Farbrengen CHAMISHA BITEVES #2 Hiskashrus Rebbe Chassidim Chassidim Rebbe, Rabbi Yossi Paltiel 5786

Dr. Weiss. Dr. Dr. Weiss is in the hospital. >> Dr. Weiss is the Reb's doctor. We all know Dr. Weiss is the Reb's doctor. And apparently Dr. Weiss is a sadic. And he didn't become a sadic because he became the doctor. He became the Reb's doctor because he's a sadic the he's a great doctor. I don't know how much of a businessman he is, but he's a holy Jew. His dedication to the he gave his whole life. He gave away his whole life to the Reb. Gave away his practice. He gave away his wife and his kids to the Reb the and he needs a foolish and his name is said. Why? Because is very powerful. And I think we could agree that there's nobody in this room who has a bad feeling about Dr. Vice. You know, maybe or I don't like him so much. But I think all of us together share for the that he had for the for the and when we give we do it together cannot help but give because when the father sees that the children get along he he gives them what they want even if they're not behaving. Tell me one more time. So in right what's the story in the story is that the issue that happened with the rebba and the happened in every of was a rebrea was nostalgic. Yeah. What happened to his estate? It wasn't much. Burned his house down. They couldn't fight over the house. The house was destroyed. But there was I don't know how many, but there was and there were children. There were three boys and three girls. Yeah. One had passed away, but there was a mishb the pass had nine children passed away. Not only did he have a bunch of children, a bunch of his sons became in different places. And in each generation there became an issue with what do you do with the estate of the deba even by the marash there were two brothers and there was a denta I this is secret not so publicized but there is a dent and a had only one son there was nobody to fight with butem so there was a there was no problem with so the egg comes along and they say what's the difference in the whole and they brought evidence They brought that marash passed away. There was a dent. There was a division of the estate. When some passed away, there was a dictator and division of the state. We know the stories. We know the name of that was sat on those cases. And they're coming along and they're saying why all of a sudden it's different. So there's two answers to the question. The first answer to the question you can debate with me, but the second answer to the question, you cannot debate with me. The problem is the first answer is really more important than the second answer. The first answer to the question was is that when in earlier generations where the wasallik and the children divided the estate the marash was not happy the rebba felt it's his the marash felt that of his father sitting in the babish the whole the whole and the same is true his brother contended it again it's not the which is very but apparently there was a and The Reb felt there shouldn't be a dent. Not he should win a dent. There shouldn't be one. If a Reb passes away and he leaves several children and one of his children is Malak automatically whatever the father owned the son owns because it doesn't belong to the son. It belongs to the mal. It belongs to the kingdom. It belongs to the kingship. It belongs to the malus. The went along with it. They did have deta there was some kind of a division of an estate but from what I understand even then the were not happy about it they didn't want it that's the first thing the second thing the went out of his way to make it impossible to think otherwise he incorporated a city as a league as soon as he landed America he purchased the building of 770 under the ownership Good city. I have a tape of Isaac speaking by you. He's gone already. Where happened to you? >> There's another one right there. >> No, no wordy. He's Yeshua ran off >> brothers. His brother >> Yeshua Yeshua did a class with your Isaac where he talked about his connection to the I have it someplace. And he says that when they bought 770, the fed called the minister, I want you to be 770's business manager >> popc. And the said to him, every month you will come to me and I will give you a check for rent. >> The is living in 770 and he's paying rent. For heaven's sake, the has to pay. I'm asking you the fab has to pay rent on 770. it's his the wanted to be very clear that even though he's the building doesn't belong to him and the same is true at the library that when he brought the library from Europe he he he got the American government to help him get the library out of Europe on the based on the argument that it's not a private library it's a public and he in he made it the legal property of the went out of his way to make it clear that this is not private it's public So what are they? What are they? Huh? He's trying to avoid paying taxes. He wants the government's help. So the rebish, that's what you think of. That's what you think of that's what you think of your father and your grandfather and yourb that he's a mish is the story. The said if made it very clear that this is not the private property the was asked she it doesn't belong to me that belonged to me not for a minute she said when my father passed away my mother gave me my mother passed away my sister gave me a fewas and if you want you can have him back if you want you can I there's no inheritance doesn't belong to them it belonged to us it belonged to like the rabbit said they were arguing that it's private Right? And males have a right to divide it up and the was precedent. That's how it was in earlier generations. But you should understand that although factually the second point is more practically important theoretically, ideologically the first point always felt this way. I spoke to the kids studying school. I asked them a simple sh a king passes away. A king dies. I I I asked the kids a simple question. A king passes away. Dies and leaves over four children. and one of his kids succeeds him, what happens to the wealth? What happens to the estate? In many civilizations, they literally kill each other. They kill each other. If you're more civilized, so there's a partial, if there's an understanding that if somebody sits in the chair of his father, the the the bulk of the wealth that belongs to the house of Windsor in England. Yeah. Charles becomes the king, he doesn't get 25% of what Elizabeth owned. There were four children, two boys and two girls. Yeah. Charles became the king when Elizabeth died. He's the king. So of course his brothers and sisters are not starving. Don't worry about the Yeah, they're okay. They're all right. But there's an understanding that if you sit on the throne of your father, the the the bulk of the estate is yours. Why? Because it's not private. The wealth of a king belongs to the kingdom. In toyra and in yiddeskite this goes to such an extent that the king does not own the bed he sleeps on. The king does not own the wagon he drives. When a king becomes a king two things happen. He becomes all powerful and he owns nothing. He's the king. Kings in have more powerful power than a kings in Allah have more power than of the but he doesn't own the shirt on his back he is the property of the people and this is how it is al it's it's also true in common sense this is the story this is the impass of the where some people are saying in past generations there was a division of an estate we want to continue that tradition And the Reb is saying first of all it should never have happened. Second of all the went out of his way to make sure that it shouldn't happen. He wanted to be absolutely clear this doesn't belong to me. It doesn't belong to you. It doesn't belong to the it belongs to it belongs to it belongs to a good is not a bunch of old people who sit in an office and have meetings or don't have meetings. A good is every in the world. We are a good if you're own 770. You own the library. It's your property. You own it with a bunch of other people. But the Reb said, "Why are you being quiet? This is your estate that's being paged, not mine." So say, "This is your wealth that's being taken away. Why are you letting it happen? Speak up. It belongs to you. to you means every this is the this was the this was the uh the impass you understand so I said to the girls to the kids I said a king dies a king a successor takes his place so it depends on the civilization it depends on the culture depends on the politics in some cases there's a greater division of the state in some cases there's a lesser division of the estate in some cases there's no division of the estate but there's an understanding that this is not private private property. It belongs to the nation. In America, we have we don't have a king or the president. The president comes into the office with wealth and it remains personal wealth. He gets paid not too much money, but he gets paid. When he when he lives in the White House, he doesn't sleep in his own bed. He doesn't eat his own food. His personal life is government. It's true in in every executive. It's true of a president. It's true of a a governor. It's true of a mayor. If you are the executive of a city, right? There's a lot of legal elected officials, but most elected officials, if you get elected to be a member of the city council, you don't move into the city council house. You live in your own house. >> You're a member of the Congress of the make the people who make laws. Yeah. You work for the government. The mayor, the executive, the executive of the city moves into Gracie Mansion. He lives in the house that belongs to the city. And if you're the governor of the state, you move into the state capital. You live in the house that belongs to the people. And the same is true of a president. But there's a clear separation of private and public because when he leaves the office, he leaves it behind because the property in which he lives doesn't belong to the people. But by a king, it's much trickier because he can do whatever he wants with it. It is private. But it's private with the understanding that it's because he's the melik. [clears throat] So when a king passes and he leaves a successor, the wealth which is his goes over to that child who succeeds him because there's an understanding that belongs to the kingship. There's one exception to that rule. There's one exception to that rule. If you have a kingdom but for generations, yeah, the house of winer is a very good example because they have they're rich people. The the British monarchs are very rich. They have a lot of wealth privately. They're the richest the richest family in England. But there's an understanding that their wealth is complicated because they're monarchs, they're kings, they're queens, they have positions of of of of uh of of responsibility for the whole civilization. Yeah. What's the one way that that construct falls apart? There's only one way that that construct collapses. A king passes away, succeeded by another king. King passed away, succeeded by [clears throat] another king. The property remains more or less or to some extent the property of the people. It belongs to the family. But there's an understanding this is not a king. This is a kingdom. And all the people of the kingdom have an indirect have a weird kind of ownership over the wealth that belongs to the royal family. There's only one way that collapses. If there's no people, if the nation dissipates, if the kingdom falls to pieces, it's like the sh in Brooklyn. As long as there's 10 people, the sh doesn't belong to anybody. But there's nobody. There's two guys left. the Gabby and the Shamas. And the Shamas is a foot and a half in the grave and a half a foot in the banana peel. And the Gabi has got one foot and one foot in and out. What happens now? >> There's no people. There's no people. So the Reb says, "Put people in. Put people in. Don't sell the show." But if if there's no people, if there's no people, it becomes private by default. If there's nobody to claim ownership, it falls into the hands of his person written on the legal deed. If the king has a kingdom and he has a following, even though it's private, there's an understanding it's not his, it's the peoples. Provided that there are people, the moment there's no more people. So by default, by by a lack of alternative, it becomes the proper the two the and they do whatever they wish with it. They destroy it. They pillage it. They sell it. Why? Because there's nobody to claim ownership. This is what happened. There is a claim that Labavich is over. And if Labavich is over, that's what happens to a synagogue when there's only two people left in the membership. Nobody comes to sh anymore. They move to a different neighborhood. They're keeping the sh open because you're not supposed to close the schol. And one guy dies and another guy dies. There's two guys left. So, we better sell it before we die. The government's going to take the house. So the Tina that says Labavich is overus is over and what's left falls to the family by default because this funny relationship between public and public it belongs to them but it doesn't belong to them. If there's nobody left to claim it, it falls back to the family. And then what are you talking about? This nation, this community is stronger than it ever was. This is a debate. This is an argument. And in the argument, I mean, the way they look at it is, you know, the is not he's so different than the he's so modern. He's so upto-date. He's not Russian and old-fashioned. He's a whole another to them the is a new and to the there's no greater insult. There's no greater slap in the face to the Reba than to say you are not sitting under's chair. You cannot hurt the reba more deeply by doing anything than saying that you're a reb and you're and you're and a great but it's new to the only one thing the ben as he called it the seat I am sitting on my father-in-law's chair there's actually tapes there tapes you can hear it where the rebba took a lot of mashk and they're very worried about the rebba the rebba did whatever he wanted and somebody comes over to and you shushk something to the about theb taking care of himself and you hear theb say to the guy clearly you want the job you want to sit where I'm sitting so sit down and be quiet didn't say the second part but doesn't bother you want the job that I have you want to do what I'm doing you don't want it don't tell me how to do it you want it this is the this is one angle the saying we notab but it's not the feed it's and the feed is what do they say it that's crashed and burnt there's nobody who claims it so it falls by default into the family and be what are you talking about is never more than he is today and tomorrow he's going to be even more than now and in two days from now he's going to be even than tomorrow very simple Why? >> Because the criteria the criteria of the continuation of who is the continuation of the Reb's nus of the Reb's kingship kingdom is an isid. So I I want to split it here. I want to say two points. [snorts] One point is a claim that the reb but there's a deeper claim. It's it is it is a deeper claim and the deeper claim is that no more why not don't talk are move very slowly and they think very deeply and they're very f and they're very earnest. You heard that show called bemo. You ever go into that place? Please never go to that place. How much stucker comes out of Bash? This they don't know. Huh? And there's a claim and the Reb is telling the whole world, don't tell me what Labavich is. This is the same Labavich and it's the same. I'm not saying he's talking just for the record. Um, it's the same. It's the same. And Labavich is more alive every day than it was the day before. They hear that I want to split is there is the half of the story which is separating the and there's a half a story that's separating the from us and I think it's true that the second story is even more earnest than the first to say that the isba is to the everything he's he's going to he's going to quit he's resigning he doesn't want the job you know when the when the when the wasallic the called in and asked if he's still in he's for 38 years. He wants he's still connected to the so first he said you're connected then he had to prove it and you can't play games. So he had to figure out how even though the had no children if the had children so that connects so how was he still an how is still a son-in-law and it was very important to the I don't know if you familiar with these stories there's an interesting story that when the was sitting shiva for the he told many people that means that marriage is forever a person passed away they're still married the get a shashiva came as a representative of the and he it's very hard to speak in front of the is very intimidating even if you're not so he rehearsed a speech what he's going to say but is when you come to you're not allowed to start the has to speak and then you respond so he walks and he sits down and the rebb tells him that means which means that the marriage lasts forever. After the Reb said, he makes his official speech. When he prepared, what was his speech? He didn't even hear what the told him that when the ghetto lost his wife, he was very broke because he was explaining to the how terrible it is. You lose your first wife, you get lamented loss of his wife. The Reb interrupts him and says to him before he said his speech the guy said it's a marriage is forever I am married to the I'm married to the means I'm still the son of the asked am I an why because that's his link to this everybody knows the stories there's a lot of stories which is not for today it's for a different occasion but theics predicted that the would The predicted there's a dream where came to dream and told him did not go to because he was learned together and told him go to and then he said in the present in the future when the passed away this was Ashkenazi. He was in New York at the time and he came to the and he showed the in a dream predicted now and the future and when you came to the and you told him these stories what did he say didn't tell me as far as he was concerned if it's not from the it's none of his business comes himself it's the So this idea that you're going to somehow say that there's a separation to the reb was devastating. But even deeper than that is because the the very simple there's no king without a nation. I I think about this a lot. I think about this a lot. I really do. I think about a lot. We have no relationship to whatsoever. There's no proximity. There's no closeness. There's no relativism. There's no between the you know who was it used to say that our but we have to translate into English. He says was one of the greatest he said our understanding of is like the understanding of a cat. How intelligent is a cat? They're brilliant about catching mice, but that's about it. Yeah. He says understanding is also like a cat. But when you put and us together, we're the same cat. We have no sh none. None. But the very definition of is called there's a bond between the there's a bond and you know where that bond plays out in one place. In one place and one place only. when we do the things he tells us to do, we we we we're in the same world. There's no closest at all. But the needs us he needs it's a weird thing to say, but we're not because of the great things we do, but the things that he we do because he told us and it creates a bond which is so important that not only is it important to us, it's important to him. And just like he becomes because once said to one of the greatest as long as there's there a quote and I don't know This this is the story of as long as the have to work if the stop work they already sitting becomes less of a there's no [clears throat] and this is really the story of there's an attack there's a criticism that says labab is over whyab is over number one because and number two who who does have a bunch of farmers with these farmers that is turning over the world there's a lot of goodis I mean of it's not it's not an official recession but there there are stories that we know that the from a lot of them lived in America and I I I don't know how to say this gently and I'm not even sure I can say it correctly but the didn't see them as his they were his father's whatever it He had a relationship with him. They all came to him for they pushed to get first. But unless they got involved in the Reb's work, they were carryovers and then they were there us and there are occasions where people said to the why are you treating him different than me? How come the young gets all the attention and I'm an old I'm a bigger and a bigger and a bigger the bigger the bigger bas and for me you're not going to do what you can do for him. And the answer is very plain because he's mine. He is mine and you're very important. But you're not mine. This is real. The Reb's connection to us is not because we're worthy, but because we're fortunate to be in the position where we do little things that create the bond between and the story is saying and says, "Yeah, you want to hear something? This this is so mindboggling that you don't even know which way to boggle the mind. The alter went to jail. Why? We know the story because he spidas and theus was not being utilized enough. Right? So what's the answer to going to jail? Utilize it more. The went to jail. Why? Because the revealed even more and they didn't utilize it enough. So when we the P of was happening spoke about it three times in the summer of summer of 85 when the case was actually going on and then when we won each time was a different a different theme and a different tone. So when the spoke about the he spoke about the he spoke about went to jail and when he was released from jail the went away asked a question if the againstidis And the kit is lifted. How could it be another kit? It already happened. And the is when you reveal more, you have a new kit. Very simple. When you do more, you have a new criticism, a new a new protest, a new [clears throat] when it came Tuesday where he says you could not have a more perfect for than Tuesday of you couldn't this is fact go through the wholeish there's 350 alias you find another aliyah that speaks to like Tuesday and there's different opinions how you divide alas it's only according to us that lost because he thought is lost and when doesn't have there's no and they told him and the rebb spoke about this in He didn't spell it out. But you understand? You understand? Could you have it better? The whole is about and on the day that you read in the and who says this was the day of the spoke to I was in California at the time. So we heard the hookup. Yen Wagner Yen Haka gave us play by play. Theb asked for 770 was rocking. He announces the asked for because they knew that that means I was going to speak to prepare. Anyway spoke he spoke about and what did he say? He said there was a criticism against and the criticism is not doing enough. Now that that's that's political speak. That's business speak. That's social science speak. What's he saying? There's a and there's if the are not connected. If the andid are not connected, it creates a problem with the because the's identity is and not doing enough from the problem with the problem with the coming of of who of the said plainly, please do not believe me. Take out the and look them up and you'll see them for yourself that the Reb said, listen to this. It's impossible to say Moshe, I'm sorry I'm punching you. I'm not sorry. Okay, but I'm sorry said it's impossible to say in our generation that we didn't do enough generation didn't spell it out. The tit was he didn't do enough. The mit's generation the said publicly it you cannot say about our generation we didn't do enough. You can't say it. Now the is a maven you know and he's also not he's a critic. Yeah. He's not trying to be right. If it's so if you have the glasses looks how the relationship with and the relation we're not even flies on the wall by the we're so nothing the guy with there aren't enough words in any language to express the division the giants we're what are we we're not even we're misk we're insects but that's not how this is measured you measure every dot against itself And you measure against itself you say they should have done more and the is saying as an ais we did enough so why did it happen that was question when you don't do enough there's a k but if you do enough why did the only answer I have the said this publicly is the wants us to do more that's how the rebba looked at the story if state So this this celebration this it's it's about the it's about us is about it's about 30 years after Gimmel Thomas who are so strong in their identity people are jealous of us we're so clear about who we are and what's our purpose we're not perfect we know that and we're even able to admit it to ourselves We're very very perfect. But every member of Anash who lives in a big community like Kron Heights or like Chicago or like Los Angeles or like Montreal or like Miami Beach or in little enclaves, you know, a lot of are moving out to places because can't afford to buy a house. Yeah. And there's a strong identity. We had that name and that responsibility. And so we don't have to do put our foot in our mouth and embarrass ourselves and embarrass but we we have an identity as that is such a it's a and the pilp goes what's the cause and what's the effect what's the chicken and what's the egg is it [clears throat] or is it is it the said that because it's officially it [clears throat] goes the other way Because in passes away and you say but the said the truth is and the is alive and the picks his you understand he handpicks his wack jobs that they're going to be his kind. They're going to have a connection to him and he's going to have a connection to them. They are going to do what the needs to get done in this world and that's us that's of course nothing to talk about but every we know that we understand that we app we accept that responsibility that's what this is about the deepest of is because that's the foundation of even though it starts it's an isa let's not get carried away it's all Everybody knows it. It's all the It's all the But we're the fortunate ones. In other words, if we think we're bad, in other words, a real a guy was on and he had he had a gargantuan. He had a substantial [laughter] >> he he had with his wife and he wanted the Reb to know that he thinks it's a bad idea that he should be because it's going to reflect negatively on the Reb. He knows himself. He knows the he knows what could happen in quotes. It's a better idea that should send somebody else to place. >> He was laid there. He was already there [clears throat] >> and he wrote a note and she wrote a note. The two of them I heard the story from his mut heard the story from someone who heard directly from I know this person is but I heard it not from his mut. The two of listen to this. The two of them walk into the rabbi together and he I'm sure his wife knew what he was up to and his and his worries and concerns and in his note he wrote that he thinks that the deb should reconsider making him because it's going to be it's not going to end well. I don't know what she wrote. Maybe she wrote what do I do my crazy husband. That's not what she wrote. The didn't open his letter. that took the two letters, put his down, opened the pis, didn't even open his letter and ignored him and answered his wife's letter about the going back to the place where they live in the name of the place I'm not going to tell you. And this is over and they're walking out and the Reb looks up at him and says to him, "What about the power, the authority, the one who sent you?" which means in English if you're a bad I'm a bad chooser. I picked you to go on. You think you're in by mistake. I chose you to go on. So if you think you're unworthy, you're saying I don't have good judgment. And you don't want to say that, right? It's not It's not It's not It's not It's not We are And I I I believe me, I'm very aware of our and I spend the whole year talking about it. Says 364 days a year that you got to do one day there's no today. Tomorrow I'll tell you all the complaints. Friday when you're not working because Trump said you're not allowed to work. But the chose us some of us are ourselves. Some of us have children. Some of us have brothers and sist and we all because there's no such thing as being and not being involved in this this work of sacrifice. It's very cute. My son walked to my room last night 2 o'clock in the morning and he came from a fabin. He was very very excited. He says to me, you know, so I said to him, and then I told him, you know, is not just if you live in I don't know what in in Cambodia. It's it's ne you live in Manhattan. And if you don't think it or if you don't think it is, try it. It's really the idea that you have to serve the whole world and take everybody's garbage and you can't there's no place to put it in the toilet except once a year by the kin. It's [laughter] not is hard. It's unbelievably worthwhile. It's it's a very meaningful life, but it's not easy. So I said to my son of today who do what the Reb wants are no less than the who did what the wanted he wanted something different they were different people they they achieved in personal we don't even have a dream of and auas they were bim what are we nice guys but in our generation this is the reality and The alter couldn't stand our generation and the rabba loved our generation. Why? Not because he liked it. Because this is what God gave him. And this is what God gave him. This is what he's going to work with. And he's going to do it and he's going to make it work. And he used us. He was our parent. Use our grandparents. used us. This this this relationship this this special special idea that we belong to a relationship with the and we are the because of whom is you can't figure the whole from world everyone but is cool is is okay is all right it's it's unbelievable it's so miraculous the whole thing is so miraculous. It's so miraculous. The yam that celebrates this miracle is today. Why is it important? Because you have to understand that this is not about books. This is about the it's about it's about the eternity of Reb's life. And this is this it's a it's a big YF it's a big Yumshank. Yeah. Usha Sasen was a very big and I can't find Lenin. I mean he was a he spent 10 years in the gulag. He was he was a special year. He was the guy who used to make I mean a lot of the guys in this room remember him. You're not much younger than I am. So you remember this. [sighs] So they had the big fabans like five six times and was one of the speakers. He didn't speak for very long. He would bark out his speech and sit down. He was a very So one of his speeches was he had the same speeches over and over again, you know. And by the way, for the record, the only guy who came prepared to those, the only guy who came prepared was JJ He never got up in 770 and spoke impromptu. All the other speakers, every dash was exactly the same because they didn't prepared. They got misspoke. the whole the whole listen didn't have the 10 minutes used to prepare and it's you have to give them credit and I'm not saying this if you are asked to speak prepare prepare respect your audience and you respect your audience by not showing up and saying okay what am I going to talk about you respect your audience by saying if they were business people if they were not from if they were lavage I would prepare I should prepare now also and if you prepare they'll respect you and if you don't prepare don't complain with no respect on Labavage. You don't respect Labavich. Anyway, the the rant is over. Ashabatum would give speeches and he didn't have to prepare. He's in a different category. So, one of the stories that he would tell was the following story that invased from prison 1798. He was released from prison two years later 1800. Okay. There was one year in between 1899. 1799. said they shouldn't come to knew that he wasn't over. He didn't make aud till 1801 till 3 years after the first arrest and the yearb knew there's going to be more and he waited to make the official till basically moved to said don't come there's no celebration said there's a about this also about the about the whole thing. So they did and I just now saw it from one of the I think I saw from a more reliable source that came to celebrate and walked around amongst with a bottle of Mashk pouring. said Jews eat and drink. A great miracle happened is a great miracle, but it's not a miracle that happened. It's a miracle that's happening. Listen, listen. I don't know how long people are sticking around, >> but we're singing alternat and your hat and your suduk. You'll invite me. Yeah. My I'm a kid. [singing] Oh, you did it all. [screaming] My my Y mama. I am my [screaming] you my mama. Get it. My mama. Oh my you. Oh, and it m Mom [singing] and I know [singing] Aya. [singing] Yeah. [singing] Oh yeah. Oh yeah. I am. Oh why I am Yeah. Tell Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. [screaming] [screaming] Yeah. I [screaming] am I am I am I am Yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. is ner all la Allah. La all la all la allah. La all la [applause] all la allah. La all La.