbe. The Rebbe was sitting with the huge September 1, 1939. The Rebbe was living in Talis Katan (no Sertuk), Yarmulke, the sunni- Otwock, Poland, the first city the Germans est smile you ever saw. He gave us his Bro- bombed from the air. The Rebbe and his family chah, that we become “Chassidim, Lamdanim moved to Warsaw. In mid-September a cease and Yerai Shamayim.” fire was called to permit foreign nationals to Some of those Chicago people also came, gave leave Warsaw. The Rebbe had Latvian papers the Rebbe regards from x and y and z and and was permitted to leave. I well remember from “Sholom Posner, if you remember him.” how people gathered in our home in Chicago almost every day for very serious talks. Reb The Rebbe said, “Sholom? Do I remember Shmuel Levitin was with us then, and these Sholom? Sholom is (here he placed his hand other men were laymen who cared about the on his heart) mine!” Rebbe. The meetings were devoted to getting the Rebbe to America. The Rebbe never forgot I was fourteen when the Yeshiva started ac- them. They ate at his table whenever they were cepting young boys. We were about a dozen in New York for Yom Tov, and he treated them in two groups, my brother’s and mine. We royally. For us it was a lesson in gratitude. were the only ones from “out of town,” Chica- go. Before going home for Pesach, Laibel and Early in 1940 the Rebbe arrived with the Reb- I had Yechidus. The Rebbe asked how long it betzin Nechamah Dina, his mother (Rebbetzin takes to get home and I told him, twenty-four Shterna Sarah), his daughter and her husband hours. (Rashag) and their son, and others in the en- tourage. I was at the pier and saw the Rebbe “Where will you Daven?” come down the gangplank in a wheelchair steered by a steward, and heard the roar of the “On the bus.” large crowd when we saw him. A Chazan who had learned in Lubavitch, Shmuel Kantaroff, “And Tefillin?” with a bit of surprise, I think.

VOLUME 28, ISSUE 4 Page 10 He also asked whether it is warm on the bus. and hear in comfort. Later I learned that at He had to repeat that, since it was a totally un- one point the Rebbe turned to my father and expected question. We reassured him it was asked,’ Where is Zalman?” my father had no warm on the bus. idea. The Rebbe turned to my father-in-law, Rabbi Shlomo Aaron Kozonovsky, and asked Next Pesach we went in again for Yechidus and “Where is Zalman?” He too had no idea. he asked, “With what are you going home? “Remembering last year’s question very well, I The next day I had Yechidus. “Where were confidently answered, “With the bus.” you, Reb Zalman?” the Rebbe asked, “we were looking for you.” “I’m not asking that, I’m asking with what are you going home? What are you taking with I sheepishly explained that I was standing in you? What did you add during the past six back near the loudspeaker. “Ach.” the Rebbe months since I saw you, in Torah and Yiras answered, “Once a year you can crush the Shamayim?” How do you answer a question grossness of the body and you stand far?” like that ? I just stood there for several eterni- ties while the Rebbe looked down at his desk, * * * waiting, waiting, for me to answer. Laibel was unperturbed. He was the younger brother, af- ter all, and he would never dream of answer- ing in my presence. Finally, mercifully, the Rebbe spoke.

“I am not asking for you to answer. But you must ask yourself from time to time - what have I added in learning, in Mitzvos?”

(There is nothing in a Chossid’s life that is triv- ial to the Rebbe. I heard that once in Warsaw, before the war, the Rebbetzin remarked with wonder about the Rebbe’s concern for the stu- dents. “Like a parents.” He answered, “Like a mother and father.” We could feel that affec- tion. The relationship was incredible. A half- century later his warmth is still with us.)

* * * A few years into the Nesiyus of the Rebbe, at a Farbrengen the Rebbe would call out names for L’Chayim.

Once, a bit weary of the shoving and with the new loudspeaker, I figured I could beat the sys- tem by standing in back near the loudspeaker

VOLUME 28, ISSUE 4 Page 11 THE REBBE’S MIVTZOIM

One of the new objectives that the Rebbe implemented Laibel Kaplan ob’m), who had said that he had was the idea of mivtzoim. In honor of Gimel Tammuz checked the mezuzos in the school, on his own incen- we present here a synopsis of how and when some of tive, and found that seventeen mezuzos were posul. the mivtzoim started. This was the exact amount of children he heard had been killed. The next day, the Rebbe continued, “I Tefillin heard that twenty children had been killed, and I was wondering how this was possible, so I asked (Rabbi Mivtzah Tefillin was launched by the Rebbe before the Kaplan) to check the mezuzos again. He did, and Six Day War 5727 (1967). From then on bochurim found that another three were posul, which equaled started their “Friday routes” to put Tefillin on people. twenty, which was the exact number of children that After the war, some tables were set up by the Kosel to had been killed.” The Rebbe said, “I started with put Tefillin on with people. The Rebbe was always Mivtzah Mezuzah. There was a force that was pushing very interested to know exactly which people were in- me and not allowing me to stop speaking out on this volved with this. topic, but I did not know why. I explained that one of the characteristics of Mezuzah is that it guards the 5734 (1974) was the year of mivtzoim. On Chanukah, doors of Israel, so now we see the reason I was being the Rebbe came out very strongly about Mivtzah Cha- pushed specifically for the Mivtzah of Mezuzah.” The nukah--this was after the War. At Purim Rebbe then later explained that the attack did not hap- time Mivtzah Purim in full force, as we explained in a pen because the mezuzos were posul, chas v’sholom. previous article. The mezuzah is like a helmet: if someone wears a hel- met and something happens, it will protect him. The mezuzah and other mivtzoim have the power of Mivtzah Mezuzah shemirah: they protect us.

On Yud Shevat 5734, 1974, the Rebbe came out very strongly about the idea of each home having a tzedakah The Shabbos before this incident, Parshas Emor, the pushka, siddur, Chumash, Tehillim and mezuzah. In Rebbe spoke about Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai sitting middle of there was a terrorist attack on Ma’alot, and learning. The Rebbe spoke at great length how we Israel. There were children on a trip, and the terrorists must take the lesson from R. Shimon bar Yochai that attacked them and twenty children were killed. The when we learn, our whole involvement should be in Shabbos afterward, Behar Bechukosei, the Rebbe de- the learning--nothing else should be able to distract us. voted the farbrengen to this incident. At the farbrengen the Rebbe emphasized very strongly that we cannot just say it was a normal natural event, and we feel bad, but Mivtzah that is the extent of our connection to it. Rather, we On Parshas Naso, Yud Alef Sivan 5734/1974, the must feel, based on what the Rambam says, that if Rebbe explained the meaning of the word “mivtzah.” something terrible happens, it is not merely a chance The word “mivtzah” comes from the word “betzah,” occurrence; it has to be a call to teshuvah: we must change our ways. The Rebbe concluded that the Rab- bonim should issue a call to the people to do teshuvah.

The Rebbe said that he had received a call (from Rabbi

VOLUME 28, ISSUE 4 Page 12 went on to explain that the word “tank” in Hebrew is spelled Tes Nun Kuf: Tes stands for “Tahara,” Nun as Yehudah said to his brothers when they sold Yosef, for “Nezikin,” and Kuf for “Kodshim.” This teaches “Mah Betzah”—“What will we gain” (from killing us when we do mivtzoim the person first has to have him). The added mem gives it the sense of an action. tahara: he must purify himself. Then we have the “Betzah” is made up from the middle letters of the power of Nezikin, we can take away the negativity names of the Avos - Avrohom, Yitzchok, and Ya’akov. from the other person (the service of “Sur mei ra”— “Turn away from evil”)-and then we can come to the A Personal Involvement level of Kodshim, where a person can sanctify another On Wednesday, the fifteenth of Sivan, the Rebbe made (this is the avodah of “Asei Tov”—“[Actively] do a special farbrengen; this was the day the Friediker good”). The person will accept what you are telling Rebbe was arrested in 1927. The purpose of the far- him if he feels you are doing it without personal mo- brengen, the Rebbe said, was to make sure that every tive, with pure intentions. person, man, women and child, even those under bar At that time the Rebbe would come to 770 at around and bas mitzvah, must be personally involved in the 10:00 in the morning. The tanks were ready and wait- mivtzoim. It is not enough for a person to rely on oth- ing the Rebbe would motion with his hand and the ers, but each person must be directly involved. After tanks would leave for a day of mivtzoim and come the Rebbe demanded so much of us to do mivtzoim, back later that night. (When the mivtzoim became a bochurim felt it was their duty to increase in their car- bit more organized they realized that sandwiches had rying out of the Rebbe’s wishes. They got a few trucks to be given to those on the tanks so that the bochurim from Hertz Rent-a-Car, and put up some signs on them, would have something to eat!) and got to work. There were also some simple bro- chures which were printed out regarding the mivtzoim. During those years the Rebbe gave great importance The bochurim worked very hard on mivtzoim, and on to the “tankistim,” those who went on mivtzoim. Tammuz 2, Shabbos Parshas Korach, the Rebbe made a Many times at the end of a farbrengen he would call special farbrengen, and said that since so many people them up and give them dollars to give out to everyone were involved and had shown such enthusiasm for the else. mivtzoim, they were worthy of having a special far- Mivtzah Neshek brengen in their honor. At that farbrengen the Rebbe Mivtzah Neshek started at the end of the summer be- went into detail concerning how the pushkas were to fore , when the Rebbe spoke to the look. There was to be no specific organization which women. Then during the winter of the next year, would benefit, but the people would be able to desig- 5735, 1974/75, the Rebbe devoted many hours to ex- nate the pushkas for any cause they wished. The push- plain the source of this custom. Even small girls from kas were to be decorated with pictures of the other the age of three should start lighting Shabbos and mivztoim to remind people of them. Rabbi Yitzchok Yom Tov candles. Gniwisch, of Montreal, printed a four color beautiful Pushka, there were many answers from the Rebbe con- cerning all the details. Mivtzah Kashrus, and Mivtzah Taharas Hamishpacha “Tanks” came during the summer of 5735, 1975. Then came Mivtzah Chinuch, to get all Jewish children into Jew- On one occasion, when the Rebbe arrived back at 770 ish schools. Then was Mivtzah Ahavas Yisrael. This from the Ohel, he turned to Rabbi Krinsky and com- completed the 10 Mivtzoim. mented that these trucks were “tanks.” At the Yud Beis Tammuz farbrengen of that year the Rebbe explained what a “tank” was. It can go into places a normal car can’t go, and it is sent to capture the enemy. Similarly, the “tanks” of mivtzoim are sent to “capture” the world and make it a dwelling place for Hashem. The Rebbe

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