Maamar Vata Titzave 1981 #7 - Rebbe says the Previous Rebbe is Moshe of our generation - RC Dalfin

So, we're learning the mime of the Reb gave this mimer to everyone who came to see him in 1992, a week and a half or two before he had a stroke. It's the last will and testament. There's a lot of important messages and it really is the prototype to understand what ab is not just what a sadic is both mish but and this is what we're discussing here. that this is a very very fundamental mimer in the kabar ethos and I'll I'll say it clearly that uh I don't believe that mosten have this view of a reba this is this is this is real classical kabad in its articulation and nuances of what mishenu is So anyone that's interested in really pursuing the kabad understanding of what is it's this mimer. So you know we're learning it now and you know but it's something that should be really learned every year and thought about and and discussed. So we're on page 370. Let's go. Venezuela in the last chapter said an interesting thing. He said that the actualization of self-sacrifice mark the fact that a Jew is ready to jump into the fire for God and not bow down to a cross or to an idol is greater than what Moshe himself had during mo during his generation. Moshe took us out of Egypt and we celebrate Pes. Wow. Wow. Wow. It pales in comparison to the Moshe in every generation that's associated with self-sacrifice because Moshe when when he took the Jews out of Egypt didn't have to have self-sacrifice. God said and he did it fine. Self-sacrifice means we're going to kill you for being Jewish. Oh, that's a whole different thing. So, let's see. So, the Reba now is continuing that theme. It's known that self-sacrifice for mitzv for all of remember this mimemer is based on the mimer that the reb's father-in-law the freed wrote said and wrote that the Jewish people during purim reaccepted what they accepted at Mount Si. When was it? During Purim when Hmon sought to destroy the Jews and there was a decree on the Jews. So that's the m that that's the that's the theme in which this mimemer is based on. So the Reb says during the time of Purim when there was a decree against Jewish Midnafish the the Kaneka. Oh so the primary the primary expression of Ms was during the time of Purim. Why the hellist the Greeks says that the self-sacrifice that we Jews experienced during Kanek during the decree of the Greeks was primarily Matio Bonov. Yes, Matis Yahu the Coen the high priest and his children had self-sacrifice but not the rest of the people. Conversely nephas during the time of it was for all Jews. IT wasn't just for Muso and his kids. Every Jew during the time of Hmon was faced with self-sacrifice. Meaning, are you going to do are you are you are you going to be Jewish? Are you going to celebrate Judaism or you going to give in to Hmon and bow to Hmon? next page 320 371 says the rabbis we can explain what's brought in the that was equivalent I'm sorry that in his generation was equivalent to Moshe Mark if you said Say to someone this and this person who's a great person, a great rabbi, great teacher, a great reb is as great as Mosha, they'll laugh at you. How can you compare him to Mosha? WELL, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT MORAI. MORAI IS A GREAT MAN, a great sad, but compared to Mosha, but that's what it says. So the Reb says with what we just explained we will understand this enigmatic statement made in the medish how is equivalent to Mosha. Let's continue although the extension of Mosha is in every generation. You hear that Mosha? There has to there is a Mosha today. 31 years after Gibos, there is a Moses today alive. Now we have to go find him, right? Let's go further. Nevertheless, we find in the in other words like this. If there is an extension of Moshe in every generation, why does the medish have to say that Mori is like Moshe? So the Reb explains that in other words it seems like the the the Moses the Moshe in the generation of Mori is not as powerful spiritually as the Morai as Mori in his generation. It explains that now the we might say the virtue of the Jew over over the within the generation who it's because he was the revealed and open accessible the loyal shepherd in his generation. Mosha comparable to Moshe who is the faithful SHEPHERD that draw that drew that draw that drew knowledge to every Jew. So in other words the answer is what's the answer to the question? Yes, there is a an extension of Mosha even in Morai's generation. But the the the parent one, the revealed one was was Mori. MORAI HAD HIS BOOTS ON THE GROUND. He gathers 24,000 children. He says, let's say verses of Tyra, knowing that Hmon and everyone else is against him and they might kill him and everything else. So because he has the the the midnish an actualization he actualizes it he is greater than the extension of mosh in his generation and that's why he is compared to the to to this is also understood from the fact that the generation of call all The people of Moses of Mosha's generation next page are called a generation of knowledge. the by moa. This idea of being this this type of leader was because he taught everyone knowledge to have knowledge in God to understand God. Well, Mori in the generation of Morai during Purim this THING WAS REVEALED. HE REVEALED THE power of self-sacrifice. So what WE HAVE HERE IS two a very important point. Listen to this. Moshe reveals your connection with God through knowledge through understanding God. Morai reveals the connection to Hashem through self-sacrifice. And even though the med says Morai in his generation is equivalent to Mosa in his generation, but each has a different role. Mosh in his generation teaches knowledge to us to understand God. Mori teaches get down and dirty and BE READY TO GIVE YOUR LIFE FOR HASHEM. So the content of Mosha's service, Mosha's job versus Morai's job are two different contents. At the end, they both are import of course they're both important and they both give something that we need. But self-sacrifice is is the highest the greatest. There's nothing greatest. Everything else, you know, talk is cheap. Talk is cheap. Okay, GOOD SPEAKERS AND GOOD PHILOSOPHIZERS. It's all baloney 10 times. Go out and let me see you do this out in the boondocks on the front. That's self-sacrifice. And the Reb, by the way, told this to to us from the very beginning in 1951. for 200 years from the alterb on were were very special you know they were very serious servants of Hashem and they had and they helped and right AND THEY HAD SELF-SACRIFICE IN RUSSIA BUT the Reb taught that here in America or in the free world in the free world where no one is putting up a gun to kill you Even though we have that today with anti-semitism, but you know what I'm saying, it's there that you're tested whether you really have mid neph because if you sit on your loins and you relax in the free world, IT SHOWS THAT YOUR SELF-SACRIFICE IS NOT WHO you are. He's going to say that soon. And it's it's a mindblowing um idea that he's going to say later in one of the chapters. And I remember the first time I I heard it, I learned it, it it just blew me away. And then when it came out as a published, edited mimer, it goes even further. So let's continue. Look at these words. These are the last words over here on page 372. The Reb says that my father-in-law who is the the the the master of the mimer the the the author of the mimer by saying this about MORI THAT MORI HAS ONE UP on Moshe and that is self-sacrifice he ru he he by making that STATEMENT ABOUT MORI he's re he's ruling he's making a he's giving an authoritative opinion about himself, right? We have that we have that concept when you when you kind of judge someone else, you're really judging yourself. So, be very careful, right? You know, you know that idea, right? It's picky. IF YOU JUDGE SOMEONE ELSE, it's it's a it's based on a t I think of the that right when you're judging someone else, you're really judging yourself. So be careful what this does that how you judge or what you judge and if you should judge. But in the positive side in the positive side the Reb says the fact that my father on the writes this in his m of 1927 that Mosha Mosha you know shared with us in the very beginning that mimer that we once learned. So he's he's he's he's establishing the same thing and about himself. Next page that he is the loyal shepherd in a revealed way on pretty bold of the to say this but that's what he says. Now you you understand he says this in 1981 passed away in 1950. So just for the record because honesty is the best policy who is a greater Mish than the should right in 1981 31 years after his father-in-law passes away he says here that my father-in-law based on his explanation is making a ruling about himself that he is the mobu of the generation. Hey, wait a minute. Which generation? He passed away 1950. It's 19881. So what do we see? That in the Reb's vision somehow he sees the ability of sadic and in his opinion it's his not just sadic it's his father-in-law that he he HE IS THE MOB OF THE GENERATION. Now you you understand that this is something that is very um uh very unconventional very unconventional. So when I say that is the is the first mishist I mean if if you if you think about what he's saying it's very messianic it's very spiritual it's very out of out of body right so you you could you could understand that the that those that took take these type of statements and ideas they they they go further and further and the Reba didn't go further and further because he said together with my father-in-law spirit being present you have to say kish and YOU HAVE TO CELEBRATE A yardite and you have to go to ano and you have to light a candle and you have to learn Mishnayas right so the reba had this interesting this this is a real fabum for another time but he had a very interesting um idea here and it's and it's throughout his talks, 42 years worth of talks, you just have to pick up pick it up and think about it is that he's he's he's his idea is on one hand the person that Sadi passes on physically and on the other hand he's very active AND PRESENT SO MUCH SO THAT I CALL him the leader of the generation >> and that's why we say his stalkus we don't say that the person dies when a when a when when a saddic dies right we learned that from Jacobino right >> yes >> doesn't say that he >> Jacob a lit I I it very good that you said that and that's a support but you know uh I never heard anyone say Jacobino is the the leader of today's generation I I never heard that any whether you're sparticidic litish not religious. No, no one ever, you know, A GREAT MAN, a legacy. Yeah. You know, isn't this rabbi? Look what he left. Look what he wrote. Right. This is this is a very different This is very different. This is not just about what he wrote. It's not just about what he said. He's telling you in this mimer that my father-in-law 31 years later is THE MOSHA OF THIS GENERATION. Like you can understand why there would be opposition to this, right? And at the same time if you if you knew the Rebba and you could know him from his teachings and writings and today the video, you know, right? He was a very honest man and a humble man really and and and not and and not a lunatic, you understand? And not a fantasiz. Th this opens for us, at least for for me, it opens up another realm of reality that's just as real as you know what you have um in your life. Yes, Misha. >> Yeah. Just on this point that that you're making. So, someone's forwarded to me yesterday a very interesting a few minute um documentary about the Reb and his relationship with um >> I just Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I I sent it to the group just now and it's interesting because he speaks this this Moshiva speaks about like towards the end of the video about if there's someone in our generation it could be Msiah he would say it's the rabbi >> right right but remember I a first of all I wrote I wrote all about him and much more than the video in one of my books just for the if you ever care to read it just letting you know but Um he said that when the Reb was alive in the 1970s you understand the point over here that I am making and and and and and making you know you aware of is that the Reb says this in 1981 31 years after his father-in-law >> right >> yeah and and there's another thing and there's another thing the Reb doesn't say here Msiach the Reb says here that he is the the what he what he in his language the Nus he doesn't say here the word but he always would say the prince of the generation here he uses the words that's that's that's found in that of the right those are the words here doesn't say noi it doesn't say msiach it says that my father-in-law by by by saying that mori was the in his generation he's saying the same thing about himself That's a that's that's another idea. Can they all come together? Everything can come together. But there's Mashiach the right. So is speaking about meliach. He's basing on the you understand. I want to give you background is basing it on was a litak. He wasn't aid. He's bringing a Rambam. And he said the Rambam TALKS ABOUT THE KING MESSIAH MELIACH. And he says that according to what the Rambam says it could be that as far as he sees that THE REB IS A CANDIDATE TO BE THIS MSIAH. It is it is a powerful statement. No question about it. Especially coming from a an oldtime you know what I'm saying? Not a mnagget, not a, you know, but but but a lit So it's it's, you know, it carries a lot of weight, right? But that's a different that's a different analysis than what we're discussing here. That's important always to really hone in on who's saying it, what what where is he coming from, what are his sources. You know, this is called intell intelligent intelligent analysis. Now, if we group everything together, and I'm not I'm not saying it sham to to to put you down. I'm just saying it's very good what you said, but it's that's a different that's a different analysis, >> right? I I hear that. I hear that. Yeah. Okay. I got it. Yeah. >> Yeah. So, so, so, SO WHAT IT SAYS here is is revolutionary. AS MUCH AS THAT'S REVOLUTIONARY coming from and it is, this is even more. This is even more. And when you when we learn this and now we spoke about it you you will understand that like I said I I'm repeating myself but I that that made such he had this he had this passion and this view and the spiritual enlightenment that that's the way he saw his father-in-law you know and and he brings all these sources both in in in from Nigler Gammorra to support his point. But but you could see how there would be opposition and how people would say we disagree and this is like fantasy world but you're living in a fantasy. Your father-in-law has been has passed on 31 years. So y says histoal well histoal yi is a good excuse me rebuttal but it's so only aidic rebuttal yi go into go into over there factory which is a a lit and tell them about a stalkus and they'll they'll laugh at you what is what is talus so you bring a proof from z IT YOU UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT CONVENTIONAL A PERSON PASSES ON HE PASSES NEXT. Am am I clear? This is this is a very important uh idea. It's a very important idea. And and and the truth is one second. The truth is to to experience this and to really feel it. Yeah. It doesn't come from overnight. when you learn a person's Torah, his teachings, and you're immersed in that whole culture and and you understand. So, so it wasn't just that he made that statement because um the Reb gave him a and the Reb encouraged him to continue saying his when he was very sick, which is part of the video Mash is talking about. It's because he learned some of the Reb's Tyra and he saw the Reb's Tyra and he saw that this MAN IS A ISA just like he was an isha and together with that he has these uh grandiose ideas and and a vision of of Messiah of of of leadership just like as Rabbi Salvich said there and trust me there was a giant of all giants. What did he say after he visited the Reba in 1980 for the 30th anniversary of the Reb's leadership? What did he say when when he went to to Rabbi Shear? When they went back in the car, Rab repeated this. It's online. He said, "I knew that he was a but I I didn't know that he's a man, a leader." Oh, a man is something else. A manic isn't just being a rash in panovich or amir or kabad. A manik is a visionary. SOMEONE WHO SEE HAS A FAR look and sees what the generation needs. Yes ma your turn. >> Just question you rabbit. You said earlier in the sh. >> Yeah. that the view the view of of what is a reb is different than others. So maybe in the future we could we could speak about I'd like to hear more about that. What >> you know how do other groups how do other how do other umists view as opposed to as opposed to >> Okay. Okay. It's a it's a very fair question and definitely a good topic for Fabangan. So we'll put it into the queue and it meets Hashem we will uh anyone else everyone's quiet let's hear from Hill from Mark from Yi from Kimv why you all so quiet >> reb you think I mean I it's interesting that we're learning this but I'm saying do you think that this was the reason why there was such a a crisis in Kabad after the Reb died? I mean my uncle was a physician. and he was in Crown Heights and they had set up all these um you know therapists all over the place. He was one of the therapists and he was also a radiologist and uh you know he said nobody came like very few people came they they you know there were people that expected this to to create a crisis in Kabad that that you know you could tell because the rebel didn't have children and and then all of a sudden you know there's this crisis what do we do and the whole thing that we're learning now I could see like what you were saying it could be misinterpreted and not only misinterpreted but if somebody is a lip buck is not going to understand what we're talking about. >> 100%. And the reason most people didn't come is because as much as they as they say all these things, they're grounded. And and when you're grounded, you know, PEOPLE LIVE AND PASS ON. So to most people, as sad as it it was and as difficult as it was, we believe in Hashem and we believe in his world and we know exactly what he's doing. I mean, we we don't know, but we Right. So, and I'll make another point. Most people most were are not were not and are not on it's like we're learning THIS MIMER. THEIR FAITH is not who they are. They have faith. This is such a but it's imposed on them. So they love the Reb and they do what the Reb is. But is are they reb? Oh. And then there were a few who I know who went into a depression. One of them didn't come out till he passed on. They had to pull him out of his apartment. And he wasn't from the you know the known big. He was from a prominent family. So, but but but and here's another point. Those that were really connected understood and took them time to process that the will of Hashem and the will of the Reb himself is and he said it and he says it in this mime towards the end also. Get up and do it yourself. Enough relying on me. And this is such an important point and I'm telling you I'm dealing with people today that are kabadnik that are in counseling that are are are having a difficulty with this and it's like but for 40 plus years 50 years and Hill should relate to it well and could probably talk about it more. You're trained in a certain way. your behavior, your your paradigm, your way of thinking is is conditioned. And when you're and WHEN YOU'RE RELYING ON A PERSON IN a sense for all those year and the person's not there, you fall apart. >> Yep. >> You fall apart. >> Exactly. >> And you know, and the same and the same is true when when there's a loss. I mean, you know, the other day we had the Tubb Noite and you know, I saw a little bit, you know, it's like your heart it's like, but at the same time, you know, you have you have to go on and not you have to go because otherwise you'll FALL APART BECAUSE HASHEM wants you to go on. We do we understand why? No, but we know that that's the way it is. So that's a dichotomy. On one hand, there's a sense of loss and a sense of loss is is real. At the same time, one needs to be mature enough and developed enough and refined enough to realize that um you know mourning more than 30 days, more than 12 months etc. is against the Reba. By the way, the Reba wrote that and I told you this a few times to a to a girl, a a teenage girl who lost her mother and the Reb writes, "If you mourn more than the amount, you're going against Hashem because Hashem says, I am in life and I am in death." And that's it. That's it. And um reliance, you understand reliance has is a double-edged sword. On one hand, reliance is a gaval gazak because you're you're you're involved with something greater if the person or the or or the or the project is something spiritual and and holy. But at the same time, when when that person is not here, you don't fall apart. On the contrary, what do YOU DO? YOU SAY, "I AM THE LONG legs and long hands of that person and I'm going to GO AND AND SHARE THE message and and you know and that's what the in sense you know ha have done you know rather than folding up. So that's my answer to you y when you say you know your your your uncle didn't have any clients to come to him." It's because as much as there was mourning there was there was even more understanding that hey we have a mission and but you know generally speaking that was the Reb's attitude that when when when people wrote to the Reb should we cancel a wedding should we cancel a bar mitzvah should we cancel a happy occasion because of AB and C generally the Reb's answer was no again you know you have under the circumstances. If all of if all of Cla is cancelling event because of October 7th and you don't, you're I'm sorry to say you're an idiot. You know, like you're a fool, like you're being disrespectful. Okay. But but but but as far as you know, on a personal level, on the contrary, SHOW WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF. You really you really feel the loss of that, then what are you doing for him? And that's what he's GOING TO SAY IN THIS M towards the end. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HE'S GOING TO SAY. YOU GUYS HAVE RELIED ON ME FOR 42 YEARS. IT'S VERY very nice. You have now you have all this now. Do something with it. I've tried to bring Msiah. I've done whatever I can. Didn't happen yet in actuality. And by the way, when the Reb said that in 1991, 28th of Niss, which we spoke about, I think in the past, that's what he was saying. He wasn't giving up. He's saying from this moment on reliance is not the answer. You got to go out there and do it yourself. And I think that's a very I think that the you know those people that say well was a smart man. Why didn't he leave another why didn't leave another leader? He left the leader. YOU AND I ARE THE LEADERS. OH, IT'S TOO HARD FOR US. NO, IT'S NOT. You're lazy. Ah, you do it for me, Rebby. No way. Enough already. I've done it for you already. We had a little fabian. Have a great day. We'll see everyone tomorrow. Zone. Byebye. Thank you. Thank you.