Ep. 46: Why The Rebbe Referred To Me As A Mesudar with Rabbi Menachem Gerlitzky

So I'm saying you're talking about someone that was here in those years every like you could communicate with the bylang just by thinking what you want what and then this was often someone that was here those years I'm yasi cayman welcome to among by an ongoing faban about life as our vibrant connection with the Reb and inspired living shaped by the way he teaches us each and every day. How are you? >> Okay, thank you very much for uh making the time to be here. And um the way I usually have recently began these conversations there's always uh where where you come from. So I know your father was a famous Misha Ali Galitzki, right? That's his name. >> Yeah. >> And maybe you could tell me a little bit about him, where he came from, how he became how he came into labul. >> My father was born in L Pon. He lived in a little city called Kinsko. And he had a cousin, a relative. And when he saw my father, he spoke to his father to my he says because your was already. >> Yeah. Yeah. He was already in. And so he sent him to which was a yeshiv. This was to sadik alf and sadik for the came to >> from where? From from from or he was already in Poland already. >> He was in America. >> Okay. in Israel pest and then America the whole sadic kimat and then it was I'm not sure exactly which places but uh you based Thomas he came to va so yeshiva they said in yeshiv that those certain amount of pro And I think it was 30 kimor. So, uh, they'll be able to go to Ver for Yudamos. and they got a bus and he went and he used to describe that fabik was Friday 4:30 in the afternoon shabas and they uh went into yeshiva yeshiva or and uh they sang the mimer before They sang before the mimemer. Which song? It was a song. the I am I da da da. I in the dry. Oh yeah. Then the Uh and every shabas after he always sang this song. This was like his first But this was so it was there and they had >> the whole group after Shabas everybody's separate. >> Mhm. >> And the next year he learned to ina this was the main yeshiva then >> the was already there. >> Yeah. at Sadi Bay. He learned to via years later the moved tok and uh he learned all the years and then I once asked him the famous B was ink. said the freed moved in the middle of the sadics. How was it sadic bay? So he told me that even though the freed was in Ver but every tish they would rent a big hotel in which was the outskirt of over there all the came and that's where the was >> so you think even when the yeshiva was in v they would go to they would rent a place in over there was the The Rebba would always come and that year the told the Reb that he should say he sat down 8:00 and he started Sh and this went till the morning 6 7:00 in the morning in the suka. So when they found the rishima they were looking for people that were there and the only one they found was my father. He said sure remembers the fabangim and he described to them the suk people came in it was like for 40 50 people and says the whole night straight straight till the morning and when they looked into the shim he was it was more or less what he remembered. >> Uhhuh. So afterwards he's there invat till till the outbreak of World War II. >> So he was in V all the years and then when they went to he was invit. And when the war broke out, they hid in the basement of the yeshiva, him and another few bakim. And uh every day they had to give the pisher custodian ago something he shouldn't squeal on them. And porchit at night, one of them would go out and find potato peels somewhere. And this what they lived on for two and a half months almost three months. There was the day they had nothing else to give him. He went and he told the Nazis there's brim in the basement and they barged in. He said he saw a window jumped out of the window. He ran up the stairs. He hid on the roof and he covered and he even heard them discussing if they should go up to the roof or not. And the poor hashem didn't go up and things quieted down. He went downtown and it happened to be in the middle. And over there he met other friends. And they didn't know what to do. The p one of them said and what they did was by day they hid. At night they ran till they came to va came to va. So the fre was hidden in the basement by herseli. So they didn't tell anyone like his where he was but they were they told him and he was to have a with the told him gates and go to Russia and you should be successful. There was right before the freeda left Poland through Germany to America and that's what they did. They ran and finally they came to Vilna. Some Vner there was all the Bim the went to Vilman. They had a yes over there for a good year. But then when they saw that uh the Nazis, the Germans are coming to Vna. So they went to look for different places where they could run and nobody wanted to give them visas. One uh consulate the Japanese consulate >> Sugihara >> Sugihara he was a visro and he saw the situation and he did give everybody a visa. So he gave all the yin that came to him, he gave him a visa. The answer the whole story and once they had the visa had traveled from V >> to Shanghai >> to Japan Kobe >> not to Shanghai. >> Shanghai is China. First they went to Japan. Their visas was to Japan. So the freedu fund and there was a deal they made with the Russian government. They anyway have a train going from west all the way to the east to Vald deastto a train that takes 12 days. So they said, "Yeah, we have a train. We'll pay us $600 American dollars for each ye that they let onto the train." And they did. And the freed sent from America money. And each one gave the money. And they had uh a train going the whole through the whole Siberia till the ocean. Alasto was the city. today there's a there I think and uh I asked him what did they have for food he said the meeting they took a long bread asked him how long does bread last he said if it's not in the plastic it could last that's what they ate for for the whole trip and in every station they had hot water they had hot water and bread and they stopped in Muska and whatever they hadim the sh they couldn't give it to theim he remembers Benash was there other that were in Mosa so they >> they got off and they walked around >> yeah they gave him a stop in Moscow >> Mhm. and they uh they would put it in the sid and the safer and they knew ready to take it out but they couldn't talk with them because no communications and then they got to Japan but later Japan with the Germans made upas they made uh they became part of them and they kicked out all the Eden after about eight months it's the only place that they could go was to Shanghai in China. So they went to Shanghai, China and there was a labure of therekinazi and all all the play. I'm not just talking about the labavature. >> Yeah. The mirror was there this and that. Yeah. And uh finally they worked out that Canada sent about 90 visas for Yidden to come to Canada. So they divided it according to each yeshiva. The yeshiva got nine visas and every other yeshiva the labini yeshiva the yeshiva yes and snagas they all got a certain amount and they prepared the trip and the ship was supposed to >> how do they know which bahim got the visas >> I think that like the more older ones got the visas. In other words, out of the 40 50 bim, they gave the older ones. >> So this is the whole group. This is Greenlass and Kmer and >> Rabbi Greenlass, Rabbi Kramer, Rabbi Hendel, Rabbi Rodel, Rabbi Stein, my father, Rabbi Weinberg, Rabbi Katlarski, and Rabbi Tannibel. Those were the nine that got the visas. And the boat that they were supposed to go was leaving Adrian Keeper. Now when the boat leaves from China to America and Adam keeper see him keeper is going to be on the >> dateine >> the date line. So which day do you fast? First day or the second day are you closer to east or to the west? So all them snagged him pasin that you're not allowed to go on the pas they said not to go on the boat not to go any got a telegram from the four words to travel in the first possible opportunity So the labavich went once the labavich went because the told him so all the other also went give me an example Rabbi Hishburg was Rabbi Heshburg from Mexico told me there was a daughter the was on the boat they went but liter stayed in uh uh Shanghai, they'll go with the next boat. So they went and they traveled and as soon as the boat left, a telegram came from America to the boat that they need them to travel west to Hong Kong to pick up 300 American citizens. So there was no more Shiloh. The whole Shiloh was if they go to the date line, but if they're going back over there, there was no Shilin. They fasted one day and then the boat went they stopped in Honolulu >> from there in in Francisco. >> San Francisco. Francisco. >> Francisco. >> It's a country, >> the city in California. >> Oh, San Franc. Okay. Yeah. >> And >> on the way to Canada. >> Yeah. Yeah. They had the American police watching. They shouldn't run out, you know. And they took a train. They stopped in Chicago. In Chicago, they had a whole big meal. Statesavich didn't eat because they weren't sure. And later that it was good that they didn't eat. And they continued. They got to Montreal and that's how we got to Montreal. >> Short. Yeah. To Montreal >> and then some of them ended up in in New York later, but most of them ended up staying >> all nine were first to Montreal, but three of them later moved to New York. Rabbi Weinberg, Rabbi Tannen, and Rabbi Katlarski. But the rest >> other six stayed in Montreal >> and they ended up building up the >> right away they came on a Friday they announced that they're opening a yeshiva and they came the English date still 1941 they opened up the yeshiva Sunday morning they had already a class they were ready told them to do this that's what they were sent for. >> Mhm. >> And who's going to give the shir? So they made a raffle. My father was always proud to say that he won the raffle and he gave the sher the first uh class in Tshin Bay. >> So the whole Montreal with all the Russians that only was later >> later many years later at least 10 years later. >> Mhm. But these nine came originally and they opened up the Shiva and the >> Okay. And your mother's also from Poland. >> My mother's father came in the 1920s. My mother's father >> came from a city in Poland the 1920s. They saw the situation. They decided they got to leave Europe and they were four brothers. Nut Rosen Blum, Moa Rosen Bloom, Yankl Rosen Bloom and >> so Montreal. They came to Montreal >> and Schulen Rosen Bloom >> to Montreal. >> Yeah, they came to Montreal. So they were from and in Montreal there was a group a group of Fuma families. They opened up a sh called siras and they kept together very strong these and till today the show is there was yesterday I was in Montreal and I came to yeshiva and they said they're rebuilding the mikvah said where do you go to the mikvah said see the das two blocks away has a mikvah they used to be downtown But now they moved up town. But this sh is still there till today. And there was like a obviously when all the came and they were so my mother who was from a from a family and the way the story goes they went to see who's this who's this My Rosenblum took along his father-in-law who was a long white beard had 11 kids. He also came to Montreal. He came much earlier. He came in 1899 told him and he he came to and my Z had eye on him and I heard from my mother's cousin he was there and just said uh My el told my Z sell your last shirt and grab him for he wrote every many letters to the and they met they became obviously and he couldn't come to Yehidas. He was still uh >> cuz they didn't have the papers. >> They didn't have papers. But my mother was a Canadian born and she could travel. So she came in. >> Yeah. She was then she was born. So she was 18. She traveled and she came into the And after wrote a letter to my father Rosenlum was here by me and I gave her the and I told her you should be strong the exact printed letter have the original and she always said over that said he was banging with his hand on the table. She says went through her whole body and she was talking super all the years. Just to tell you no one wore a shel those years. No one mish. And she uh she was the first one to to break the ice. She put on the shel and because of her her aunt right away started putting on the shel and she used to go in the morning to watch how they milk the cows. they should have some milk. And this was then there was no but here she she brought up a generation and >> and that was her first connection to Labavich was becoming a to your father. >> Yeah. Yeah. Once he ma once the Rosen Bloom family took my father, everyone else >> followed and married Lavage. >> Mhm. Very interesting. Okay. >> Yeah. >> So, let's go over to you. So, you were born in Montreal in what year? So maybe you could describe for me a little bit what it was like growing up in Montreal there. What was going on Montreal then? >> Montreal was a very when I grew up there was already a big lab. The Russians were there that came from Russia. There was the pisha. There was a and the building was still downtown on Park Avenue. And that was the maridus of the whole Canada. That was they had over there and the bismish the sh the mikvah. And uh I admire memories every shabas the sitkin remembering the suk they had and that was a real lesha >> there wasn't too many yeshivas then. of someone from New York or anyone else had to send someone to yes out of town >> Montreal >> Montreal there was New York there was there weren't too many but it was uh they moved already uptown to the yeshiva where it's now >> Mhm. >> It's still today. Yeah. >> And you learned in the over there and yes and everything >> all the years. So, what when was the first time you saw the Reb? >> First time was for you. >> So, what's the math? >> How old I was? >> Six. >> You remember it? >> What can I remember? What I remember? We used to go every year on with the family obviously and there was all also a special for all theim that came in for your so the seda was that the younger classes came into the frontal whoever came obviously the higher classes had more that came and if there was place the high school then from yeshiva till it filled up so I remember one year I don't remember which one it stopped so it was only from that I remember the was already in the youths so one year was filling up and filling up they were coming in more and more and got full and the Reb was sitting and watching everyone coming in. It was the principal would tell us how to come in and they filled up and the Reb said if you push away the boxes there'll be more place. So the people in the back didn't even hear. I understood Yiddish and I was in the front line. The Reb said push away the boxes. I remember going pushed all the boxes in the corners. I met especially every year for the yeshiva in Montreal. Many are mug imprinted. Some are not. I remember also that buil would go in with two boim two or three boim. They should be able to see and uh Yeah. And you also came for tish sometimes or not >> from then every year >> from from your father would come >> I was here >> your father would come every year >> except one year it didn't work out but from I came >> so that means you remember the teaching although I was only seven years old and this was 5 in the morning but I was here my I was here with my father and the rabbi teachings I was here. I remember the Reb teaching Henu and then Keonu >> and Kazen Telleski would repeat and sing and then till everybody caught on but it was in the small shaw in the back long table that was >> same place but long table through the middle of the shaw and everybody was around and uh >> so in the back in the back like by the door downstairs. >> Downstairs. >> Downstairs. The maid of site before they built >> was just between 770 and 78. Shalash >> they had already a roof. So it was called the shul shalash was before they built the roof. >> So the stood on a table and the being there and the teaching this. I do remember that uh they said the le said this year he's going to teach two nigim and next year no more. I remember as a kid that's what they said the Reb taught to next year there wasn't okay >> some people say because the Reb's mother was the one that taught the Reb which needn't to sing >> there's different theories about it >> that I don't know saying theories yeah everybody could say a theory >> yeah Um, so when did you come to to New York to stay to learn? Uh, summer lammed bays. I came to learn in Marstown. There was like a summer program. That was the year they bought the new building and I wanted to stay but the Reb answered and they wanted back in Montreal. The next year >> I was in Montreal. The next year I came already to me a few friends we all came to and that spoke they should go in different. So a group went to to seis a group went to a group went to Montreal and we went then to brimis for a year. >> So you came for one year >> I was here and then spoke and we should go to different yeshivas. So then holla would would split it split this up who should go where >> I don't know if it was an hala but exactly how it worked but there was >> so you were you were sent to binois >> we went to bwa for a year lit we came back already 770 and when the yeshiva opened inad so The Rabbi Klein called us in each one separate and he said since they're opening up a yeshiva usually they take from holy to Martown but now since it's already so they don't want to break up glasses whatever so they're taking from 770 and we were 10 bim that went older. >> Yeah was 20. That's okay. >> What am I saying? More >> 21. >> Mhm. >> And we were at 10. And we were told right away, usually the is two years, but just this year it's going to be one year until they send the new from the regular classes. We had >> just the >> the Rabbi Shhat. >> So he came in special for the >> We traveled that day to Los Angeles. >> He came to New York special for theis. >> I'm saying yeah. Yeah. From the >> Was he living in California? >> The plane. >> Where was he coming from? >> He lived in Toronto. came from Toronto with his family and that's when we all went to uh on that day we went to >> he went together with you start yes what happened by and beautiful said. So the Reb is going to give everyone a signed with his name and $2 for the Reb gave everyone >> signed a >> signed and Yeah. H. >> So you were there for a year. >> Yeah. It was today. >> Yeah. So you you were sent you on twice. That's a unique uh >> Yeah. So the Los Angeles was handpicked like they say. >> Mhm. >> Over the years went to this yeshiva that yeshiva. But uh here was Mamesh Mosquito called in and the whole seda just like Australia or Miami >> right? So this is >> lame. >> So you come to >> was that spoke then that every city should open up three. So when we came that night, Rabbi Kun with Rabbi Raichik I remember the said said the Reb is speaking there are so many people if everybody thinks that the Reb is speaking to everyone else nothing will be done everybody has think that the Reb is speaking to him. So when the Reb said to open up the Reb is speaking to him. So you opened up the yeshiva, you opened up then the sh in Beverly Hills and you opened up mikvah new mikvah. So I'm going to go back and forth a little bit. So what was happening in the um so what years So I'm trying to remember the year. In 770 you're there >> and then >> again here in >> Los Angeles and then you come back >> so what was happening and those are the years of what was happening 770 those those years >> was the tanks after they were tanks. So what happened? Did spoke about how did it start? Tanks >> spoke about first five. So it was regular I remember put up a table >> already exists before. >> Yeah. Yeah. And uh then they started getting these uh step vans. What's a step then? >> The tanks. It wasn't like today the Penske trucks. >> Uh yeah. >> And there was four tanks. They put big signs tanks against the simulation and they had a picture of a tank with very nice and I remember once came in the morning there were three tanks parked in front of 770. Reb turned around and said va tank because they were ready for drive. Every day they were going then >> every day >> from so the Reb spoke what the spoke >> this was when the summer started the end of season >> what did the Reb speak on about actually it was after was after the and the tank started and There was a whoever went on three weeks got a $5 bill from the Reb that year. Those that went on tanks equivalent to the same time. I think it came out to 40 hours a week for three weeks. The total also got $5 before this was like and then we went with the tanks in Manhattan all over. It was tak a big uh thing. So the way it worked was that like there was different bach that would go every day in the beginning. >> Yeah. Everybody knew which is his tank and we would go every day. Yeah. >> So when did it become only We would bring sandwiches and drinks in middle 10 in the morning till when did that stop that it's every day. >> Some tanks continued throughout the summer. throughout the summer. I remember even there was a thank you to go every day to the airport to allow when did it stop at it's continuing till >> today. Yeah. Yeah. I know I'm saying I guess in the beginning was also >> it was a big >> then camp started some counselors had to go to camp etc. Okay. Um, >> till camp. I remember tak was that summer in camp. >> So before you went to in California, so you were here at >> Yes. So what what is the I mean everyone knows what happened but what what's anything notable that you want to mention from from there's a big big by the big remember would learn more and big those few weeks There's a seder who could go to who could go to different times but remember bigness all of a sudden and when the came that the Reb said and the more you dance the more you'll be the more you'll add in his health you can't imagine the the dancing that there was in Yeah. That night. >> Mhm. >> Remember most people they said everybody ran out. I was with him. Very little people stayed. >> You you left. 95% just ran out. No one's going to. And then we heard from other people the Reb made and he walked and ZB danced and the Reb went up and one of the integral components of being a whether it's oramos these days give us an opportunity to connect with our to connect with each other and be better. What is the story behind each of these days? 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You were telling me on the way up here about something in the dormatory. >> When I used to come here, I stayed in my brother's dormatory. Where was the dormatory? 788. >> So this is before you're learning here. >> Yeah. When I came from Montreal. So you can imagine at night aus used to finish first there was faban there was a heikoff who went to sleep very late and then there was a bo dance and the room where I slept in was mush like what 10 ft opposite the windows of the miz wall of the sh from tshin Gimmo probably. >> So this is you're talking about after the >> 788 and 784, >> right? Because this is after the second expansion. So 770 the >> before the final expansion, >> right? So the SH only went through 784, not the 788 >> and it had windows in Miz wall and the Reba was on the BMA not far from the window and my window was right opposite in the dormatory and I wake up. It must have been 11 in the morning and I hear the was screaming loud and here I'm waking up and hear that I wasn't sure should I listen to all the in the room and go then as I went down and was to yeah delay That room would probably be packed with to hear >> you were involved also with the the children from Iran when they came out all the all the Baham 70 became teachers. We taught a whole year. We >> So what was so basically the Reb had a campaign after after the Sha was overthrown. The Reb had a campaign to bring all the children whatever as many children as possible in Iran. They all came here to Crown Heights. >> All to Crown Heights. So you taught for them. >> So every BA became a Malamid. We used to teach had a class and we would teach them. They came in the middle of the year. So every so I was also teaching them till they went to camp in the summer. He rented a camp in Monteello called Machn over there. There was a few hundred of the Iranians and uh I was learning director and we uh we were there for almost four months. >> We stayed till they came to the >> we would come in the middle. I remember I was here keeper for the we came in for Fabangians but basically we were in the camp till uh >> Were you by their seder when the reba came to visit? >> Yeah. Yeah. To the baham seda. >> But not not with the Iranian kids. >> No. No. >> But you were by the baham sed when the reba came. A few times. >> Yeah. Twice. >> Mhm. You're also involved with uh >> would walk through looking in everybody's kaid and >> so you also did stuff at the parade also right I was involved yeah >> you're already asking from from I guess you're already an asin from lamas from like I said from ladal came to tshams after pes was supposed to be parades me few friends yeah we were the bham that worked on it. >> Mhm. So when did you get married? >> And you got married here >> in that. >> Your wife is your wife is >> Yeah. >> So you had you had >> we had from the last in private. Yeah. What happened was if there was still regularly but there was such a big that the ones that had to travel to Israel saw that if each one goes into they don't know who won't make it because they had a flight. So they decided let's start groups together at least they'll have some >> Ohidam started this thing. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> That's interesting. like they have to leave latest by 11:00 and it's4 to 11 and there's 10 couples that have to go and some might not make it so at least they'll go together and that's when it started and but we went in regular >> with your parents >> no >> just the asked Wednesday v was right when we came maybe a day after I said we don't know yet based on >> it wasn't like today they they do it that night >> yeah yeah it was a week two weeks later yeah >> use that language you know >> people asked me I'm not sure but then it wasn't called and then it was called >> you know why it changed >> I heard it was from the but I I don't know for a fact documentation >> remember They were called a vault. >> Okay. And so I'm not sure if the Reb exactly said the word for it, but Pashas and Debb took $2 and he said whenever be we should give the dollar by the v to that's remind us surely Good for everyone. >> Yeah, >> he gave a lot of braas. >> My wife's from Israel. I remember the Reb used he said in usually the say >> in Yiddish. But when he used the word >> he used the Israeli >> mitzvot. Yeah. >> So you got married and then you came back. came back from I got married and yvat we came to the fab >> and you went to ky >> went to k yeah I was in ky till >> so what hap so so how do you so when you're in ka you wrote the deb about like how do you know your next step >> after ky when it came so I wrote Uh, I wrote different offers. >> Mhm. >> People came. They were looking for offer here, offer there. Finally, I wrote in a whole bunch of offers, but I didn't bring the lotion. Exactly. It's very interesting what they have answered me. Four answers. >> So, you you can remember you have you have him. >> Uh, I have him, but I don't have it on me. It's very interesting. basically bal what I remember is uh before a person writes in for which job he should think it over to what he is >> to what you're capable of whatever >> capable and what's practical. >> How is it possible that one person should be capable for everything? I wrote every offer which was from the biggest to the smallest and >> the wanted is saying like why you just sending >> different from one other words think what you're capable of then write and then write >> so you're being aid you want to that you're trying to be write everything again said other things also. >> What do you mean other things besides >> doesn't have to be just in these offers that I had could be something else. That's what it ended up being at the end. Something that I didn't write wasn't on the list. >> Okay. Okay. then you can ask >> so the Reb is giving you on how to >> write to the Reb >> one thing I had to offer in the country that I didn't know the language and I mentioned that I don't know the English another thing I wrote So the answer on this specific thing question mark >> what is it >> maza >> what does that mean >> you're writing in that you want to do so and so what is it mish I sat down and I wrote almost a three-page letter three-page letter and they're waiting for answers Sir, every day I would ask Rabbi Klein, so he told me, "You should know that it's on the Reb's desk right on top." He sees it on the Reba's desk every day. And for weeks, I was waiting and waiting. There was no answers. I didn't do I was still looking. And finally, weeks later, the Eb from a three-page letter that Eba tore off just one line out of the whole three pages. And from if it's the right thing, the Reb wrote a No. >> And but he didn't give back the whole three pages. Just a a thin strip >> to aim >> aim. It's not for you. >> Yeah. >> And he But this took weeks. >> Finally, there was then the Reb spoke so strong. I was still a boar about fetiskanim >> beforeh this is years before >> yeah and pen and megiml they were looking for someone to take it over so they offered me and truth is that >> who's they >> there was a vat a vat of yilite that they felt like responsible and they offered and uh I wrote into the reb This I got right away. An answer. This was before back and forth took months. >> So for months you're >> writing hot songs >> doing different things. Yeah. But uh >> and then not whatever nothing and then >> that's and that's your thing. >> So what is wanted a real coy people come and instead of uh them reaching the retiring age and doing nothing they should register and come and learn every day and a little bit after I went in we were we wrote the we have a place we have >> so so your kale is in is the New York k or it's like the central k what what's the function of it >> there's a kil that's going Now I'm asking >> over 40 years that they're learning here in seven. >> But every city is supposed to have their own ky. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Mhm. So you're in New York whatever >> here and everybody that retired alen came and they learned and beautiful coy all the years different. First Shia Pinson used to give Shirim and then now the Shakang is Rabbi Holtzburg and uh Yeah. >> And it works like a like they get a stipen. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They get a stipen gets paid. And so today we have three coy in Crown Heights. The one here sponsors alaz for years and years but we opened up two more. One is in Frankl Rabbi is Shurim and Rabbi Ginski and one is invar so used to be they each get about a minion and as we're speaking now there are three kum in Crown Heights where the other two are in English more about the chu type and the one here is they learn everything. So this is the coil but the about it's printed on everything how the coil should run and one of the things over there the writes that since there are so many Eden and Miscan and the different senior centers and they're looking how to uh fill up the time with the older people. So we should reach out to them and make sure etc. So this became the most of the work at Ferris senior centers, nursing homes, adult homes, daycare centers. There are different types and the busiest time comes We go to so many and want to go send out. That's why you do the is for the for the >> it started but people call he's homebound the calls end up in we make the list we put it together and we send out we all sent to different part buildings and hospitals and the nursing homes and >> this pes we had every night 35 Five >> they call in advance no I'm saying people want to make their own seda but they call the bavage so there's bim that they're here anyway pes and they want to do a seda for public seda so we send them out to all the different mishums >> so and that's after that that you started those pulas that's when the reb started being in the kin that you do in 770. What's the story about that? How'd that happen? >> We had uh Rayon thought to bring all the skum to the so the first >> So, so you started doing with them and then you had this idea to bring to bring them to the >> Yeah. So the first time was of tough shined men and made a rally. We invited them and they came from all over and we knew nothing as to how we going to speak for them or not. We brought them. >> You brought a group to 770. a group hundreds of scammen. >> It's a big operation. You have to bust them in some ice. >> Yeah. But that was easier. Today they have so much laws bureaucracy. They can't leave only for a certain amount and each building has to then it was more uh >> hish. So nursing homes came and everybody that came with a wheelchair. There were four ber on top of the steps picked up the wheelchair brought him down. They didn't need a ramp. I said there are pictures a whole group of wheelchairs and and uh on the settle I wrote the program. So like 1:30 it was starting and someone's going to speak and then a children's choir and then refreshments the whole program and 3:15 You decided to write that >> in the program. Then the min with with the and >> those years have a diamond upstairs. So you were being a little bold writing that >> by the way be 3:15 3:10 probably uh one of the boim that worked for the mashbakim came down and he's asking me in the name of theb if the program is on time if the reb could come down 3:15 to imagine and I said, "Yeah, for sure." But uh the would with each detail like maybe he's running late, man. >> So you didn't know till that moment if the Reb is going to come down or not? >> Not that the is coming from Ma was the Reb came to every Ma but we didn't know if the Reb is going to speak. So I wrote >> What year is this? >> Meal. >> Okay. The didn't so whatever. Okay. So that maybe was obvious that if there's a group the reb did do sometimes downstairs of his. Yeah. Okay. >> So I asked Rabbi how does he know before if the reb is going to speak? He says he doesn't know till today. He makes a rebroke which could mean after the spoke a beautiful and we started doing them twice a year. One time and one time. So every year the Reb spoke for them in the summer a couple of times but not always. One time I would give him the letter that we sent out for and would usually answer regular and it was tough me Zion. So we made it that year on the Tuesday test zimov try to pick a day that the reb doesn't go to the oil. I'm sitting in the office 10:00 and also someone comes in Rabbi Groon's office he says Rabbi Gro is calling you. I go down he says us. So I asked her by going give me a few minutes says okay. So it was before mikvah I ran the mikvah was in union >> union mikvah >> the hot day I just vish in two minutes was a hot mikvah and I didn't dry myself because I was in a rush and running and I figure I'll come in and it'll tell me okay wait this second I came in says come with me knocks on the door goes out it never comes out >> I was the was his in the room by the door said since he was it's also the was mia the whole thing because I didn't know exactly said >> you wrote it down afterwards you wrote it down afterwards >> yeah as much as I remembered but but Rabbi Groer who was in his room opened his door to listen in so I would say more he wrote down Since I decided to go to the oil today, I want you to give over to the ska for them, their children, their grandchildren. I was giving brahas. And then the reb went back in and he said he wants to give more stock. Give me 600 six packs of hundred single dollars. And then After he went and he came out again and he said, "You'll surely give over a report of how the kinus went." So right away, Rabbi Groner wrote and I brought it up. They typed it up and I gave it in. The makia edited. >> You have the original >> and that's what I read for them. gives my memories I wanted to give over exactly the >> was my G and that's what you read. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> So this is all in a few minutes. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> That's very special. I'm thinking that means it shows you how much the is this whole concept >> that was calling you in. >> I don't know how many people your age had such a thing. >> Yeah. In those years there was no yidas. >> Yeah. But I was lucky that he kept the door drop open so he could write it up. >> Uh there were other answers you got from the about >> Huh? >> About the about the >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Do you remember any of them? >> You should invite proper speakers. They should speak to from the Reb circled on the stationary. >> This is the one for >> Yeah. Yeah. >> She's saying this is a time that the Reba didn't come. >> Yeah. >> And the Reb said they should speak >> father. >> The famous thing about speaking as answer to to you. >> Yeah. I move them underline twice something that they could understand. Yeah. >> I remember I once I once MC a and they asked me to to say the over from father. So I made sure that it's going to be something that's something that the people can understand you know based on the that you got. Uhhuh. It's actually interesting that I noticed that um by the um the contrast you see of the Reb you know let's say the Reb is coming down you can imagine that these people that the Reb is speaking to they're probably the Reb is in the Reb's age and And then just the >> older >> older. Yeah. Or whatever. But the contrast they all look old. The comes in and like is smiling at them. Reb is young, you know, like like it's like is giving them you you can see it in the videos. You can >> Uhhuh. What was the story? Um there was a shooting you had answer from. Wasn't there some story like that? told you right before like Friday. I got answer and >> you got what answer? >> And it was less than a year later that the Reb came out with So here I was learning and then there's no shears. So I decided we'll start of Z. >> One second. One second. We're talking about Rambam now. >> Rambam. >> This is this has to do with the shooting. So I want to talk I want to introduce you before I talk about Rambam. Okay. Say it. I'll go back. Nissi we started a raam the first she >> okay so I'm gonna say now that uh the big thing that we didn't cover yet is the thing that you're the most famous for is the haram and the >> in order to make a you have to learn >> okay so the scene that happens every we're going to get into all of that so you're saying this is the beginning of >> so we started the of speaks about Rambam and you decide that there has to be a Rambam >> and I publicized it all over. >> You took it on your own. This is >> on my own that height to start a shir. So I remember put up signs all over that was starting a shir about 45 people came to that shir. Who gave the >> Shapiro gave the first and that it's already over 42 years and every day we learned three >> yeah short while later we went over to Feriskan building on Kingston and every day >> every single day for the last 42 years is a shar >> what time is the shar 8:30 Friday in Shabas it changes winter summer usually before maid and every day three proim you can imagine how many people went through these 42 years used to be mameish packed you couldn't get a seat and today uh okay it's online so half of the people come half of the people listen in and we have the sharashem every day three >> 8:30 a.m. or pm >> p p.m. PM. Okay. >> And we learn already most of the time we learn for tomorrow that just in case a guy misses the sheer, he has another day to catch up. >> She learned the next day's >> next. I learned already last night. >> Is there from the about that you're aware of? >> But when the spoke by a faban, he always spoke about the next day at least most of the time. So it's always the next day Shir. >> Okay, >> that I remember for sure. Not only we used to learn for the day before, but then they changed it because they say if there's a fabul we want to know what the Reb is going to talk about. So we caught up and we started learning for the next day. So this went on from Zion. Now it was uh listen to the dates careful. Two months later, we had a tea party to raise money for kingdom was in the house of and I wrote into the for and was interesting. There were no answers until I wrote in this. You didn't get answers for your >> I got answers. People that went on Shirum got answers on the stationary of there was no answer. >> We started started summer >> after after this. >> This is uh meal. >> Okay. It's it's it's a short you're talking about. Yeah. So I wrote in for Tuesday Thursday went to royal knowing why wasn't publicized came out that year. So over there there's the letter that today came safely to America. So even before the entered oil, I got an answer on this but wrote four letters. Hey B paybreviation question mark answered. There were different reasons why but answered there were different reasons why there was no answers. And the answered and I sat down. I wrote a detailed d. 17 people came and we raised them in pledges. Then over $5,000. >> One second. So you were writing before the event and you got the answer after the event. >> Two days after >> and now you're giving a Okay. By the time the Reba came back from Dobb had a complete Sunday, I got an answer on the I saw like steps without picking up the pen. Oh, two answers in three days. So, I remember I typed it up. I sent everybody a copy and everybody had the same question. That Tuesday, Gimmel Tamos was the first time we learned the last two. The first time we learned the Rambam I think it was the last two and the first pale of and the first pale of Ilin is the Rambam writes there's no such thing as Mikra happened by chance and if someone says remember it was the first time we learned to see such a lot was a After the sh I had a car and I gave four people a lift. Then it wasn't walking at night wasn't so safe. So I gave four people a lift and Rabbi Ellie Martvos Lang and to Kyap Rabbi rap. So before I dropped off anyone I was the first one I was going to drop off was Shamto of on Carol between drawings connected. >> Yeah. So, as we're on the block, we see two robbers in front of a Jewish house. It was obvious up to no good >> that the middle of Aeneva or they're breaking in. So, we were five, they were two young guys. So, we stopped and we'll see what we could do. He was already in Schmid. He had a walkiet. >> So, we stopped. As soon as we stopped the car, they started running. One ran backwards and one ran with the traffic to connectity. So I was the driver. It was the summer. The window was open and I gave gas and I mamesh pulled up right next to him. We stop. He stops and within a second he takes out a gun and he shoots. I heard this big boom and I see a bowl of fire. You shot and on the split second I just floored the gas and ran away. Even though they opened the doors, everybody was still in the car and we took off. We called police, reported and uh they took the details. Seems like they're still looking for him till today. In the morning, 7:00, they say they have to inspect the car. Okay, the car is outside. They come back two minutes later. They want me to come out. I come out and they show me a bullet hole. Mamesh on the top where where the side window is, where the side mirror is, a bullet hole, which which by him it's a He that he didn't pick up his hand millimeter high. I have a picture of the bullet hole in the car. Obviously, I was a little shaken up. I wrote the whole story. I was in the car and then I thank the Reb for writing because the says I think it was he was what four or five feet away a car five people a full car shooting both stopped and And I had an answer on that. The answered question if you had in the car. So then wasn't so much publicized to have aas in the car. This was tough. People did have answers, but the communication wasn't like today. You send a what's up and a thousand people. >> Not everyone knew everything. >> Not everybody knew everything. There happened to be we had a randomly in the car >> and there was a pushka. We knew to have it. So they would steal. We had it under the under the seat. So there was and the pushka. So this uh very important everyone should know that you have to have which now we know is they come anyway and the pushkit to have in the car. >> And by the way there's to some they have a muza also. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. 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This was before he was my brother-in-law. >> He was a baka then. >> He was in. I was a bak. >> You were a bak. >> I remember the story. >> I think I heard I heard it from him. The gun didn't go off. He he he came to make a mal for the and Thursday night before the mava he happened to go through the 770. He was debating to go in or not because he was in the rush. He went in. Punked. Rabbi Klein met him. He said just sent out 50 single dollars and a bottle of wrote which is a word for a bottle not 50 not one noon but again two noons. So he had already twice nun noon and he put the it was in the winter tavis he put the bottle of mashk in his right coat pocket and the $50 in the left and he's going to where he stayed by and he meets him on the corner was with a car in crown in kingston and he tells him as he's speaking to a big Poor guy comes over to him with a gun at killer and he says give me your money. So he was thinking the rabb just gave him $50. He's going to give it to the guy. Within a second the guy gives a shot and he runs away. Mama she says right in front of him gives a shot and he runs away. So Nefi was in the car backed up to the police station tells him there's a shooting. So right away they >> The gun went off the gun went off >> coming off of course there was a woman watched the whole thing. >> He missed >> and the police came and he ran over there. No in those days there was no cameras. There was no cell phone. >> You said they're still looking for him. >> Yeah. Over there also. And they start asking him details. What did he look for? As things calm down, Napolei feels that his jacket is wet. How's his jacket wet? Where did he drink? Where did he get water? Like the things settled down and takes a look. When the guy shot, he missed down laser went into Napolei's elbow. >> He didn't realize. >> Got a shot. Didn't feel. He went to call police there shooting >> and prayed five minutes later. It was full pushet bleeding from the >> so he asked me if the bullet went off it went into his hand and again answers out of the blue again. Why not bak book use the and vun von and here >> so twovagers have the m shooting and >> okay this is the stories that are okay so >> so once we had the shir >> oh so now you're getting to your career in Is that is that what we're going to talk about in Rabbi? So, it was a nice thing. We had the >> his idea. >> Yeah. He was the one first one that came up with it and there was a lot of labon here for beautiful pictures. It was Rabbi Ashkenazi and Rabbi Bistritzki. remember Marlo came through. >> Yeah. And all the people that learned felt it was there and actually was an a we had a beautiful summ and always I would type it settle and be and this day there's going to be a mitzvah and a fab. So how much times comes out to 14 times max and uh every time every time I wouldn't say every time but we gave in a copy to the for many answers s on the s on the re the invitation and also many times on the report beautiful answers. I have copies different that was ma sometimes the date I wrote hyo with a wrong date and I have a circle with a question like circled the day circled pulled uh with the pen and the question mark how is it copied from the one before >> if I wrote this guy gave the CM Lily Nishm asked Ben What's his father's name? >> His mother's name. >> Father's name. Okay. >> And I wrote this guy gave for a birthday two weeks after the birthday. I should tell him to do many answers during >> the really of this. >> Yeah. >> Then there was >> happened in 770. Mhm. >> They were in 770. >> Flex. Good. Most of them were in the Kyle. >> The Kyle is in the is in the back of 1070, right? >> Yeah. In in the where the Shir is or in the Viber next door. That was where most of them were. If it was a deager or something bigger, we would make it in 770. Actually there was one time that uh Rabbi Rap was a whole day in 770. He knew who's coming which there was one time uh mayor from a city in in Israel that said he might come. He wasn't sure. So if a mayor comes and I think it was a few mayors together so then we would have to do it in a bigger place in 770 in the show. But if they're not coming, so you do it in there's this narim over there. So I made the ma and instead of writing exactly where it will be like specify in 770 in the shim, I left it empty and the gave mashkb gave mashk. So, you have to announce what you're taking for and where it's going to be and which day and what time and everybody's invited. >> The Reb said to say that >> the said in the beginning the said to announce what he's taking for a few weeks later said to add >> so everyone will do that >> everyone. meant to free the but everybody would say. So this time I gave him the was before in other words till summer meas all the mashka was only from the we never gave in. People make a big dinner, a big they give him. But here we didn't feel. So all the times the Reb gave was all of a sudden the fab said he wants to give mashka saying. >> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. >> So why didn't you give on your own if you saw that the wants it? He thought it was certain times >> makes today a birthday party. He's going to give in a bottle. Like we didn't people gave in for real a big dinner from it wasn't >> sobb gave mashka and actually the first time the rebba said that when he gives mashk wants to announce what for he gave also >> when instituted this thing >> to say to announce what you're taking for I remember my brother called me from Tel Aviv like you had to announce you feel was a new thing but this time back to the story we weren't sure where we're going to make it so I came up and I announced the whole thing without mentioning where and as I'm walking back to my place the Reb says they have to realize by by announced right away do some You decided on the spot >> here in 770 and from then all the CM in 770. >> Mhm. >> From then you can mean that like there's 15 people announcing and everyone is saying something here. I just kept like where it's going to be and >> so that's when it started everything in 770. >> 770 >> and also you started giving mashka every time. Oh, so the mashk every time is like this. This went on from Tshi Mandal for five years till Tshime. It was Shabas saying is like this year Shabas after the end of the said which was although one safer I missed and the first Fabangan that I came after I missed the for on this. So I realized right away that I missed uh uh safer and I announced both. Now the c And seems like the Reb was satisfied. And so that was one time in Alo because I missed a safer. But this was a year later hast me and the Reb said to make a to make. So was a bigish but I remember before came and said you have to make >> ask what >> if if practical to make it was a big >> so what's the question if you should do it from then on >> no if we should make then >> but the said to do it >> said to do So I >> He saying grown if this is the >> Yeah. To find out >> practically. >> Mhm. >> So he had his office in the Reb's house in the back. I went over say asked about it. >> Yeah. After actually making it, I remember I ran in the bakery was open 24 hours. Beautiful. And uh I think Pen and like Bimmer again and again the Reb said to make us see him. So made I gave him and me. You want to hear a little bit more? Okay, it was after Ding second day and the Bishia Pinson made all the roses, the regular roses and all the regular announcements and the Reb is still staying. When the Reb doesn't take the sid means he's waiting for another announcement. So people said that he didn't announce the he should have announced something like that. So the Reb was waiting and he finished and he didn't know. So because of his of every week he was so used to he announced. Now this is Y five after one. >> Was it Shabas? >> It was also Shabas. Shabas >> but it was Yumpt five after one. Everybody reminded him he should announce the fabangan of after Mina and he announced 1:30 1:30. The whole place started laughing. The Reb took his sitta walked out. Two minutes later, Rabba comes out from the Reb's office and he says Fabang 130. So you'll see the there's two Fabangans that >> whatever because it was announced there's there's a Faban >> and after the first the Reb called over Rabbi Groner told him something and he left Fabang Groner left. >> Yeah. He came back mameish two minutes later a bottle of Smeirnov like a liter bottle. He put it on the table. I remember as soon as he put it down the Reb started the second what was the second in since there's a sem being made on the completion of every safer. So from today he wants that there should be a safer on every al which means instead of 14 times on the there should be 83 times since there's someone that he makes the sum. So he should come up and he should start even today between the two fibbrangas and continue and the main one tomorrow night. Then the say is that when the reb >> and they was talking about you there someone that does it >> and he's so he'll be able to >> in this in this >> and the rabbi gave the mask so the rabbi gave So the whole thing of for every but that's why I said that I've also started chabas after >> slowly >> yeah and we made and then the next shabas after I'm standing in my place rabbi gron would come in like a half a minute before the reba said hint So again the delay that the reb is giving mashka we never gave in and since then the reba gave every week except one week. So you you would give in already battle before >> later we started giving in already and then Rabbi Gro would ask said whoever sponsors is also about the Mashka and so uh you're saying there's a sem every week besides one week. Oh, besides one week because we started learning hilashabis on the Friday. So a whole week there was no seal. Next one was the week. >> So from test there was only one >> every week except one week they never gave >> what if there's two in one week. >> So one bottle and we announced there could be four also. There could be four sum in one week right if it's small. So we had to announce and uh >> and also they always took place in 770 from from that time. >> Yeah. >> From that time when they asked where is where it is. >> Yeah. From then all of them in 77 because the asked and wanted to know don't you? So this way it was once a month I had time to sit down who spoke how many when it started when it finished how many people came what were this two three lines on each speaker but here we made Sunday and then Tuesday was another one and then Thursday there were a whole bunch of one after another so I remember five pass I didn't give in so I sat down and I wrote And right away I got answer was received a warm thanks including the the happiness and the that you caused etc. And then a whole long brah. So the Reb would answer this and since then we made every interesting there was the nine days the Reb said to make sum but tough nun alf by the fabian the Reb said that he wants not only in the nine days but the should be continued till so became >> became one organization. Now I always knew remember even when the started the first in that to make a onishabove out of someone has to learn the first two of and the third pic says since it talks about he learn now Shabas. The Reb said it was Shabas tishabove on tishabove and Sunday was the fast day. So the Reb said that they should make sum continue till Shabas mo Shabas Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday. So I didn't expect it. So I didn't have anyone prepared to make a sem on shabas on Sunday for all times. I didn't ask someone to learn my cotton before and I made the announcement. I made it very I said for museum and whatever turns around like every day zik montik. So I went right back and I said exactly the words that said I said exactly whatever said after the is was revealed. We didn't know before there's a whole called says in learned right away the whole made there was but when I went up I didn't know that it's practical >> right >> there was target shabas mozzar shabas Morgan and since then so 15 days straight there's a sem every day. So if you make a 83 in >> 11 and a half months plus 15 days over there. So it comes out to over 100 times a year. 50 weeks. It's average twice a week. uh see him >> what happened with um there's a time they made a inb gave the mashk to you was the story over there >> first year the spoke tiheim was a bigb spoke again and again so everyone wanted sum and big ones small ones. The Fabian Udal Nissan was Monday. we made Sunday night in 770 Nissan and by the Fabrang the Reb said that today we're going to give Mashka only for those that are making before Niss and we didn't give him again >> so the main CM was After >> there was the big one Manhattan and there was >> the from the learned to Morocco they brought in from they did in the Rambam and so we didn't give in and for whatever reason other people did go up and uh they took the mashk and I'm standing there. We were the ones that the Reb said should take. So after the Reb they said uh the Reb picked up the bottle. They said that's the bottle they gave in. The Reba said you're making before your doll or after because he spoke in they said they're making on. So the Reb gave the bottle. The Reba turned to me and said, "I should bring a bottle." So he's standing by the Reba and no one has nothing. So they figured the Reba that's what I thought the Reba wants to pour from F. So they quickly emptied out a bottle and I brought a bottle a flesh and said a fuller a full bottle. I didn't have. So Rabbi Groner had in his the small bottles that he used to give for Koshov. >> You had a backup in case. >> Yeah. So he took out that bottle the Reb gave and in this bottle the Reba did put in from the fest mashk the mashk from the lamb city and 70 was packed packed Sunday night. Beautiful scene. You have to see the pictures. first team >> all the we had the six seven bid this year they all came there was two head tables raonim and the speakers and it was beautiful Rabbi Shalom Gutnik from Australia Rabbi Gash Mandel Gerelik from from >> Milan there was Rabbi Gerali used to give a shir Murali Rabbi Salangi, Rabbi Bogamilski, Rabbi Heber, Rabbi Shapiro, Rabbi Walberg, who did I miss? >> So these are old magad mag was like a rot. It was >> every day someone had to prepare and give it to especially the first time you learning everything was new. Yeah. Yeah. They took it serious. The place was packed. Today is already you learn 40 something times. It's much much easier. You know exactly what >> Yeah. It was a beautiful seem a beautiful big signs and this >> and you're always in the yourself. >> So I have a question. >> It's my best hour of the day. I'm serious. Like you're running here, you're running there. You take one hour 8:30 I suggest everybody that hears this should and another thing if there's any day that I don't go to the sh for whatever reason a simra or something you come at night you take the raam and you a question so you start looking in the bottom then you can fall asleep it could take you instead of 45 minutes a raam could take you double or triple as long. So you come to the sh like you said close your phone and any question there are so many people listening everybody has answer on the spot so it's mamesh for by far the best hour of the day 8:30 and every time we finish the threeim we learn of used to print every week that Now his son took over. He prints every week for our week printed and we learn whatever let's say three chapters what does it take five to 10 minutes. So usually it comes out to about less than an hour the whole sh. So I have a question that when it came to the other it came to the asked you know wanted to know I mean it's not that's not like a that's not negative but is questioning >> my question is were there answers like that or they're all you know answers that were and or a lot of times like I told you Ben the date and so I don't know if you know but the and the mems and blo answers she so we used to get all those answers I'm saying the clawless answers many many times. I gave him the we're having a see him in the suka. One word >> out of my memory writes underlined underlined to make peace in the world. There was a lot of like I'll tell you something else. I remember I used to give in not such a big massuda but Friday before Shabas like after sometimes the mid would come to the box. I always tried before Shabas. So I remember would take the mid fold it right here and put it on top of everything. Not like he wanted it never should open up with a gut suras. So that I remember always seeam and put it on top of all the >> everything else >> on top of all the papers. >> So everyone >> times a day pages. So everyone knew that has tremendous from the right. We're too small to understand what this is. But the Reb really liked it. the Fabangans. The fact today you come in some 70 there are 10 birthday parties every night and Fabrangans and Madan or people come down and they say oh we remember that that twice a week we could come in and really have like a meal and it's the and the the environment and the fabian TBI saw much more than what we saw and he really liked it. >> Mhm. >> There was a uh a senior center called Queens Senior Center in Caesina, a Jewish woman. She liked very much to pushes Kite and she invited we should come for a for a program. So I came and I spoke uh spoke about Mashiach. I told him about the the six day war when it was such a scary time and the reb came out of and there was the big six day war victory on and on the Russian said they should build houses and all of a sudden the iron curtain M everybody came out and instead of having all these houses that I spoke >> they did build then 42 houses I think they lived in tents and caravans and parks and and the Gulf War said Israel is the safest place 39 missiles fell and not a single ye was killed from the missiles And the Reba said, "Israel is the safest place." And then I continued that not only that, but hundreds and hundreds of people come every Sunday to the Reb for and everything the Reb says is words from someone asks for a child that ever says the boy will be born. There was a boy, there's a girl, a girl. They gave two. It's twins, three triplets. They're thinking all about. One of the sen seniors get up and he says, "Rabbi, how dare you say another word?" Then he starts screaming mameish nonstop. What was he screaming? He says that his whole family is the only one saved from the Holocaust. He came to America got married and he only has one daughter. She comes home and she says she wants to marry a Is his whole family he's the only one left and he has only one daughter and she's going to marry a He was completely broken. He did. He said he tried everything to convince her. Nothing helped. Finally friends told him that whoever has a problem goes to the 770 and the Reba solves every problem. Says he went 770. He was screaming. He stood four hours in the line. Came to the Reb. He told the Reb's problem. Sister Eba told told him, "Don't worry. Everything will work out as it's supposed to and you'll see it." She married a She has children from the And you're getting up here and say that the Reba never made a mistake. That was screaming and screaming. Finally he said and not only the rabbi all orthodox rabbis to get at keg I don't know why but here I interrupted him I said what do you have against all orthodox rabbis so he said that when he went to divorce his wife the mother of this daughter no rabbi wanted to do the get so I said why not Why not? Ah, they said that she was converted by a conservative rabbi, so they can't give her a get. They give her a get. That means she's Jewish and she's not. I heard this. I told them, "Here's your answer." What did the Reb say? Don't worry. Everything will work out as it's supposed to and you'll see it. A Jew is only someone born to a Jewish mother or gets a special and here she wasn't Jewish, the daughter wasn't Jewish. Why did the Reba tell him? Don't worry, everything will work out as supposed to and you'll see it. So, I was the one that uh explained to him the end was after the whole class everybody heard and this and comes over to me and says, "You know, Rabbi, you're right. She wasn't Jewish." on his wife, the mother, the daughter. When she would get drunk, she would scream on me, "Dirty Jew." She wasn't Jewish. >> But here you see by every person, even though everything looked opposite, like when he started telling the story, it was like, "What are you going to do?" And he has to people travel last night by the I said the story two came they asked me what so I told him that I once went to Montreal this was summer nonfr every hour the pile of tetl would Oh, I was going to Montreal with a whole family with an old car and I was debating should I ask a bro or not from one hand whole family old car a trip from the other hand so what I'm going to bother him was between camp and school decided just to give him the names of mantra so it was Sunday afternoon uh M was 3 days after I was born. >> And I wrote I wrote the names. It was Sunday afternoon about 7:00 after dollars. I put it on the girl's drawer door. I go to Montreal and uh came home from Sh. Rabbi Gro wants me to call him. I call him back. says no settle first in Montreal and the Reb answer on this. What did the answer many of the custom or don't drive noagim in quotation marks the word noyagim and saying the traveler's prayer exclamation mark and maybe you'll return its crown to its full strength and in both countries. I was going from the United States to Canada. Okay, I got the answer and then right away I was thinking where did I say because I was brought up by my father was a whole big stop and eating a piece of cake and making and standing with the was a whole I always said but here I was thinking where did I say I'm think I didn't say alter it I gave him the settle that I've answered saying it's open open. So I used to publicize. I went onto the bus that goes every night to Montreal and later I meet up with the driver should say it with everyone. They used to call me the and Rabbi Rasin called St. Luke brought in the bus with 50 children for so because of this he wrote the he brought in 50 children and we said with them on the way. The Reb answers him when you bring in the bus of children at night you have to say with themish that was what he didn't do saying you're talking about someone that was here in those years every like you could communicate with the bylang just by thinking what you want what and then this was often someone that was here those years remember people would hold the cup out by a fabangan like this as if the Reb doesn't see him other people like between the I would people the mish be looking into the between a certain person I remember he would say if he just picked up a cup the would pick up and answer him right away. saying he picked up once for a sen I the other guy is having his cup right in front of the and holding it up high was so here also like everything you saw how everything was open the said now Mashiach is coming get ready. It's any moment. >> Amen.